Lok Sabha Question No. 467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Assessment of Available Land for Solar Power Projects
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni, Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-467

ANSWERED ON-22/07/2021

## ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE LAND FOR SOLAR POWER PROJECTS

+467. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL SHRI ARUN SAO

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made assessment of available land to set up solar power generation projects/ units in various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to use barren land for the said purpose; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)&(b) The State-wise details of assessment of available land, made by the National Institute of Solar Energy to set up solar power generation projects/ units are given in Annexure.

(c)&(d) The Government encourages the States/Union Territories to use waste/non-agricultural land  with  appropriate  insolation  levels  for  development  of  solar  parks  under  the  scheme  for 'Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects'.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 467 FOR 22.07.2021

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE LAND

| S. No.   | State                                     |   Solar Power Plant area* (3% of waste land) (in Sq km.) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                            |                                                    737   |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh                         |                                                    172   |
| 3.       | Assam                                     |                                                    263   |
| 4.       | Bihar                                     |                                                    205   |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh                              |                                                    355   |
| 6.       | Delhi                                     |                                                      3   |
| 7.       | Goa                                       |                                                     15   |
| 8.       | Gujarat                                   |                                                    641   |
| 9.       | Haryana                                   |                                                     70   |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh                          |                                                    674   |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir (including UT of Laddakh) |                                                   2213   |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                                 |                                                    350   |
| 13.      | Karnataka                                 |                                                    433   |
| 14.      | Kerala                                    |                                                     74   |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh                            |                                                   1201   |
| 16.      | Maharashtra                               |                                                   1148   |
| 17.      | Manipur                                   |                                                    211   |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                                 |                                                    116   |
| 19.      | Mizoram                                   |                                                    181   |
| 20.      | Nagaland                                  |                                                    144   |
| 21.      | Odisha                                    |                                                    499   |
| 22.      | Punjab                                    |                                                     31   |
| 23.      | Rajasthan                                 |                                                   2811   |
| 24.      | Sikkim                                    |                                                     98   |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu                                |                                                    274   |
| 26.      | Telangana                                 |                                                    382   |
| 27.      | Tripura                                   |                                                     39   |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh                             |                                                    384   |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand                               |                                                    329.7 |
| 30.      | West Bengal                               |                                                     59.8 |
| 31.      | UTs (excluding UTs of J&K and Laddakh)    |                                                     10.1 |
|          | Total                                     |                                                  14123.6 |

Note: * Calculations made on basis of data from Census,2011 and also taking into consideration data from India Waste Land Atlas 2010 from Ministry of Rural Development.