Lok Sabha Question No. 1179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Grid Connected Solar Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, P.P. Chaudhary, Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Anurag Sharma, Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1179

ANSWERED ON 27.07.2023

## GRID CONNECTED SOLAR POWER PLANTS

1179. SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY SHRI ANURAG SHARMA DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI

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

(a) the number of grid-connected solar power plants that have been installed under Component-A of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) across the country, State/ UT-wise  including  Pratapgarh, Shimla, Dewas,  Jhansi, Deoria, Pali and  Balasore Parliamentary Constituency;

- (b) the details of Central financial assistance that has been provided under all the components of the said scheme to the people in the said parliamentary constituencies;
- (c) whether the Government maintains the data about the number of farmers who have opted to monetize the  surplus  power  generated  under  individual  grid-connected  pump  solarization  by  selling  it  to  the DISCOM; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  Under  Component-A of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM) scheme, a total of 113.08 MW of grid connected solar power plants have been installed upto 30.06.2023 and the State/UT-wise details are placed in Annexure I.

For the Parliamentary Constituency of Pratapgarh, Shimla, Dewas, Jhansi, Deoria, Pali and Balasore, the details of grid-connected solar power plants installed are in Annexure II .

- (b)  The  details  of  Central  Financial  Assistance  provided  under  all  the  component  of  the  PM  KUSUM Scheme  for  the    Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Pratapgarh,  Shimla,  Dewas,  Jhansi,  Deoria,  Pali  and Balasore are placed in Annexure III.

(c) & (d) State Implementing Agencies (SIA) maintain the data of number of farmers who have opted to monetize the surplus power generated under individual grid-connected pump solarisation by selling it to the DISCOM.

The state wise number of farmers who have monetized the surplus power under individual grid-connected pump are as follows:

- Kerala:  66
- Rajasthan: 1375
- Tripura: 50
- West Bengal: 4

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| S. No.   | State             | Component-A (MW)   | Component-A (MW)            |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Sanctioned         | Installed (upto 30.06.2023) |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                  | 0                           |
| 2        | Assam             | 10                 | 0                           |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh      | 30                 | 0                           |
| 4        | Bihar             | 0                  | 0                           |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 500                | 0                           |
| 6        | Goa               | 150                | 0                           |
| 7        | Haryana           | 85                 | 2.25                        |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 50                 | 20.2                        |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 20                 | 0                           |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 20                 | 0                           |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 0                  | 0                           |
| 12       | Kerala            | 40                 | 0                           |
| 13       | Ladakh            | 0                  | 0                           |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 600                | 10.13                       |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 700                | 0                           |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0                  | 0                           |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 0                  | 0                           |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0                  | 0                           |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 5                  | 0                           |
| 20       | Odisha            | 500                | 0                           |
| 21       | Puducherry        | 0                  | 0                           |
| 22       | Punjab            | 220                | 0                           |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 1200               | 80.5                        |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 424                | 0                           |
| 25       | Telangana         | 0                  | 0                           |
| 26       | Tripura           | 5                  | 0                           |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 155                | 0                           |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0                  | 0                           |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 0                  | 0                           |
|          | Total             | 4716               | 113.08                      |

Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  question  no.  1179  to  be answered on 27.07.2023

| Parliamentary Constituency   | Number of Grid Connected Solar power plants installed under Component A of PM KUSUM Scheme   |
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Pratapgarh                   | NIL                                                                                          |
| Shimla                       | Two projects totalling 0.85MW                                                                |
| Dewas                        | NIL                                                                                          |
| Jhansi                       | NIL                                                                                          |
| Deoria                       | NIL                                                                                          |
| Pali                         | Four projects totalling 3.5MW                                                                |
| Balasore                     | NIL                                                                                          |

Annexure-III  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  question  no.  1179  to  be answered on 27.07.2023

| Parliamentary Constituency   | Central financial assistance provided under all componentsofPMKUSUM (in Rs Crore)   |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Pratapgarh                   | 1.22                                                                                |
| Shimla                       | 0.78                                                                                |
| Dewas                        | 2.63                                                                                |
| Jhansi                       | 3.22                                                                                |
| Deoria                       | 1.38                                                                                |
| Pali                         | 3.91                                                                                |
| Balasore                     | NIL                                                                                 |