Lok Sabha Question No. 2728 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2728

ANSWERED ON 07/08/2024

## PM SURYA GHAR MUFT BIJLEE YOJANA

## 2728. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH

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

- (a) the number of beneficiaries of PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) whether a Model Solar village has been built in each district of Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the number of DISCOMs currently working in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (e) the total amount of surplus electricity units sold by households in each district of Andhra Pradesh and the revenue generated from it?

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

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) Under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, there have been 23,488 applications and 1,602 installations  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  as  on  02.08.2024.  District-wise  details  of  the beneficiaries are placed at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana includes a provision to develop one model solar village in each district of the country by selection in a challenge mode as per Guidelines being issued by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. No such selection has been made so far.
- (d) Currently, three DISCOMs are working in the State of the Andhra Pradesh.
- (e) As per Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (The Grid Interactive Solar Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems under Net/Gross Metering) Regulation, 2023, issued by the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) in February 2024, any surplus solar energy generated and exported into the grid during a month by a residential consumer under net-metering arrangement will be paid by the respective DISCOM at Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) fixed by APERC. The present FIT fixed by APERC under net-metering arrangement is Rs. 2.09 per kWh in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The amount of monthly surplus electricity exported into the grid may vary for a household depending upon the solar power generated and electricity consumed by the household during a month.

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## Referred to reply of Part (a)of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2728 to be answered on 07.08.2024 regarding 'PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana':

## District wise details of beneficiaries in the State of Andhra Pradesh as on 2.8.2024

| S.No.   | District Name         |   Application (Nos) |   Installation (Nos) |   Consumers, whom subsidy has been released (Nos) |
|---------|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Alluri Sitharama Raju |                 222 |                    0 |                                                 0 |
| 2       | Anakapalli            |                1136 |                   54 |                                                 4 |
| 3       | Ananthapuramu         |                1106 |                   12 |                                                 1 |
| 4       | Annamayya             |                 746 |                   10 |                                                 2 |
| 5       | Bapatla               |                 847 |                   52 |                                                 4 |
| 6       | Chittoor              |                 893 |                   38 |                                                 8 |
| 7       | East Godavari         |                1442 |                  188 |                                                21 |
| 8       | Eluru                 |                 784 |                   48 |                                                 6 |
| 9       | Guntur                |                1315 |                  113 |                                                13 |
| 10      | Kakinada              |                1462 |                   94 |                                                15 |
| 11      | Konaseema             |                 471 |                   29 |                                                 0 |
| 12      | Krishna               |                 993 |                   95 |                                                18 |
| 13      | Kurnool               |                 597 |                   16 |                                                 2 |
| 14      | Nandyal               |                 406 |                    1 |                                                 0 |
| 15      | N.T.R                 |                1011 |                  125 |                                                30 |
| 16      | Palnadu               |                 690 |                   36 |                                                 0 |
| 17      | Parvathipuram Manyam  |                 181 |                    5 |                                                 0 |
| 18      | Prakasam              |                1123 |                   50 |                                                12 |
| 19      | SPSR Nellore          |                 903 |                   25 |                                                 1 |
| 20      | Sri Sathya Sai        |                 469 |                    0 |                                                 0 |
| 21      | Srikakulam            |                 662 |                   73 |                                                 2 |
| 22      | Tirupati              |                1155 |                   49 |                                                 1 |
| 23      | Visakhapatanam        |                1555 |                  272 |                                                55 |
| 24      | Vizianagaram          |                1255 |                   60 |                                                 3 |
| 25      | West Godavari         |                1051 |                  124 |                                                12 |
| 26      | Y.S.R.                |                1013 |                   33 |                                                 3 |
|         | Total                 |               23488 |                 1602 |                                               213 |