Lok Sabha Question No. 1936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Installation of Rooftop Solar Panels
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar, Mahabali Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1936

ANSWERED ON 14/12/2023

## INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS

## 1936. SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI SHRI MAHABALI SINGH

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of installation of solar power panels under the National Solar Mission, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether there is any plan to provide for installation of solar power panels on buildings of Government schools and offices;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the time by which such installation is likely to be completed, State/UT-wise, particularly in Bihar; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) A total of 72.02 GW Solar power capacity projects have been installed in the country, so far. State-wise details are given at Annexure .
- (b)  to  (d)  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  is  implementing  Rooftop  Solar  (RTS) Programme Phase-II, wherein Central Financial Assistance (CFA) is  available for the installation of RTS in the residential sector only.

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## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1926 FOR 14.12.2023

State-wise details of solar capacity installed in the country (as on 31-10-2023)

|   Sr. No. | State/UT                             |   Capacity till 31-10-2023 (MW) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar                    |                           29.91 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                       |                         4555.2  |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                           11.79 |
|         4 | Assam                                |                          155.81 |
|         5 | Bihar                                |                          223.54 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                           |                           64.05 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                         |                         1015.24 |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                           46.47 |
|         9 | Delhi                                |                          236.41 |
|        10 | Goa                                  |                           35.76 |
|        11 | Gujarat                              |                        10417.6  |
|        12 | Haryana                              |                         1224.3  |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                     |                          111.55 |
|        14 | Jammu & Kashmir                      |                           54.98 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                            |                          121.77 |
|        16 | Karnataka                            |                         9347.18 |
|        17 | Kerala                               |                          858.68 |
|        18 | Ladakh                               |                            7.8  |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                          |                            4.77 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                       |                         3167.92 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                          |                         5064.46 |
|        22 | Manipur                              |                           13.03 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                            |                            4.19 |
|        24 | Mizoram                              |                           30.43 |
|        25 | Nagaland                             |                            3.04 |
|        26 | Odisha                               |                          465.23 |
|        27 | Puducherry                           |                           43.27 |
|        28 | Punjab                               |                         1266.55 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                            |                        18089.2  |
|        30 | Sikkim                               |                            4.69 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                           |                         7164.59 |
|        32 | Telangana                            |                         4712.98 |
|        33 | Tripura                              |                           18.47 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh                        |                         2632.61 |

| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   575.53 |
|-------|---------------|----------|
| 36    | West Bengal   |   194.06 |
| 37    | Others        |    45.01 |
| Total | Total         | 72018    |

(72.02  GW  includes  55.71  GW from  Ground  Mounted,  11.08  GW  from Rooftop, 2.55 GW from Solar Component of Hybrid Projects & 2.68 GW from Off-Grid Solar)