Lok Sabha Question No. 3063 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Off Grid Renewable Power Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Rebati Tripura, Anurag Sharma, Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3063

ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## OFF GRID RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION

3063. SHRI REBATI TRIPURA SHRI ANURAG SHARMA SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of renewable energy projects sanctioned by the Government in the country during the last three years, State-wise including Tripura and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the status of completion of various schemes sanctioned during the said period, scheme and Statewise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to boost/ promote off-grid renewable power generation in the country during the said period;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the funds allocation made in this regard during the said period, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) & (b) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sanctioned projects in the country including for the state of Tripura and Uttar Pradesh, under its various schemes for renewable energy capacity addition.

State/UT-wise details of renewable energy capacity addition achieved in the country from 2018-19 to 2021-22 (as on 31.10.2021), including the States of Tripura and Uttar Pradesh are given in Annexure-I.

- (c) & (d) During last three years, for promotion of off-grid renewable power generation, the Ministry of New and Renewable has been providing Central Financial Assistance under the following schemes:
- (i)  Installation  20  lakh  standalone  solar  pumps  under  Component-B  of  the  PM-KUSUM Scheme.
- (i) Installation of solar street lights and off-grid solar power plants, and distribution of solar study lamps under Off-grid & Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme Ph-III.
- (ii) Setting up small biogas plants (1-25 m 3 ) for production of clean cooking gas, based on cattle  dung  and  other  mixed  organic  in  remote,  rural  and  semi-urban  areas  of  the  country under  New  National  Biogas  and  Organic  Manure  Programme  (NNBOMP)  Scheme  of  the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), financial support has been provided for.
- (iii)  Setting  up  biogas  plants  in  the  medium  size  range  of  30  m 3 to  2500 m 3 per day under Biogas  based  Power  Generation  (Off-grid)  and  Thermal  energy  application  Programme (BPGTP).
- (e)  The  details  of  Central  Financial  Support  (CFA)  released  by  the  Ministry  to  various implementing  agencies  in  the  country  for  implementation  of  renewable  energy  projects (including off-grid renewable energy projects) from 2018-19 to 2021-22 (as on 29.11.2021) are given in Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3063 for 16/12/2021 regarding ' Off Grid Renewable Power Generation '

## Source-wise and State-wise Renewable energy capacity addition achieved through various

renewable energy sources from 2018-19 to 2021-22 (as on 31.10. 2021)

| S. No.   |                   | Capacity addition achieved inMW   | Capacity addition achieved inMW   | Capacity addition achieved inMW   | Capacity addition achieved inMW   | Capacity addition achieved inMW   | Capacity addition achieved inMW   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/ UTs       | Small Hydro Power                 | Wind Power                        | Bio Power                         | Solar Power                       | Large Hydro Power                 | Total                             |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                                 | 129.7                             | 12.5                              | 2122.8                            | 0                                 | 2265                              |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 26.5                              | 0                                 | 0                                 | 3.8                               | 710                               | 740.3                             |
| 3        | Assam             | 0                                 | 0                                 | 2                                 | 49.3                              | 0                                 | 51.3                              |
| 4        | Bihar             | 0                                 | 0                                 | 3.5                               | 37.2                              | 0                                 | 40.7                              |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                 | 0                                 | 44.2                              | 143                               | 0                                 | 187.2                             |
| 6        | Goa               | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0.3                               | 17.5                              | 0                                 | 17.8                              |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 54.1                              | 3339.5                            | 18.6                              | 4466.5                            | 0                                 | 7878.7                            |
| 8        | Haryana           | 0                                 | 0                                 | 7.9                               | 512.2                             | 0                                 | 520.1                             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 96.2                              | 0                                 | 2                                 | 54.7                              | 310                               | 462.9                             |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 7                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 32.5                              | 0                                 | 39.5                              |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 48                                | 0                                 | 48                                |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 50                                | 431                               | 122.3                             | 2546.8                            | 31.8                              | 3181.9                            |
| 13       | Kerala            | 19                                | 10                                | 1.6                               | 198.8                             | 0                                 | 229.4                             |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 13.6                              | 0                                 | 6.5                               | 1351                              | 0                                 | 1371.1                            |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 7.4                               | 228.9                             | 408.5                             | 1289.2                            | 0                                 | 1934                              |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 7.3                               | 0                                 | 7.3                               |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 1.5                               | 0                                 | 0                                 | 2.1                               | 0                                 | 3.6                               |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 4.2                               | 0                                 | 4.2                               |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0.2                               | 0                                 | 0.2                               |
| 20       | Orissa            | 36                                | 0                                 | 0                                 | 331.7                             | 0                                 | 367.7                             |
| 21       | Punjab            | 0.8                               | 0                                 | 157.9                             | 180.3                             | 0                                 | 339                               |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 0                                 | 29.1                              | 0                                 | 6479.6                            | 0                                 | 6508.7                            |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 2.8                               | 113                               | 115.8                             |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                 | 1649.6                            | 62.4                              | 2787.4                            | 0                                 | 4499.4                            |
| 25       | Telangana         | 0                                 | 27.3                              | 38.3                              | 737.4                             | 30                                | 833                               |
| 26       | Tripura           | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 6.3                               | 0                                 | 6.3                               |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 24                                | 0                                 | 14.3                              | 1277.2                            | 0                                 | 1315.5                            |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0.3                               | 282.6                             | 99                                | 381.9                             |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar  | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 22.7                              | 0                                 | 22.7                              |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 27.4                              |                                   |                                   |
|          |                   |                                   |                                   |                                   |                                   | 0                                 | 27.4                              |
| 33       | Daman &Diu        | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 30.1                              | 0                                 | 30.1                              |
| 34       | Delhi             | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 140.1                             | 0                                 | 140.1                             |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |                                   | 0                                 | 0.1                               |
| 36       | Pondicherry       | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0.1 11.2                          |                                   | 11.2                              |
| 37       | Others            | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 1.7                               | 0 0                               | 1.7                               |
|          | Total             | 336.1                             | 5845.1                            | 903.1                             | 25319.7                           | 1293.8                            | 33697.8                           |

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3063 for 16/12/2021 regarding ' Off Grid Renewable Power Generation '

Year-wise funds released as Central Financial Support from 2018-19 to 2021-22

(Rs. Cr.)

| Year                      |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 29.11.2021) |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| Funds released in Rs. Cr. |   4414.77 |   3428.16 |   2876.54 |                      2328.13 |