Lok Sabha Question No. 2998 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Solar Powered Street Lamp and Water Pumps
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Rodmal Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2998

ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## SOLAR POWERED STREET LAMP AND WATER PUMPS

## +2998. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI SHRI RODMAL NAGAR

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

- (a) whether any scheme is being implemented to run street lamps and water pumps in rural areas of the country through solar energy along with any assistance is being provided for it; (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of street lamps and water pumps installed in the rural areas of the country during the last five years, State/UT-wise; and
- (d)  the amount spent for the said purpose during the said period, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  &  (b)  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  is  implementing  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), with provisions for financial support for installation of 20 lakh standalone solar water pumps under ComponentB and solarization of 15 lakh existing  grid-connected  agriculture pumps including through feeder level solarisation, under Component-C.

For these components, Government of India provides Central Financial Assistance of 30% of the benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower. In case of NorthEastern States including Sikkim; hilly States of Himachal and Uttarakhand; UTs of Jammu and  Kashmir,  Ladakh,  Andaman  &  Nicobar  Island  and  Lakshadweep,  higher  Central Financial Assistance of 50% of benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower, is being provided.

Currently, there is no operational Scheme for installation of solar street lights.

- (c)  &  (d)  State/  UT-wise  details  of  solar  street  lights  and  solar  pumps  installed  and  funds released under Solar Off-grid Programme of MNRE, including the expenditure on solar street lights and solar pumps during 2016-17 to 2020-21 are placed at Annexure .

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Annexure referred in reply to part (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2998 to be Answered on 16.12.2021

Details  of  Solar  Water  Pumps  and  Solar  Street  Lights  Installed  and  Funds  Released under Solar Off-grid Programme during 2016-17 to 2020-21

| States            |   Street Lights (Nos.) |   Pumps (Nos.) |   Funds Released (Rs. in Lakhs) |
|-------------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                   8648 |          28267 |                           28060 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                  12670 |              4 |                            5141 |
| Assam             |                  17641 |              0 |                            3914 |
| Bihar             |                  47238 |            931 |                             563 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                   2057 |          60430 |                           31148 |
| Gujarat           |                   3000 |           9213 |                            5625 |
| Haryana           |                  12607 |           9560 |                            5198 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                  68442 |             40 |                            6907 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |                  19223 |              0 |                            4519 |
| Jharkhand         |                  13464 |           5051 |                            3015 |
| Karnataka         |                   3000 |           4716 |                            7020 |
| Kerala            |                      0 |              8 |                            3288 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                   5270 |          23241 |                           20106 |
| Maharashtra       |                    127 |          11064 |                            5875 |
| Manipur           |                  21464 |              0 |                            4258 |
| Meghalaya         |                   4527 |              0 |                            2440 |
| Mizoram           |                   8686 |              0 |                            6483 |
| Nagaland          |                  10654 |              0 |                            5005 |
| Orissa            |                  12271 |           8504 |                            4408 |
| Punjab            |                  32690 |           3832 |                            3415 |
| Rajasthan         |                    525 |          25496 |                           32713 |
| Sikkim            |                      0 |              0 |                             556 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                   3715 |           2533 |                            2126 |
| Telangana         |                   2458 |            674 |                            2550 |
| Tripura           |                   5688 |             63 |                            4643 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                 109254 |          26393 |                           16189 |
| Uttarakhand       |                  12647 |              0 |                            2309 |
| West Bengal       |                   7092 |            605 |                               0 |
| Andaman &Nicobar  |                    745 |              0 |                              60 |
| Chandigarh        |                      3 |              0 |                               0 |
| Lakshadweep       |                   2740 |              0 |                             397 |
| Puducherry        |                      0 |              0 |                               0 |
| Others*           |                      0 |           4621 |                           61829 |
| Total             |                 448546 |         225246 |                          279760 |