Lok Sabha Question No. 4090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: New Solar Power Policy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI, B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4090

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.08.2015

## NEW SOLAR POWER POLICY

## 4090.  SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

SHRI B.V. NAIK:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  launch  a  new  Solar  Power  Policy  or  Solar Mission,  incorporating  a  number  of  concessions  and  a  lot  of  financial  inputs  for  those involved in the manufacturing of solar power generation devices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the salient features of the new policy and the time by which it is likely to be announced;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  up  the  issue  with  the  Finance  Ministry  for exemption of customs and excise duty on all input raw materials required for manufacturing of solar power devices; and
- (d) if  so,  the  extent  to  which  these  measures  would  help  in  improving  the  renewable energy and in improving the solar power capacity?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  POWER,  COAL  &  NEW  AND  RENEWABLE ENERGY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)&(b): No, Madam.  The Government has revised the National Solar Mission target of Grid Connected Solar Power projects from 20,000 MW by 2022 to1,00,000 MW by 2022. The revised National Solar Mission is under implementation.

It  is  planned to achieve the revised target of 1,00,000MW by setting up Distributed Rooftop Solar Projects and Medium & Large Scale Solar Projects, the break-up of which is as under:-

| Category I    | Proposed Capacity (MW)   | Category II                                                                                | Proposed Capacity (MW)   |
|---------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Rooftop Solar | 40,000                   | Scheme for Decentralized Generation of Solar Energy Projects by Unemployed Youths &Farmers | 10,000                   |
| Rooftop Solar |                          | PSUs                                                                                       | 10,000                   |
| Rooftop Solar |                          | Large Private Sector/IPPs                                                                  | 5,000                    |
| Rooftop Solar |                          | SECI                                                                                       | 5,000                    |
| Rooftop Solar |                          | Under State Policies                                                                       | 20,000                   |
| Rooftop Solar |                          | Ongoing programmes incl. past achievements                                                 | 10,000                   |
| Total         | 40,000                   |                                                                                            | 60,000                   |

(c)&(d): The  exemption  of  custom  and  excise  duty  is  already  applicable  for  several input raw materials for manufacturing of solar power devices. This helps to reduce the cost solar power.

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