Lok Sabha Question No. 1398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Promotion of Solar Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Arjun Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1398

ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022

## PROMOTION OF SOLAR POWER PLANTS

## 1398. SHRI ARJUN SINGH

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

- (a) the details of the schemes being run by the Government for promotion of domestic solar power plants; and
- (b) the details of the benefits being provided to the consumers by the Union and the State Governments for setting up the solar power plants, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) For promotion of installation of solar power plants in domestic/residential sector, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing Rooftop Solar Programme Phase II and providing financial support to individual households for installation of rooftop solar (RTS) plant. For individual households, CFA upto 40% of the benchmark cost is provided for RTS plants upto 3 kW capacity and 20% for RTS plants capacity beyond 3 kW and up to 10 kW. For Group Housing Societies/ Residential Welfare Associations (GHS/RWA), CFA is limited to 20% of the benchmark cost for RTS plants of capacity up to 500 kW used for supply of power to common facilities.

Under Rooftop Solar Programme Ph-II, no direct central financial support is provided to other categories  of  consumers,  however,  incentives  are  being  provided  to  DISCOMs  towards achievement  in  the  installation  of rooftop  solar  (RTS)  plants  in  all  sectors,  including Government  aided  and  private  institutions.  The  incentive  of  5%  of  the  benchmark  cost  is provided for RTS capacity addition in a year beyond 10% and up to 15% of the baseline RTS capacity as on 31st March of the previous year, and incentives of 10% of the benchmark cost is provided for RTS capacity addition in a year beyond 15% of the baseline RTS capacity as on 31st March of the previous year.

Financial support reported being provided by different States for installation of RTS plants is given at Annexure .

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 1398 for 15.12.2022

## Financial support being provided by different States for installation of RTS plants

| State                   | Category                                            | Subsidy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh           | Residential                                         | Rs. 15,000 per kW upto a maximum of Rs. 30,000 per consumer                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Bihar                   | Residential and Government                          | Subsidy of 25% of the project cost for residential consumers and 100% for government consumers                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh        | Residential                                         | Rs. 6,000 per kW                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Goa                     | Residential, Educational. Commercial and Industrial | 1) 50% subsidy including CFA from MNRE is provided to the residential sector with maximum solar capacity of 500 kW for RWA/GHS. 2) 20% subsidy for educational institutions (non- profit making), commercial and industrial sector with maximum solar capacity of 90 kW. |
| Kerala                  | Residential and Government                          | 1) 800 BPL family houses being solarised with 100% subsidy. 2) 10% incentive for the solarization of government buildings.                                                                                                                                               |
| UT of Jammu and Kashmir | Residential                                         | Subsidy of 25% for capacities upto 10 kW.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |