Lok Sabha Question No. 2594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Scheme
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2594

ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## GRID CONNECTED ROOFTOP SOLAR SCHEME 2594. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE

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

- (a)  the cumulative capacity achieved from Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Scheme during the last three years and the current year, State-wise including districts of Rajasthan;
- (b)  the details of total subsidy amount released under the Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Scheme, year and State-wise;
- (c)  whether the Government has prepared an action plan to achieve the targeted 40,000 MW by 2022 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to increase the current incentive or subsidy structure to encourage installation of Grid-Connected Solar Rooftops in States with high potential of untapped solar energy;
- (e) if so, the details thereof;
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to make the Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Scheme easily accessible to people; and
- (g) whether any awareness drives were conducted in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) An aggregate capacity of around 4877 MW has been achieved from rooftop solar plants installed in the country during the last 3 years and current year. This include 2053 MW capacity achieved under Rooftop  Solar  Programme  of  the  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy.  State-wise  details  are furnished at Annexure I .

Rajasthan has reported achievement of 748 MW capacity from rooftop solar plants of which, around 682 MW has been installed during the last 3 years and the current year (upto 28.02.2022). District-wise details are given at Annexure-II .

- (b) The year and State-wise details of total subsidy amount released under the Rooftop Solar Programme are furnished at Annexure III .
- (c)  to  (g)  To  achieve  rooftop  solar  capacity  target  of  40  GW  capacity,  the  Ministry  of  New  and Renewable  Energy  is  implementing  Rooftop  Solar  Programme  Phase  II,  targeting  installation  of aggregated 4000 MW capacity rooftop solar plants in the residential sector through central financial assistance (CFA) by the year 2022. CFA upto 40% of the benchmark cost is provided for RTS projects upto  3  kW  capacities  and  upto  20%  for  RTS  system  capacity  beyond  3  kW  and  up  to  10  kW  for individual households. For Group Housing Societies/Residential Welfare Associations (GHS/RWA), CFA is limited to 20% for RTS plants for supply of power to common facilities maximum 500 kW capacity.

In addition, incentives up to 10% of cost of rooftop solar is provided to Distribution Utilities for addition in capacity above baseline.

There is no proposal to increase the subsidy or incentive under the Rooftop Solar Programme Ph-II.

Against this target capacity of 4000 MW, based on the demand received from states, around 3160 MW capacity has been allocated to states implementing agencies, out of which 1252 GW capacity has been reported installed as on 28.02.2022.

The implementation of the Programme is reviewed from time to time to make it effective in delivering the targeted benefits and guidelines are amended accordingly. Recently MNRE has issued procedure for simplification of Rooftop Solar Programme allowing household owners to get the rooftop solar plant installed by themselves or through any vendor of their choice.

Ministry  is  taking  serval  steps  to  publicise  the  Programme  including  display  of  hoardings, distribution of pamphlets, using social media platforms, etc.

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## Rooftop Solar capacity installed between 2018-19 to 2021-22 (upto 28.02.2022)

| S.No.   | States/UTs                               |   CapacityinMW |
|---------|------------------------------------------|----------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar                         |           3.13 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                           |         101.54 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |           0    |
| 4       | Assam                                    |          28.22 |
| 5       | Bihar                                    |          18.33 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                               |          29.16 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                             |          21.18 |
| 8       | Goa                                      |          18.17 |
| 9       | Gujarat                                  |        1628.19 |
| 10      | Haryana                                  |         241.86 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh                         |          18.58 |
| 12      | Jammu and Kashmir                        |          13.66 |
| 13      | Jharkhand                                |          28.59 |
| 14      | Karnataka                                |         180.11 |
| 15      | Kerala                                   |         157.65 |
| 16      | Lakshadweep                              |           0    |
| 17      | Ladakh                                   |           0    |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh                           |         159.68 |
| 19      | Maharashtra                              |         790.17 |
| 20      | Manipur                                  |           4.81 |
| 21      | Meghalaya                                |           0.19 |
| 22      | Mizoram                                  |           1.35 |
| 23      | Nagaland                                 |           0.08 |
| 24      | NCT of Delhi                             |         112.19 |
| 25      | Odisha                                   |          16.31 |
| 26      | Puducherry                               |           9.17 |
| 27      | Punjab                                   |          88.2  |
| 28      | Rajasthan                                |         695.13 |
| 29      | Sikkim                                   |           2.67 |
| 30      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman And Diu |           0.48 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                               |         131.52 |
| 32      | Telangana                                |         193.77 |
| 33      | Tripura                                  |           3.04 |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                              |          64.7  |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh                            |          79.64 |
| 36      | West Bengal                              |          36.43 |
|         | Total                                    |        4877.9  |

