Lok Sabha Question No. 880 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Subsidies for Rooftop of Houses
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 880

ANSWERED ON 07/12/2023

## SUBSIDIES FOR ROOFTOP OF HOUSES

## 880. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU

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

- (a) whether the Government has given concessions/subsidies for installation of solar panel on the rooftop of Houses
- (b)  if so, the details thereof till date, State-wise
- (c) whether some States have requested the Union Government to exempt them from sharing the cost of such projects and also asked to grant complete subsidy/concession
- (d)  if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?

## 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 Rooftop Solar (RTS) Programme Phase-II, wherein, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) is being provided for installation of RTS in residential sector. The CFA admissible for general category states is Rs. 14588/kW for first 3 kW RTS capacity and Rs. 7294/kW for RTS capacity beyond 3 kW and upto 10 kW. For special category states (North-eastern states including Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, UT of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands), the admissible CFA is Rs. 17662/kW for first 3 kW RTS capacity and Rs. 8831/kW for RTS capacity beyond 3 kW and upto 10 kW. The Resident Welfare Associations/ Group Housing Societies (RWA/GHS) are also  eligible  to  avail  CFA  for  RTS  installation  in  common  facilities,  upto  a maximum of 500 kW capacity. The CFA admissible for RWA/GHS is Rs. 7294/kW in general category states and Rs. 8831/kW in special category states. The State/UT wise details of the CFA released under the programme, is attached as Annexure.

(c)&(d)Under Rooftop Solar Phase-II programme, States/UTs are not obligated to provide any subsidy for rooftop solar projects. However they are at liberty to provide any subsidy/CFA which they used  for such projects in addition to MNRE's CFA.

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Annexure referred in reply to part-b of Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 880 to be answered on 07.12.2023. Total  CFA/subsidy  released  under  Phase-II  of  Rooftop  Solar  Program  as  on

## 30.11.2023

| S. No.   | State/UTs              | Total CFA released under Phase-II (In crores)   |
|----------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar       | 0.4                                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh         | 4.2                                             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0.0                                             |
| 4        | Assam                  | 0.4                                             |
| 5        | Bihar                  | 5.4                                             |
| 6        | Chandigarh             | 2.1                                             |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh           | 1.2                                             |
| 8        | DNH &DD                | 0.0                                             |
| 9        | Goa                    | 3.6                                             |
| 10       | Gujarat                | 2,213.1                                         |
| 11       | Haryana                | 25.3                                            |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh       | 4.3                                             |
| 13       | J& K                   | 1.2                                             |
| 14       | Jharkhand              | 0.6                                             |
| 15       | Karnataka              | 1.7                                             |
| 16       | Kerala                 | 189.8                                           |
| 17       | Ladakh                 | 0.0                                             |
| 18       | Lakshadweep            | 0.0                                             |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh         | 29.9                                            |
| 20       | Maharashtra            | 17.8                                            |
| 21       | Manipur                | 0.3                                             |
| 22       | Meghalaya              | 0.0                                             |
| 23       | Mizoram                | 0.6                                             |
| 24       | Nagaland               | 0.0                                             |
| 25       | Delhi                  | 4.1                                             |
| 26       | Odisha                 | 2.4                                             |
| 27       | Puducherry             | 0.0                                             |
| 28       | Punjab                 | 23.0                                            |
| 29       | Rajasthan              | 51.8                                            |
| 30       | Sikkim                 | 0.0                                             |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu             | 0.0                                             |
| 32       | Telangana              | 47.4                                            |
| 33       | Tripura                | 0.0                                             |
| 34       | Uttarakhand            | 8.1                                             |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh          | 18.8                                            |
| 36       | West Bengal            | 0.0                                             |
| 37       | SECI (National Portal) | 242.7                                           |
|          | Total                  | 2,900.1                                         |