Lok Sabha Question No. 3104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Solar Power for Every Household
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3104

ANSWERED ON 21/12/2023

## SOLAR POWER FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD

## 3104 SHRI D.K. SURESH

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to provide solar power to households in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has set any timeframe to ensure solar power for every household in the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of total funds allocated for implementation of the said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)  The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II on 08.03.2019 with an objective to achieve 40 GW of rooftop solar (RTS). The Programme envisages installation of 4,000 MW of RTS capacity in the residential sector by providing Central Financial Assistance (CFA). 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 up to 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 up to 10 kW. The Resident Welfare Associations/ Group Housing Societies (RWA/GHS) are also eligible to avail CFA for RTS installation in common facilities, up to 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 details of installed capacity State/UT- wise under the Grid connected Solar Rooftop Programme is attached as Annexure-I .  The Financial outlay of the Phase-II Rooftop Solar (RTS) programme is Rs.11,814  Crore  which  includes  Rs.6,600  Crore  of  CFA  and  Rs.4,985  Crore  of  incentives  to  the Distribution Companies. The Programme has been extended till 31.03.2026 without change in the financial outlay initially approved for the Programme.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part-(a) to (c)  of Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 3104 to be answered on 21.12.2023.

Cumulative installed capacity under the Grid connected Solar Rooftop Programme as on 30.11.2023 is mentioned in table below:

|   S.N. | State/UT          |   Capacity installed under subsidy scheme of Phase- II Programme (MW) |   Cumulative capacity installed in overall Sector (MW) |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                                                  0    |                                                   4.2  |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                  5.03 |                                                 190.96 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                  0    |                                                   0.22 |
|      4 | Assam             |                                                                  0.63 |                                                  41.48 |
|      5 | Bihar             |                                                                  7.13 |                                                  59.02 |
|      6 | Chandigarh        |                                                                  9.31 |                                                  58.37 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh      |                                                                  4.08 |                                                  71.65 |
|      8 | DNH&DD            |                                                                  0    |                                                   0.39 |
|      9 | Goa               |                                                                  1.98 |                                                  37.24 |
|     10 | Gujarat           |                                                               1956.85 |                                                3174.04 |
|     11 | Haryana           |                                                                 46.06 |                                                 518.49 |
|     12 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                                  2.77 |                                                  18.55 |
|     13 | J&K               |                                                                 12.86 |                                                  34.94 |
|     14 | Jharkhand         |                                                                  0.56 |                                                  64.54 |
|     15 | Karnataka         |                                                                  3.14 |                                                 497.37 |
|     16 | Kerala            |                                                                210.92 |                                                 591.17 |
|     17 | Ladakh            |                                                                  0    |                                                   0    |
|     18 | Lakshadweep       |                                                                  0    |                                                   0    |
|     19 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                 44.85 |                                                 316.51 |
|     20 | Maharashtra       |                                                                117.21 |                                                1852.22 |
|     21 | Manipur           |                                                                  0.33 |                                                   5.09 |
|     22 | Meghalaya         |                                                                  0    |                                                   0.21 |
|     23 | Mizoram           |                                                                  0.59 |                                                   1.91 |
|     24 | Nagaland          |                                                                  0    |                                                   0.1  |
|     25 | NCT of Delhi      |                                                                  5.62 |                                                 231.68 |
|     26 | Odisha            |                                                                  1.5  |                                                  41.91 |
|     27 | Puducherry        |                                                                  0.3  |                                                  42.28 |
|     28 | Punjab            |                                                                 30.73 |                                                 308.58 |
|     29 | Rajasthan         |                                                                 67.05 |                                                1067.25 |
|     30 | Sikkim            |                                                                  0    |                                                   2.67 |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu        |                                                                 10.51 |                                                 489.32 |
|     33 | Tripura           |                                                                  0.03 |                                                   4.78 |
|     34 | Uttarakhand       |                                                                 10.22 |                                                  69.12 |
|     35 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                 63.76 |                                                 175.95 |
|     36 | West Bengal       |                                                                  0    |                                                  67.13 |