## District-wise Rooftop Solar capacity installed in Rajasthan between 2018-19 to 2021-22 (upto 28.02.2022)

| S. No          | Circle         | Installed capacity inMW   |
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
| Jaipur Discom  | Jaipur Discom  |                           |
| 1              | Alwar          | 66.31                     |
| 2              | Baran          | 1.87                      |
| 3              | Bharatpur      | 4.29                      |
| 4              | Bundi          | 4.52                      |
| 5              | Dausa          | 3.15                      |
| 6              | Dholpur        | 0.75                      |
| 7              | Jaipur         | 193.50                    |
| 8              | Jhalawar       | 2.80                      |
| 9              | Karauli        | 0.96                      |
| 10             | Kota           | 36.95                     |
| 11             | Sawai Madhopur | 2.85                      |
| 12             | Tonk           | 9.44                      |
| Total          | Total          | 327.37                    |
| Ajmer Discom   | Ajmer Discom   | 0.00                      |
| 1              | Ajmer          | 71.07                     |
| 2              | Bhilwara       | 62.82                     |
| 3              | Nagaur         | 11.98                     |
| 4              | Jhunjhunu      | 10.28                     |
| 5              | Sikar          | 14.62                     |
| 6              | Banswara       | 1.68                      |
| 7              | Dungarpur      | 1.07                      |
| 8              | Chittorgarh    | 19.49                     |
| 9              | Pratapgarh     | 0.58                      |
| 10             | Rajsamand      | 23.00                     |
| 11             | Udaipur        | 37.99                     |
| Total          | Total          | 254.57                    |
| Jodhpur Discom | Jodhpur Discom | 0.00                      |
| 1              | Jodhpur        | 49.23                     |
| 2              | Jalore         | 0.76                      |
| 3              | Pali           | 17.28                     |
| 4              | Sirohi         | 6.31                      |
| 5              | Barmer         | 13.22                     |
| 6              | Jaisalmer      | 0.32                      |
| 7              | Bikaner        | 43.40                     |
| 8              | Hanumangarh    | 2.21                      |
| 9              | Sri Ganganagar | 28.69                     |
| 10             | Churu          | 5.10                      |
| Total          | Total          | 166.50                    |
| Grand Total    | Grand Total    | 748.45                    |

