Lok Sabha Question No. 4279 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Solar Energy Generation in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4279

ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 4279. SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR

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

- (a)  the  details of  total  quantity  of  solar  energy  generated during the last five years across the country, State and district-wise in Andhra Pradesh particularly in Eluru district;
- (b) the total area covered by solar panel grids at present across the country, State and district-wise in Andhra Pradesh particularly in Eluru district;
- (c) whether the Government has undertaken any schemes, initiatives and programme to increase solar grid panel infrastructure in rural areas of the country especially in Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the regions in Andhra Pradesh identified to have high irradiance, district-wise including Eluru district; and
- (e) the total funds allocated, released and utilised for increasing solar power grid infrastructure across the country, State and district-wise in Andhra Pradesh particularly in Eluru?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) As  per  the  information  received  from  Central  Electricity Authority  (CEA),  the  total  Solar Energy Generated across the country during last five financial years and current financial year up to January 2026 is at Annexure-I.
- (b) The total installed solar energy capacity in the country as on 28.02.2026 is ~143.60 GW. The details are at Annexure-II.

The area covered by solar power project is 3 to 5 acre per MW.

- (c)  &  (d)  The  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  to  increase  solar  grid  panel infrastructure in the rural areas of the country including Andhra Pradesh. The details of schemes are given at Annexure-III.

As  per  the  information  received  from  National  Institute  of  Solar  Energy  (NISE),  the  Global Horizontal  Irradiance  (GHI)  in Andhra  Pradesh  ranges  between  4.22-5.56  kWh/m 2 /  day.  The Eluru district records a GHI in the range of 5.02-5.2 kWh/m 2 / day.

- (e)  The  Government  has  been  implementing  the  Green  Energy  Corridor  (GEC)  scheme  to facilitate integration of large-scale renewable generation capacity in the country. The transmission system  under  the  Intra-State  Transmission  System  GEC  Phase-I  (InSTS  GEC-I)  is  being implemented through the State Transmission Utilities of eight Renewable Energy (RE)-rich States with Central Financial Assistance (CFA) amounting to 40% of the estimated project cost, i.e., Rs. 3164.70 crore. Out of this, Rs. 2839.10 crore has been released as on 28.02.2026.

In  the  State  of Andhra  Pradesh,  the  implementing agency is the Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APTRANSCO). The eligible grant for Andhra Pradesh is Rs. 361.25 crore, out of which Rs. 302.48 crore has been released to APTRANSCO. All the projects under GEC-I in Andhra Pradesh have been completed.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4279 FOR 18.03.2026

## Total Solar Energy Generated across the country during last five financial years and current financial year up to January 2026

| Name of State/UT                      |   Solar Energy (in Million Units) |
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Chandigarh                            |                             64.05 |
| Delhi                                 |                           1237.13 |
| Haryana                               |                           5037.63 |
| Himachal Pradesh                      |                            467.97 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                        |                             11.13 |
| Ladakh                                |                              0    |
| Punjab                                |                          10776.9  |
| Rajasthan                             |                         198371    |
| Uttar Pradesh                         |                          21612.5  |
| Uttarakhand                           |                           1903.14 |
| Chhattisgarh                          |                           5382.1  |
| Gujarat                               |                          75233.1  |
| Madhya Pradesh                        |                          29842.5  |
| Maharashtra                           |                          32485.1  |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli &Daman and Diu |                            201.79 |
| Goa                                   |                            196.95 |
| Andhra Pradesh                        |                          45912.8  |
| Telangana                             |                          39061.2  |
| Karnataka                             |                          86086.5  |
| Kerala                                |                           6424.68 |
| Tamil Nadu                            |                          65944.3  |
| Lakshadweep                           |                              1.12 |
| Puducherry                            |                             65.55 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands              |                            136.18 |
| Bihar                                 |                           1277.9  |
| Jharkhand                             |                            105.05 |
| Orissa                                |                           4069.62 |
| Sikkim                                |                              0    |
| West Bengal                           |                           1123.99 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                     |                             30.94 |
| Assam                                 |                           1202.3  |
| Manipur                               |                             46.18 |
| Meghalaya                             |                              0.47 |
| Mizoram                               |                             61.41 |
| Nagaland                              |                              0    |
| Tripura                               |                             39.65 |
| Total                                 |                         634413    |

