Lok Sabha Question No. 2322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Use of Solar Power
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2322

ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023

## USE OF SOLAR POWER

## 2322. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA

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

- (a) whether there is increase in use of solar power in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) if not, the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote solar power during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) Yes, Sir. There is increase in use of solar power in the country over the years. The installed solar power capacity has increased over 100% with addition of more than 35 GW during the last three years & current year. As on 30.06.2023, a cumulative solar power capacity of 70.09 GW has been installed in the country. The State-wise details of solar capacity installed as on 31.03.2020 and 30.06.2023 are given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2322 FOR 03.08.2023

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR CAPACITY INSTALLED AS ON 31.03.2020 AND 30.06.2023

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                |   Cumulative Solar Capacity installed till 31-03-2020 (MW) |   Cumulative Solar Capacity installed till 30-06-2023 (MW) |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar        |                                                      12.19 |                                                      29.91 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          |                                                    3610.02 |                                                    4552.12 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                                       5.61 |                                                      11.75 |
| 4         | Assam                   |                                                      41.23 |                                                     155.7  |
| 5         | Bihar                   |                                                     151.57 |                                                     203.18 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |                                                      40.55 |                                                      63.59 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            |                                                     231.35 |                                                     962.51 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |                                                       5.46 |                                                       5.46 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu              |                                                      19.86 |                                                      41.01 |
| 10        | Delhi                   |                                                     165.16 |                                                     227.73 |
| 11        | Goa                     |                                                       4.78 |                                                      33.74 |
| 12        | Gujarat                 |                                                    2948.37 |                                                   10133.7  |
| 13        | Haryana                 |                                                     252.14 |                                                    1106.49 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh        |                                                      32.93 |                                                     106.55 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir          |                                                      19.3  |                                                      53.29 |
| 16        | Jharkhand               |                                                      38.4  |                                                     119.34 |
| 17        | Karnataka               |                                                    7277.92 |                                                    9050.59 |
| 18        | Kerala                  |                                                     142.23 |                                                     802.16 |
| 19        | Ladakh                  |                                                       0    |                                                       7.8  |
| 20        | Lakshadweep             |                                                       0.75 |                                                       3.27 |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh          |                                                    2258.45 |                                                    3021.57 |
| 22        | Maharashtra             |                                                    1801.8  |                                                    4870.64 |
| 23        | Manipur                 |                                                       5.16 |                                                      12.43 |
| 24        | Meghalaya               |                                                       0.12 |                                                       4.15 |
| 25        | Mizoram                 |                                                       1.52 |                                                      30.43 |
| 26        | Nagaland                |                                                       1    |                                                       3.04 |
| 27        | Odisha                  |                                                     397.84 |                                                     458.88 |
| 28        | Puducherry              |                                                       5.51 |                                                      43.26 |
| 29        | Punjab                  |                                                     947.1  |                                                    1190.58 |
| 30        | Rajasthan               |                                                    5137.91 |                                                   17840    |
| 31        | Sikkim                  |                                                       0.07 |                                                       4.69 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu              |                                                    3915.88 |                                                    6892.81 |
| 33        | Telangana               |                                                    3620.75 |                                                    4695.21 |
| 34        | Tripura                 |                                                       9.41 |                                                      18.06 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh           |                                                    1095.1  |                                                    2526.61 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand             |                                                     315.9  |                                                     575.53 |
| 37        | West Bengal             |                                                     114.46 |                                                     194.06 |
| 38        | Others including NABARD |                                                       0    |                                                      45.01 |
|           | Total                   |                                                   34627.8  |                                                   70096.8  |