Lok Sabha Question No. 343 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Renewable Energy Projects for Rural Areas
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI, ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 343

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.08.2015

## RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FOR RURAL AREAS

## *343.  SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI: SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  bio-gas  and  other  renewable  energy  projects  for  cooking,  heating  and power needs particularly in remote/rural areas of the country are under implementation and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of villages where bio-gas plants and other renewable energy units have been set up during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the funds provided to various States for the purpose during the said period, State/UTwise; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  bio-gas  cooking  stove  and  other renewable projects especially for rural areas of the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b), (c)&(d) :

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a),(b),(c)& (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 343 for 13.08.2015 regarding Renewable Energy Projects for Rural Areas by Shri Shivkumar Udasi and Shri Alok Sanjar

(a): Yes, Madam. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing important programmes such as the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP), Unnat Chulha Programme (UCP), Biogas Power (Off-grid) Generation Programme (BPGP), Biomass Gasifiers Programme, Remote Village Electrification Programme, and dissemination of Solar Lighting and Solar Cookers for meeting cooking, heating and power needs in the remote / rural areas of the country.

(b): The State/ UT-wise number of villages where  family type biogas plants and biogas based power plants (Off-grid)  have been set up during each of the last three years and the current  year  2015-16  upto  30.06.2015  are  given  at Annexure  -  I .  The  State-wise  nos.  of villages where Solar Lighting Systems, Mini - grid (Community Power Plants) and villages electrified under the Remote  Village  Electrification  (RVE)  Programme  are  given  at Annexure -II .

(c): The details of State-wise and year-wise funds released during each of the last three years  and  current  year  2015-16  under  the  National  Biogas  and  Manure  Management Programme  (NBMMP),  Biogas  Power  (Off-grid)  Generation  Programme  (BPGP),  Unnat Chulha Programme (UCP) and Gasifier are given at Annexure- III .

(d): Installation  of  family  type  biogas  plants  under  the  National  Biogas  and  Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) are provided with capital subsidy, turn-key job fee for supervision  of  installation  and  free  maintenance  warranty  for  five  years  for  trouble  free functioning  of  biogas  plants,  support  for  organization  of  training  courses,  workshop  & seminars and information & publicity through print and electronic media. The State Nodal Agencies/  Departments  and  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Commission  (KVIC)  and  Biogas Development  Training  Centres  are  provided  Administrative  Charges  for  implementation according to the annual targets and achievements there on. Under the newly launched Unnat Chulha Programme (UCP), the Ministry is providing Central Financial Assistance towards cost of improved cook stoves, training, user's orientation, publicity and awareness generation and  monitoring  and  evaluation.  Central  financial  assistance  for  power  generation  and  for thermal applications are available under the schemes.

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## Annexure - I

ANNEXURE-I,  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b),  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 343 ON 'RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FOR RURAL AREAS' FOR ANSWER ON 13.08.2015.

State/UT-wise number of villages where family type biogas plants set up under National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) and Biogas Power (off-grid) Generation  Programme  (BPGP)  installed  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and current year 2015-16 (upto 30.06.2015).

