Lok Sabha Question No. 1440 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Rooftop Solar Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1440

ANSWERED ON 31/07/2024

## ROOFTOP SOLAR POWER PLANTS

## 1440. SHRI MANISH TEWARI

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

- (a) the total number of solar rooftop households in the country especially in Chandigarh, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the total installed solar power generation capacity in the country, especially under the rooftop solar programme, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to roll out the Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) model for the installation of free rooftop solar power plants in Chandigarh;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the reasons/justification for not achieving the solar power generation goal in Chandigarh despite pushing/extending the deadline from August 15 to December 31, 2023?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) & (b) As on 30.06.2024, a total installed Solar Power generation capacity of 85.4 GW have been set up in the country. Out of this, 9.76 lakh grid-connected rooftop solar systems with installed capacity of 4.07 GW have been set up in the households across country, including 2035 number of installations in Chandigarh, under the Solar Rooftop Programme. State/UTwise installation of rooftop solar systems is given at Annexure .
- (c) & (d) Under the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, provision has been made to support grid-connected rooftop solar systems under Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) models (where a third-party entity other than the consumer makes the initial investment) or Utility Led/State Led Aggregation Models (where a state entity invests on behalf of consumers on an aggregate basis).
- (e) Government has not set any specific target for solar power generation in Chandigarh.

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Annexure Annexure referred in reply of Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 1440 to be answered on 31.07.2024. State/UT-wise break-up of Solar Power installed capacity in the Country including Grid

## Connected rooftop solar systems, as on 30.06.2024

| S.N.   | State/UT          |   Total installed capacity of Solar Power generation (MW) | Total installed Capacity of Rooftop Solar in Residential Sector (MW)   | Total number of Rooftop Solar installed in Residential Sector   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                                     29.91 | 0.01                                                                   | 1                                                               |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                   4623.2  | 16.89                                                                  | 3775                                                            |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                     11.94 | 0.01                                                                   | 1                                                               |
| 4      | Assam             |                                                    177.9  | 3.8                                                                    | 779                                                             |
| 5      | Bihar             |                                                    239.23 | 11                                                                     | 2842                                                            |
| 6      | Chandigarh        |                                                     65.52 | 8.69                                                                   | 2035                                                            |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh      |                                                   1242.7  | 6.31                                                                   | 768                                                             |
| 8      | DNH&DD            |                                                     46.46 | 0.05                                                                   | 13                                                              |
| 25     | NCT of Delhi      |                                                    264.31 | 18.99                                                                  | 2036                                                            |
| 9      | Goa               |                                                     45.45 | 3.26                                                                   | 418                                                             |
| 10     | Gujarat           |                                                  14358.6  | 2595.28                                                                | 664534                                                          |
| 11     | Haryana           |                                                   1628.82 | 80.35                                                                  | 12233                                                           |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                    129    | 10.67                                                                  | 2440                                                            |
| 13     | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                                     65.44 | 18.09                                                                  | 3337                                                            |
| 14     | Jharkhand         |                                                    166.67 | 0.9                                                                    | 204                                                             |
| 15     | Karnataka         |                                                   8819.77 | 10.26                                                                  | 2408                                                            |
| 16     | Kerala            |                                                   1164.97 | 363.92                                                                 | 88336                                                           |
| 17     | Ladakh            |                                                      7.8  | 0.01                                                                   | 2                                                               |
| 18     | Lakshadweep       |                                                      4.97 | 0                                                                      | 0                                                               |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                   4076.92 | 80.89                                                                  | 18042                                                           |
| 20     | Maharashtra       |                                                   6591.41 | 365.56                                                                 | 76267                                                           |
| 21     | Manipur           |                                                     13.04 | 3.6                                                                    | 781                                                             |
| 22     | Meghalaya         |                                                      4.28 | 0.92                                                                   | 268                                                             |
| 23     | Mizoram           |                                                     30.31 | 0.63                                                                   | 144                                                             |
| 24     | Nagaland          |                                                      3.17 | 0.1                                                                    | 24                                                              |
| 26     | Odisha            |                                                    508.47 | 1.67                                                                   | 414                                                             |
| 27     | Puducherry        |                                                     51.42 | 1.73                                                                   | 402                                                             |
| 28     | Punjab            |                                                   1357.93 | 60.27                                                                  | 9930                                                            |
| 29     | Rajasthan         |                                                  22415.2  | 119.97                                                                 | 18061                                                           |
| 30     | Sikkim            |                                                      7.04 | 0                                                                      | 0                                                               |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu        |                                                   8617.6  | 43.77                                                                  | 12997                                                           |
| 32     | Telangana         |                                                   4803.71 | 63.5                                                                   | 13436                                                           |
| 33     | Tripura           |                                                     19.74 | 0.11                                                                   | 45                                                              |
| 34     | Uttarakhand       |                                                   3066.77 | 40.62                                                                  | 7507                                                            |
| 35     | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                    575.53 | 145.41                                                                 | 31990                                                           |
| 36     | West Bengal       |                                                    194.07 | 0.09                                                                   | 7                                                               |
| Total  | 36 STATEs/UTs     |                                                  85429.3  | 4,077.34                                                               | 9,76,477                                                        |