Lok Sabha Question No. 3096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3096

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2016

## JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL SOLAR MISSION

## 3096. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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

- (a) whether recently sanctioned "Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission" is a PPP project;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated under this Mission during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up special institutions for research in solar energy;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the financial incentives proposed to be provided to private sector for setting up of solar energy plants?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  POWER,  COAL  ,  NEW  &  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  &  MINES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) and (b): Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(JNNSM) is not a single project.  It consists of several programmes, schemes and initiatives.
- (c): Details  of  total  funds  released  for  solar  energy  programmes  from  Ministry  of  New  & Renewable Energy (MNRE) budget are as under:-

| Year                      |   Total funds released (Rs. in Crore) |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2013-14                   |                                692.28 |
| 2014-15                   |                               1158.19 |
| 2015-16                   |                               3146.24 |
| 2016-17 (as on 30.6.2016) |                                779.96 |

In few programmes, state-wise funds are released. Details are given at Annexure-I.

- (d) and (e): The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous institution of MNRE, is  the  apex  National  R&D  institution  in  the  field  of  Solar  Energy  and  to  assist  the  MNRE  in implementing the National Solar Mission (NSM) and to coordinate research, technology and other related works. This apart, MNRE has sanctioned 4 Centres of Excellence in Solar Energy research which are as follow:-
1. NCPRE, IIT Bombay: National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) at IIT Bombay in 'Crystalline Silicon solar cells, education and training':
2. IIEST, Kolkata: Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Kolkata in 'Thin silicon solar cells and photovoltaic systems':
3. CEPT University, Ahmedabad: Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad in 'Area of solar passive architecture and green building technologies':
4. IIT  Jodhpur,  Rajasthan:  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IIT)  Jodhpur,  Rajasthan  in  'Solar Thermal Research and Education':
- (f): Private  sector  is  provided  several  fiscal  and  promotional  incentives    e.g.  capital  and/or interest subsidy, tax holiday on the earnings for 10 years,  generation based incentive, accelerated depreciation,  viability  gap  funding  (VGF),  financing  solar  rooftop  systems  as  part  of  home  loan, concessional excise and custom duties, preferential tariff for power generation from renewables, and Foreign direct investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED NO. 3096 FOR 4.8.2016 DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER NATIONAL SOLAR MISSION

|         |                           | Scheme For Development Of Solar Parks And Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects   | Scheme For Development Of Solar Parks And Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects   | Scheme For Development Of Solar Parks And Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects   | Canal Top &Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | Canal Top &Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | Off-Grid SPV Scheme   | Off-Grid SPV Scheme   | Off-Grid SPV Scheme   | Off-Grid SPV Scheme     |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No. | States/UTs                | 2014-15                                                                     | 2015-16                                                                     | 2016-17 (as on 30.6.16)                                                     | 2015-16                                 | 2016-17 (as on 30.6.16)                 | 2013-14               | 2014-15               | 2015-16               | 2016-17 (as on 30.6.16) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            | 123.09                                                                      | 102.42                                                                      | 0.50                                                                        | 2.08                                    | 1.82                                    | 0.29                  | 32.05                 | 103.68                | 0.21                    |
| 2       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.00                                                                        | 0.25                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0.00                                                                        | 0.25                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 4.28                  | 2.61                  | 0.57                  | 0.00                    |
| 4       | Assam                     | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 3.04                  | 0.57                  | 4.39                  | 1.89                    |
| 5       | Bihar                     | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 3.50                  | 6.48                  | 15.41                 | 0.00                    |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh              | 0.00                                                                        | 0.25                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 11.15                 | 30.14                 | 33.27                 | 5.71                    |
| 7       | Delhi                     | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                  | 1.02                  | 1.24                  | 0.00                    |
| 8       | Goa                       | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.07                  | 16.89                 | 0.00                  | 0.00                    |
| 9       | Gujarat                   | 2.75                                                                        | 30.36                                                                       | 0.00                                                                        | 10.50                                   | 10.32                                   | 0.07                  | 16.89                 | 17.96                 | 0.00                    |
| 10      | Haryana                   | 0.00                                                                        | 0.25                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                  | 6.24                  | 19.22                 | 0.00                    |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh          | 0.00                                                                        | 0.25                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 20.98                 | 16.28                 | 41.00                 | 14.53                   |
| 12      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 0.25                                                                        | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 36.97                 | 19.15                 | 43.94                 | 8.21                    |

| 13   | Jharkhand       |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.00 | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0.00 |   6.51 |   15.51 |   0.00 |
|------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
| 14   | Karnataka       |   0.25 | 100    |  80    | 4.82   | 3.39   |   8.4  |   8.34 |    0.66 |   0    |
| 15   | Kerala          |   0    |   2.25 |   0    | 1.50   | 1.21   |   0    |  23.7  |    9.65 |   0    |
| 16   | Lakshadweep     |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   6.45 |   0    |    3.75 |   0    |
| 17   | Madhya Pradesh  |   3    |  36.25 |  30    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0    |  15.7  |    0.41 |   0    |
| 18   | Maharashtra     |   0    |   0.75 |   5    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0    |  34.31 |   24.42 |   0    |
| 19   | Manipur         |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   3.69 |   1.47 |   11.6  |   0    |
| 20   | Meghalaya       |   0    |   0.25 |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   5.02 |   5.73 |    3.12 |   5.2  |
| 21   | Mizoram         |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   3.94 |   7.02 |    7.53 |   2.9  |
| 22   | Nagaland        |   0    |   0.25 |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   4.25 |   3.5  |    5.55 |   5.79 |
| 23   | Odisha          |   0    |   0    |   0.25 | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0    |  12.94 |    1.95 |   0    |
| 24   | Puducherry      |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0    |   0.26 |    0    |   0    |
| 25   | Punjab          |   3    |   0    |   0    | 12.00  | 3.00   |   2.03 |  10.24 |    8.24 |   0    |
| 26   | Rajasthan       |  33.44 |  74.91 |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |  12.48 | 114.89 |  200.63 |   0    |
| 27   | Sikkim          |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   8.2  |   1.41 |    0.28 |   1.46 |
| 28   | Tamil Nadu      |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |  20.29 |  29.39 |   82.62 |   0    |
| 29   | Telangana       |   2.75 |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0    |  22.32 |   15.02 |   0    |
| 30   | Tripura         |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0    |   1.13 |    3.47 |   0    |
| 31   | Uttarakhand     |   0    |   0.25 |   0    | 6.30   | 6.30   |  40.57 |   1.15 |   25.1  |   1.18 |
| 32   | Uttar Pradesh   |   2.75 |  18.23 |   0    | 2.83   | 0.00   |   0.17 |  44.81 |   38.51 |   0    |
| 33   | West Bengal     |   0    |   0.25 |   0    | 3.00   | 4.80   |   0    |   1.67 |    0.34 |   0    |
| 34   | Chandigarh      |   0    |   0    |   0    |        |        |   0    |   2.76 |    0    |   0    |
| 35   | Others          |   1.73 |   2.88 |   1.15 | 0.43   | 0.31   |   0    |   0    |  204.4  |   3.79 |
| 35   | Channel Partner |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0.00   | 0.00   |   0    |   0    |   60.75 |   0    |
|      | Total           | 172.75 | 370.29 | 117.15 | 43.46  | 31.14  | 195.84 | 497.56 | 1004.19 |  50.86 |