| State/ Union Territories   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Number of villages where biogas plants installed during the year 2012-13 to 2015-16   | Total villages covered from 2012- 13 to 2015- 16 (upto   |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| State/ Union Territories   | 2012-13                                                                               | 2012-13                                                                               | 2013-14                                                                               | 2013-14                                                                               | 2014-15                                                                               | 2014-15                                                                               | 2015-16 (upto 30.06.2015)                                                             | 2015-16 (upto 30.06.2015)                                                             | Total villages covered from 2012- 13 to 2015- 16 (upto   |
| State/ Union Territories   | NBM MP                                                                                | BPG P                                                                                 | NBMMP                                                                                 | BPGP                                                                                  | NBM MP                                                                                | BPGP                                                                                  | NBM MP                                                                                | BPGP                                                                                  | 30.06.2015)                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh             | 2462                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 1900                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 1683                                                                                  | 12                                                                                    | 15                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 6072                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh          | 37                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 2                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 39                                                       |
| Assam                      | 250                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 265                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 394                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 909                                                      |
| Bihar                      | 110                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 1                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 1                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 112                                                      |
| Chhattisgarh               | 1110                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 917                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 628                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 46                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 2701                                                     |
| Goa                        | 58                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 59                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 13                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 130                                                      |
| Gujarat                    | 1004                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 552                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 298                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 25                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 1879                                                     |
| Haryana                    | 801                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 807                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 649                                                                                   | 1                                                                                     | 52                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 2310                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh           | 220                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 223                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 111                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 23                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 577                                                      |
| Jammu& Kashmir             | 49                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 10                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 20                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 79                                                       |
| Jharkhand                  | 35                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     |                                                                                       | 26                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 61                                                       |
| Karnataka                  | 1414                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 1155                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 696                                                                                   | 14                                                                                    |                                                                                       | -                                                                                     | 3279                                                     |
| Kerala                     | 684                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 787                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 716                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 52                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 2239                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh             | 4186                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 3921                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 3537                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 616                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 12260                                                    |
| Maharashtra                | 5071                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 3594                                                                                  | 26                                                                                    | 4070                                                                                  | 5                                                                                     | 488                                                                                   | 6                                                                                     | 13260                                                    |
| Manipur                    | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     |                                                                                       | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 0                                                        |
| Meghalaya                  | 50                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 50                                                       |
| Mizoram                    | 35                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 40                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 32                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 4                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 111                                                      |
| Nagaland                   | 60                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 57                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 46                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 163                                                      |
| Odisha                     | 2651                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 876                                                                                   | 1                                                                                     | 1896                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 91                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 5515                                                     |
| Punjab                     | 2325                                                                                  | -                                                                                     | 2078                                                                                  | 9                                                                                     | 1865                                                                                  | 2                                                                                     | 92                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 6371                                                     |
| Rajasthan                  | 87                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 116                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 119                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 4                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 326                                                      |
| Sikkim                     | 33                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 30                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 25                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 8                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 96                                                       |
| Tamil Nadu                 | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 14                                                                                    | 4                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 18                                                       |
| Telengana                  | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 980                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 980                                                      |
| Tripura                    | 86                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 42                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 9                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | -                                                                                     | 137                                                      |
| Uttar Pradesh              | 210                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 244                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 253                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 196                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 903                                                      |
| West Bengal                | 763                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 164                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 181                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 23                                                                                    | -                                                                                     | 1131                                                     |
| Uttrakhand                 | 187                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 263                                                                                   | 6                                                                                     | 201                                                                                   | -                                                                                     | 41                                                                                    | 3                                                                                     | 701                                                      |
| TOTAL                      | 23978                                                                                 | -                                                                                     | 18115                                                                                 | 46                                                                                    | 18451                                                                                 | 34                                                                                    | 1776                                                                                  | 9                                                                                     | 62409                                                    |

ANNEXURE- II, REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b), OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 343 ON 'RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FOR RURAL AREAS' FOR ANSWER ON 13.08.2015.

## (a) State wise nos. of villages covered with Solar Lighting Systems during 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Number of villages |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                   90 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                  147 |
| 3         | Haryana           |                  225 |
| 4         | Himachal Pradesh  |                 1347 |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh    |                 1038 |
| 6         | Maharashtra       |                 6423 |
| 7         | Mizoram           |                   30 |
| 8         | Nagaland          |                  120 |
| 9         | Punjab            |                  201 |
| 10        | Sikkim            |                   32 |
| 11        | Tamilnadu         |                 2000 |
| 12        | Uttarakhand       |                  670 |
| 13        | Uttar Pradesh     |                10521 |
| Total     | Total             |                22844 |

