Lok Sabha Question No. 121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Setting up of Solar Cities
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao, S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 121

ANSWERED ON 02.02.2023

## SETTING UP OF SOLAR CITIES

121. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL SHRI ARUN SAO SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.

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

- (a) the details of the works done for setting up of solar cities during the last five years and the current year, State-wise including Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the quantum of funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised for setting up of solar cities during the said period, State-wise;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to increase the allocation of funds to set up solar city in Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government has any plans or proposals to set up more solar cities across the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has requested all States/UTs to identify at least one city to be developed as Solar city. So far, 26 States/UTs have identified cities  to  be  developed  as  solar  cities.  The  details  are  given  at Annexure .  The  State  of Chhattisgarh has identified New Raipur city to be developed as solar city and the State of Tamil Nadu is yet to communicate about the city to be developed as solar city.

There is no separate scheme being implemented for development of solar cities and states/UTs have  been  advised  to  implement  existing  schemes  of  Government  such  as  Rooftop  Solar Programme Phase-II, etc., for development of solar cities.

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## Cities identified by States/UTs to be developed as solar cities

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