Lok Sabha Question No. 2258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Solar Cities
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2258

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## SOLAR CITIES

## 2258.  SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI NANA PATOLE:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up new solar power plants and develop 60 cities across  the  country  including  Delhi  as  'Solar  Cities',  if  so,  the  details  and  location  thereof, State/UT-wise;

(b) the  budgetary  allocation  made/proposed  to  be  made  for  the  purpose,  State/UT-wise including Delhi;

(c) whether the Government has granted permission to the Government of National Capital Territory  of  Delhi  for  using/utilizing  solar  energy  for  lighting  its  Secretariat,  if  so,  the  details thereof; and

(d) whether corporate social responsibility is being fulfilled by the public sector undertakings under the ministry, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes, Madam. The Government has set a target for installation of 1,00,000 MWp solar power plants in the country by the year 2022. So far, an aggregate capacity of 5775 MWp solar power  plants  has  been  installed  in  the  country.  The  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy (MNRE) is implementing a programme on 'Development of Solar Cities' and 60 cities have been approved under this programme, including New Delhi (NDMC area). State/UT-wise details of solar cities are given in Annexure.
- (b): The  Budgetary  allocation  of  Rs.1716  crore  has  been  made  for  Grid  Interactive  Solar Power. No State/UT-wise funds are allocated by the MNRE.
- (c): Government has sanctioned 3 MWp solar power plant for utilizing solar energy in the Secretariat building of National Capital Territory of Delhi.
- (d): Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), a public sector undertakings under the MNRE is fulfilling the requirement under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). So far, 12 projects with as aggregate amount of Rs.3.24 crore has been sanctioned by IREDA under CSR.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2258 to be answered on 10-3-2016.

## List of Selected Solar Cities under 'Development of Solar Cities Programme'

| Sr. No   | State             | Approved Solar Cities   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1. Vijayawada           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2. Narsapur Town        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 3. Kakinada             |
| 2        | Assam             | 4. Guwahati             |
| 2        | Assam             | 5. Jorhat               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 6. Itanagar             |
| 4        | Bihar             | 7. Gaya                 |
| 5        | Chandigarh        | 8. Chandigarh           |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 9. Bilaspur             |
| 7        |                   | 10. Raipur              |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 12.                     |
| 7        |                   | Gandhinagar             |
| 7        |                   | 13. Surat               |
| 8        | Goa               | 14. Panaji City         |
| 9        | Haryana           | 15. Gurgaon             |
| 9        | Haryana           | 16. Faridabad           |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 17. Shimla              |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 18. Hamirpur            |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 19. Mysore              |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 20. Hubli-Dharwad       |
|          | Kerala            | 21. Thiruvananthapuram  |
| 12       | Kerala            | 22. Kochi               |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 23. Nagpur              |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 24. Thane               |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 25. Kalyan-Dombivli     |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 26. Aurangabad          |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 27.                     |
| 13       |                   | Nanded                  |
| 13       |                   | 28. Shirdi              |
| 13       |                   | 29. Pune                |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 30. Indore              |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 31. Gwalior             |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 32. Bhopal              |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 33. Rewa                |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 34. Jabalpur            |
| 15       | Manipur           | 35. Imphal              |
| 16       | Mizoram           | 36. Aizawl              |

|   Sr. No | State          | Approved Solar Cities     |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------|
|       17 | Nagaland       | 37. Kohima                |
|       17 | Nagaland       | 38. Dimapur               |
|       18 | Delhi          | 39. New Delhi (NDMC area) |
|       19 | Orissa         | 40. Bhubaneswar           |
|       20 | Punjab         | 41. Amritsar              |
|       20 | Punjab         | 42. Ludhiana              |
|       20 | Punjab         | 43. SAS Nagar (Mohali)    |
|       21 | Rajasthan      | 44. Ajmer                 |
|       21 | Rajasthan      | 45. Jaipur                |
|       21 | Rajasthan      | 46. Jodhpur               |
|       22 | Tamil Nadu     | 47. Coimbatore            |
|       23 | Telangana      | 48. Mahbubnagar           |
|       24 | Tripura        | 49. Agartala              |
|       25 | Uttarakhand    | 50. Dehradun              |
|       25 | Uttarakhand    | 51. Haridwar &Rishikesh   |
|       25 | Uttarakhand    | 52. Chamoli -Gopeshwar    |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh  | 53. Agra                  |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh  | 54. Moradabad             |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh  | 55. Allahabad             |
|       27 | West Bengal    | 56. Howrah                |
|       27 | West Bengal    | 57. Madhyamgram           |
|       27 | West Bengal    | 58. New Town Kolkata      |
|       28 | Jammu &Kashmir | 59. Leh                   |
|       29 | Puducherry     | 60. Puducherry            |