- (b) Nos. of villages covered with minigrids (Community Power Plants) during 201213, 2013-14, 2014-15 and current year 2015-16
- (c) State-wise  numbers  of  villages  electrified  during  last  three  years  and  current year under RVE programme

| Sl. No   | State          |   Number of villages |
|----------|----------------|----------------------|
| 1        | Chhattisgarh   |                  730 |
| 2        | Haryana        |                    1 |
| 3        | Jammu &Kashmir |                    4 |
| 4        | Jharkhand      |                   12 |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh |                    8 |
| 6        | Rajasthan      |                   14 |
| 7        | Uttar Pradesh  |                   27 |
| Total    | Total          |                  806 |

| Sl. No.   | State          |   Number of Villages/ Hamlets |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.        | Assam          |                            97 |
| 2.        | Jammu &Kashmir |                           189 |
| 3.        | Jharkhand      |                           207 |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh |                           196 |
| 5.        | Maharashtra    |                             2 |
| 6.        | Orissa         |                          1012 |
| 7.        | Rajasthan      |                            90 |
| 8.        | Tamil Nadu     |                            30 |
| 9.        | Tripura        |                            67 |
| 10.       | Uttarakhand    |                            88 |
| 11.       | Uttar Pradesh  |                           151 |
| 12.       | Goa            |                            19 |
| Total     |                |                          2148 |

## Annexure - III

ANNEXURE  -III,  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  343  REGARDING 'RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FOR RURAL AREAS' TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.08.2015

State/UT-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  funds  released  under  National  Biogas  and  Manure  Management  Programme  (NBMMP),  Biogas Power  (off-gird)  Generation  Programme,  Gasifier  and  Unnat  Chulah  Programme  (UCP)  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year 2015-16

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   | Year-wise funds released   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|           |                   | 2012-13                    | 2012-13                    | 2012-13                    | 2013-14                    | 2013-14                    | 2013-14                    | 2014-15                    | 2014-15                    | 2014-15                    | 2015-16 (upto 31.07.2015)  | 2015-16 (upto 31.07.2015)  | 2015-16 (upto 31.07.2015)  | 2015-16 (upto 31.07.2015)  |
|           |                   | NBM MP                     | BPGP                       | Gasifi er                  | NBM MP                     | BPGP                       | Gasifi er                  | NBMM P                     | BPGP                       | Gasifier                   | NBMMP                      | UCP                        | BPGP                       | Gasifier                   |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 12.88                      | -                          | 0.160                      | 13.16                      | -                          | -                          | 17.91                      | 0.264                      | -                          | -                          | 0.678                      | 0.154                      | -                          |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.16                       | -                          | -                          | 0.07                       | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.104                      | -                          | -                          |
| 3.        | Assam             | 8.19                       | -                          | 0.056                      | 9.56                       | -                          | -                          | 15.64                      | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          |
| 4.        | Bihar             | -                          | -                          | 0.105                      | -                          | -                          | 0.020                      | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.294                      | -                          | -                          |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      | 4.59                       | -                          | -                          | 3.95                       | -                          | -                          | 4.34                       | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.634                      | -                          | -                          |
| 6.        | Goa               | 0.04                       | -                          | -                          | 0.06                       | -                          | -                          | 0.06                       | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.133                      | -                          | -                          |
| 7.        | Gujarat           | 3.06                       | -                          | 0.020                      | 4.41                       | -                          | -                          | 2.63                       | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.937                      | -                          | -                          |
| 8.        | Haryana           | 2.01                       | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.036                      | -                          | 0.920                      | -                          | -                          | 0.011                      | -                          | 0.960                      |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.30                       | -                          | -                          | 0.15                       | -                          | -                          | 0.32                       | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.268                      | -                          | -                          |
| 10.       | Jammu& Kashmir    | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.474                      | -                          | -                          |
| 11.       | Jharkhand         | 0.20                       | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | -                          | 0.730                      | -                          | -                          |
| 12.       | Karnataka         | 5.88                       | -                          | -                          | 6.15                       | -                          | -                          | 19.41                      | 1.577                      | -                          | -                          | 0.658                      | -                          | -                          |
| 13.       | Kerala            | 3.05                       | -                          | -                          | 2.25                       | -                          | -                          | 1.92                       |                            | -                          | -                          | 0.452                      | -                          | -                          |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh    | 10.02                      | -                          | 1.825                      | 12.50                      | 1.040                      | 0.016                      | 11.60                      | 0.132                      | 0.066                      | 0.48                       | 0.011                      | -                          | -                          |

