Lok Sabha Question No. 386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Green Solar Cities
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Dr. Kirsan Namdeo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 386

ANSWERED ON 24/07/2024

## GREEN SOLAR CITIES

## 386. DR. KIRSAN NAMDEO

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any decision for developing green solar cities in Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise; and;
- (c) the criteria fixed by the Government for identification of these cities along with the financial assistance earmarked for the said purpose?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, & FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a) to (c) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has requested each State /Union Territory to select at-least one city to be developed as solar city. A concept note on developing solar city was circulated to the States/UTs with a request to finalise an action plan for development of the cities as identified as solar cities and implement the plan in a time bound manner. There is no separate fund allocation for solar city programme and the funds available under the different existing  schemes  can  be  utilized  for  development  of  solar  cities.  So  far,  27  States/UTs  have identified solar cities in their respective States/UTs. The State/UT wise list of their cities is placed as Annexure.

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## Annexure referred in reply of Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 386 to be answered on 24.07.2024.

## Solar City identified by respective State/UT

| S.No.                  | Identified Solar City   | State/UT          |
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
| 1                      | Majuli                  | Assam             |
| 2                      | Bodh Gaya               | Bihar             |
| 3                      | Rajgir                  | Bihar             |
| 4                      | Vaishali                | Bihar             |
| 5 New                  | Raipur                  | Chhattisgarh      |
| 6 Chandigarh           |                         | Chandigarh        |
| 7                      | NDMC                    | Delhi             |
| 8                      | Dwarka                  | Gujarat           |
| 9 Panchkula            |                         | Haryana           |
| 10 Shimla              | Himachal                | Pradesh           |
| 11 Giridih             |                         | Jharkhand         |
| 12                     | Bidar                   | Karnataka         |
| 13 Hospet in           | Bellary                 | Karnataka         |
| 14 Thiruvananthapuram  |                         | Kerala            |
| 15 Sanchi              | Madhya                  | Pradesh           |
| 16 TURA                | Town of West Garo Hills | Meghalaya         |
| 17                     | Bhubaneswar             | Odisha            |
| 18                     | Jaisalmer               | Rajasthan         |
| 19                     | Pushkar                 | Rajasthan         |
| 20                     | Ayodhya                 | Uttar Pradesh     |
| 21                     | Prayagraj               | Uttar Pradesh     |
| 22                     | Dehradoon               | Uttarakhand       |
| 23 Prantik in Birbhum, | Shantiniketan           | West Bengal       |
| 24 Shaheed Dweep       | Andaman and             | Nicobar           |
| 25                     | Amritsar                | Punjab            |
| 26                     | Jorethang               | Sikkim            |
| 27 Udaipur             | Town                    | Tripura           |
| 28                     | Saitual                 | Mizoram           |
| 29                     | Diu city                | DNH and DD        |
| 30 Damanwada           | Panchayat               | DNH and DD        |
| 31                     | Panjim                  | Goa               |
| 32                     | Dimapur                 | Nagaland          |
| 33                     | Kohima                  | Nagaland          |
| 34                     | Jammu                   | Jammu and Kashmir |