Lok Sabha Question No. 633 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: MoUs Signed in Renewable Energy Sector
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Godam Nagesh, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 633

ANSWERED ON 23/07/2025

## MOUS SIGNED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR

633. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA SHRI LUMBARAM CHOUDHARY SMT. BIJULI KALITA MEDHI SHRI GODAM NAGESH SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI

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

- (a)  the  number of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed in the field of renewable energy  sector  in  the  country  including  North-Eastern  region  and  Rajasthan  along  with  the estimated  cost  (value)  involved  therein  and  its  expected  impact  on  employment  and  growth thereon:
- (b)  the  percentage  of  Government's  annual  plan  funds  earmarked  specifically  for  the  North -Eastern region and Rajasthan along with the increase in amount of central financial assistance for the region/State under the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar-Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme; (c)  the  details  of  renewable  energy  projects  recently  commissioned  or  under  development  in
- North Eastern Region ; and
- (d) the total number of people trained in the said sector under various programmes such as Surya Mitra, Varun Mitra and Jal Urja Mitra?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) Presently, most of renewable energy projects are being set up by private sector developers. However, the Ministry has signed MoUs with 32 States/UTs under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) to promote the installation of grid-connected rooftop solar systems in the residential sector.

The Government has not carried out any specific study on employment generation. However, as per the study viz. 'Powering jobs growth with green energy' carried out by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in July, 2019, approx. 9.89 lakh persons are estimated to be employed in rooftop sector.

- (b) State-wise annual allocation of funds is not done by the Ministry and the Central Financial Assistance is released in accordance with the respective scheme guidelines.

As per the Government guidelines, 10% of the annual Gross Budgetary Allocation of the Ministry is earmarked towards development of the North Eastern Region (NER).

During  2024-25,  the total budget allocation (Revised Estimates) of the Ministry  was Rs.17,298.44 crore,  out  of  which  allocation  of  Rs.11,100  crore  was  for  PM-SGMBY  and  of Rs.2525 crore was for PM-KUSUM.  During 2025-26, the total budget allocation (BE) of the Ministry is Rs.26,549.38 crore, out of which allocation of Rs.20,000 crore is for PM-SGMBY and of Rs.2600 crore is for PM-KUSUM.

(c)   The details of renewable energy projects commissioned in North Eastern Region are given as Annexure .

(d)  Till June, 2025, a total of 63713 persons have been trained under Suryamitra programme, 1276 persons have been trained under Varunmitra programme, 2160  persons have been trained under Vayumitra  programme  and  601  persons  have  been  trained  under  Jalurjamitra  programme. Additionally, 1.14 lakh persons have been trained in rooftop installations under PM-SGMBY.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 633 for 23.07.2025

## Details of renewable energy projects commissioned and under development in NER

## (1)  Solar Power and Small Hydro Power

| S. No.   | STATE             |   Solar Power capacity commissioned* (MW) |   Small Hydro Power capacity commissioned (MW) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     14.85 |                                         140.61 |
| 2        | Assam             |                                    243.34 |                                          34.11 |
| 3        | Manipur           |                                     13.79 |                                           5.45 |
| 4        | Meghalaya         |                                      4.28 |                                          55.03 |
| 5        | Mizoram           |                                     30.39 |                                          45.47 |
| 6        | Nagaland          |                                      3.17 |                                          32.67 |
| 7        | Sikkim            |                                      7.56 |                                          55.11 |
| 8        | Tripura           |                                     21.71 |                                          16.01 |
|          | Total             |                                    339.09 |                                         384.46 |

## (2)  PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana

| Sl.No.   | State             | No. of applications submitted (as on 20.7.2025)   | No. of Households covered (as on 20.7.2025)   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Assam             | 3,65,249                                          | 25,988                                        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 118                                               | 0                                             |
| 3        | Manipur           | 1,153                                             | 409                                           |
| 4        | Meghalaya         | 2,377                                             | 21                                            |
| 5        | Mizoram           | 1,002                                             | 394                                           |
| 6        | Nagaland          | 554                                               | 26                                            |
| 7        | Sikkim            | 93                                                | 9                                             |
| 8        | Tripura           | 6,229                                             | 584                                           |
|          | Total             | 3,76,775                                          | 27,431                                        |

## (3)  PM-KUSUM:

| S. No.   | State             | Component-A (MW)   | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Sanction ed        | Installed          | Sanctioned          | Installed           | Sanctioned (IPS)    | Installed           |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                  | 0                  | 700                 | 577                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 2        | Assam             | 2                  | 0                  | 4,000               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3        | Manipur           | 0                  | 0                  | 1,150               | 78                  | 0                   | 0                   |
| 4        | Meghalaya         | 0                  | 0                  | 3,035               | 98                  | 0                   | 0                   |
| 5        | Mizoram           | 0                  | 0                  | 1,700               | 40                  | 0                   | 0                   |
| 6        | Nagaland          | 0                  | 0                  | 265                 | 65                  | 0                   | 0                   |
| 7        | Sikkim            | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 8        | Tripura           | 5                  | 0                  | 10,895              | 4,971               | 3,600               | 285                 |
|          | Total             | 7                  | 0                  | 21,745              | 5,829               | 3,600               | 285                 |