| 15.   | Maharashtra                  | 8.02   | -   | -     | 11.18   | -     | -     | 15.22   | -     | -     | 13.15   | 0.011   | -     | -     |
|-------|------------------------------|--------|-----|-------|---------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|---------|---------|-------|-------|
| 16.   | Manipur                      | -      | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | 0.104   | -     | -     |
| 17.   | Meghalaya                    | 0.42   | -   | -     | 0.81    | -     | -     | 0.23    | -     | -     | -       | 0.104   | -     | -     |
| 18.   | Mizoram                      | 0.84   | -   | -     | 0.83    | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | 0.104   | -     | -     |
| 19.   | Nagaland                     | 1.68   | -   | -     | 1.75    | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | 0.184   | -     | -     |
| 20.   | Odisha                       | 6.19   | -   | -     | -       | 0.018 | -     | 9.31    | -     | -     | -       | 1.40    | -     | -     |
| 21.   | Punjab                       | 7.96   | -   | -     | 12.98   | 0.215 | -     | 11.98   | 0.043 | -     | -       | 0.309   | -     | -     |
| 22.   | Rajasthan                    | 0.25   | -   | -     | 0.15    | -     | -     | 1.02    | -     | -     | -       | 0.011   | -     |       |
| 23.   | Sikkim                       | 0.37   | -   | -     | 0.29    | -     | -     | 0.28    | -     | -     | -       | -       | -     | -     |
| 24.   | Tamilnadu                    | 0.85   | -   | -     | -       | 1.022 | 0.220 | -       | -     | 0.356 | 1.56    | 0.930   | -     | -     |
| 25.   | Telangana                    | -      | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | 7.71    | -     | -     | 0.61    | 0.678   | -     | -     |
| 26.   | Tripura                      | 0.42   | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | 0.42    | -     | -     | -       | 0.127   | -     | -     |
| 27.   | Uttar Pradesh                | 0.89   | -   | 0.024 | -       | -     | 0.037 | 0.67    | -     | 0.270 | -       | 1.476   | -     | 0.248 |
| 28.   | Uttarakhand                  | 0.78   | -   | -     | 1.46    | 0.254 | 0.060 | 0.49    | -     | -     | -       | 0.695   | 0.157 |       |
| 29.   | West Bengal                  | 7.66   | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | 0.806   | -     | -     |
| 30.   | Delhi                        | -      | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -       | -     | -     |
| 31.   | Puducherry                   | -      | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -       | -     | -     |
| 32.   | KVIC, Mumbai *               | 23.79  | -   | -     | 8.54    | -     | -     | 1.56    | -     | -     | 0.93    | -       | -     | -     |
| 33.   | A&N Island                   | -      | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | 0.087   | -     | -     |
| 34.   | Dadar Daman and Nagar Haveli | -      | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | 0.052   | -     | -     |
| 35.   | Lakshadweep                  | -      | -   | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | -     | -     | -       | 0.069   |       |       |
|       | Total                        | 110.52 | -   | 2.190 | 90.26   | 2.549 | 0.390 | 122.73  | 2.936 | 0.692 | 16.72   | 12.531  | 0.311 | 1.208 |

* Funds released to KVIC, Mumbai for Programme implemented by them in all the States/UTs. NBMMP - National Biogas and Manure Management Programme BPGP - Biogas Power (off-gird) Generation Programme UCP- Unnat Chulah Programme