## Year-wise and state-wise expenditure under the Rooftop Solar Programme as on 08.03.2022 (Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No. | State/UTs        | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |   2021-22 (up to 08.03.2022) |   Total |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|---------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.41      | 3.87      | 9.15      | 4.82      | 44.95     | 2.07      | 33.09     |                         2.15 |  102.51 |
|         2 | Assam            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 38.46     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 17.33     |           |                         0    |   55.79 |
|         3 | Andaman &Nicobar | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.53      | 7.00      | 0.00      |           | 0.35      |                         0    |    7.88 |
|         4 | Bihar            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 1.01      | 1.49      |                         0    |    2.5  |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 3.60      | 5.50      | 3.30      | 0.00      | 2.67      | 0.00      |                         1.2  |   16.27 |
|         6 | Delhi            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 5.76      | 19.47     | 21.40     | 0.00      | 0.60      | 22.24     |                        17.24 |   86.71 |
|         7 | Gujarat          | 0.00      | 1.03      | 0.00      | 4.50      | 17.43     | 23.18     | 169.19    | 77.53     | 52.34     |                      1017.18 | 1362.38 |
|         8 | Goa              | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.44      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |           |           |                         3.59 |    5.03 |
|         9 | Haryana          | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 3.60      | 16.22     | 0.00      | 11.74     | 13.07     | 4.12      |                         0    |   48.75 |
|        10 | J& K             | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 3.68      | 0.00      |           | 6.68      | 4.89      |                        20.18 |   35.44 |
|        11 | Jharkhand        | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 12.71     | 0.00      |           | 2.30      | 0.00      |                         6.61 |   21.62 |
|        12 | Kerala           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 4.68      | 4.05      | 9.41      |           |           | 11.72     |                        36.34 |   66.2  |
|        13 | Karnataka        | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.52      | 0.00      |           |           | 0.00      |                         0    |    2.52 |
|        14 | Lakshadweep      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.46      | 0.00      |           |           | 0.00      |                         0    |    0.46 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh   | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.24      | 31.96     | 3.14      |           |           | 31.29     |                         0    |   67.63 |
|        16 | Maharashtra      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 23.18     | 0.00      | 77.13     |           | 58.28     |                        62.44 |  221.03 |
|        17 | Odisha           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.88      | 0.86      | 1.61      |           |           | 0.00      |                         0    |    5.35 |
|        18 | Puduchchery      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.10      | 0.00      | 0.10      | 0.79      | 0.00      |                         0    |    1.99 |
|        19 | Punjab           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 9.22      | 4.50      | 0.00      | 10.71     | 5.50      | 6.87      |                         7.65 |   44.46 |
|        20 | Rajasthan        | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 4.26      | 14.79     | 11.68     | 21.36     |           | 21.96     |                        10.37 |   84.42 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs           | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |   2021-22 (up to 08.03.2022) |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|---------|
| 21        | Tamil Nadu          | 0.00      | 0.51      | 0.00      | 8.23      | 69.67     | 0.00      |           |           | 4.41      |                         0    |   82.82 |
| 22        | Telangana           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 3.78      | 20.12     | 2.72      | 18.25     | 20.23     | 20.66     |                        16.09 |  102.69 |
| 23        | Tripura             | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.70      |           |           | 0.46      |                         0    |    1.16 |
| 24        | Uttarakhand         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.01      | 22.13     | 25.97     | 27.09     |           | 7.67      | 4.55      |                         7.66 |   95.08 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 5.86      | 1.16      | 2.32      | 7.52      |           | 19.92     |                         5.88 |   42.66 |
| 26        | West Bengal         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 3.09      | 0.17      | 6.30      | 4.08      | 13.38     | 0.00      |                         0    |   27.02 |
| 27        | Chandigarh          | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.26      | 9.09      | 6.72      | 1.73      | 18.76     | 5.13      | 0.85      |                         0    |   43.54 |
| 28        | Manipur             | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.91      | 8.11      | 0.00      |           | 4.15      | 4.03      |                         4.67 |   21.87 |
| 29        | Himachal Pradesh    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 5.43      | 0.00      | 9.76      |           | 20.63     |                        13.76 |   49.58 |
| 30        | Meghalaya           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 3.47      | 0.00      |                         0    |    3.47 |
| 31        | Mizoram             |           |           |           |           |           | 4.54      |           |           | 0.00      |                         0    |    4.54 |
| 32        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 14.06     |           |           | 0.00      |                         0    |   14.06 |
|           | Sub- Total          | 0.00      | 1.54      | 3.68      | 98.14     | 343.89    | 144.99    | 393.55    | 183.55    | 324.16    |                      1233    | 2727.34 |
| 33        | PSU/Govt Department | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 18.52     | 74.74     | 16.75     | 19.67     | 21.34     | 71.69     |                        10.03 |  232.74 |
| 34        | SECI                | 42.68     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 128.00    | 250.00    | 3.68      | 33.56     | 85.77     | 70.47     |                         7.11 |  621.27 |
| 35        | NISE                | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.62      | 0.00      | 2.38      |           |           |           |                         0    |    5    |
| 36        | TERI                | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.09      | 0.00      | 0.13      |           |           |           |                         0    |    0.22 |
| 37        | others (NFDC)       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.02      | 9.38      | 0.00      |           |           |           |                         0    |    9.4  |
|           | total               | 42.68     | 1.54      | 3.68      | 247.39    | 678.01    | 167.93    | 446.78    | 290.66    | 466.31    |                      1250.14 | 3595.96 |