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4279 FOR 18.03.2026

## State-wise installed Solar Energy Capacity as on 28.02.2026

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        |   Solar Energy Capacity (MW) |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                      7208.18 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                        15.44 |
| 3         | Assam             |                       533.47 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                       435.34 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                      1755.4  |
| 6         | Goa               |                        76.24 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                     27486.3  |
| 8         | Haryana           |                      2584.78 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                       346.29 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                        79.48 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                       242.39 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                     11029.9  |
| 13        | Kerala            |                      2150.25 |
| 14        | Ladakh            |                        12.02 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    |                      5893.83 |
| 16        | Maharashtra       |                     19364.2  |
| 17        | Manipur           |                        17.52 |
| 18        | Meghalaya         |                         4.28 |
| 19        | Mizoram           |                        33.69 |
| 20        | Nagaland          |                         3.34 |
| 21        | Odisha            |                       779.32 |
| 22        | Punjab            |                      1566.91 |
| 23        | Rajasthan         |                     38728.2  |
| 24        | Sikkim            |                         7.56 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        |                     12352.5  |
| 26        | Telangana         |                      5065.1  |
| 27        | Tripura           |                        35.41 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     |                      3846.45 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand       |                       837.89 |
| 30        | West Bengal       |                       320.62 |
| 31        | Andaman &Nicobar  |                        32.12 |
| 32        | Chandigarh        |                        78.85 |
| 33        | DD&DNH            |                       134.9  |
| 34        | Delhi             |                       413.9  |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |                         6.57 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |                        80.71 |
| 37        | Other-NABARD      |                        45.01 |
| Total     | Total             |                    143604    |

## ANNEXURE-III REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4279 FOR 18.03.2026

## Details of various schemes being implemented to increase Solar Grid panel infrastructure in the country including rural areas

| Schemes                                                                                                                                                      | Incentives presently available as per the Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Incentives presently available as per the Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Incentives presently available as per the Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Incentives presently available as per the Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units every month for One Crore households. | 1. Under the PMSG: MBY, the CFA for installation of Rooftop Solar in the Residential Sector is given below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1. Under the PMSG: MBY, the CFA for installation of Rooftop Solar in the Residential Sector is given below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1. Under the PMSG: MBY, the CFA for installation of Rooftop Solar in the Residential Sector is given below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1. Under the PMSG: MBY, the CFA for installation of Rooftop Solar in the Residential Sector is given below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units every month for One Crore households. | Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Type of Residential Segment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | CFA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | CFA (Special Category States/UTs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units every month for One Crore households. | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Residential Sector (first 2 kWp of Rooftop Solar (RTS) capacity or part thereof)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Rs.30,000/kWp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Rs.33,000/kWp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units every month for One Crore households. | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Residential Sector (with additional RTS capacity of 1 kWp or part thereof)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Rs.18,000/kWp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Rs.19,800/kWp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units every month for One Crore households. | 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Residential Sector (additional RTS capacity beyond 3 kWp)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | No additional CFA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | No additional CFA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units every month for One Crore households. | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Group Housing Societies/ Residential Welfare Associations (GHS/RWA) etc. for common facilities including EV charging up to 500 kWp (@ 3 kWp per house)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Rs.18,000/kWp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Rs.19,800/kWp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units every month for One Crore households. | 2. The PMSG: MBY scheme includes the provision for incentive to DISCOMs to motivate and help them in activities such as create conducive regulatory and administrative mechanisms, achieve targets for implementation. The incentive is pegged at 5% of applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved above 10% and less than 15% of installed base capacity; 10% of the applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved beyond 15% of installed base capacity. 3. To push the deployment of residential rooftop solar | 2. The PMSG: MBY scheme includes the provision for incentive to DISCOMs to motivate and help them in activities such as create conducive regulatory and administrative mechanisms, achieve targets for implementation. The incentive is pegged at 5% of applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved above 10% and less than 15% of installed base capacity; 10% of the applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved beyond 15% of installed base capacity. 3. To push the deployment of residential rooftop solar | 2. The PMSG: MBY scheme includes the provision for incentive to DISCOMs to motivate and help them in activities such as create conducive regulatory and administrative mechanisms, achieve targets for implementation. The incentive is pegged at 5% of applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved above 10% and less than 15% of installed base capacity; 10% of the applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved beyond 15% of installed base capacity. 3. To push the deployment of residential rooftop solar | 2. The PMSG: MBY scheme includes the provision for incentive to DISCOMs to motivate and help them in activities such as create conducive regulatory and administrative mechanisms, achieve targets for implementation. The incentive is pegged at 5% of applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved above 10% and less than 15% of installed base capacity; 10% of the applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved beyond 15% of installed base capacity. 3. To push the deployment of residential rooftop solar |

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs), at the rate of Rs.1000 for every installation of RTS in residential segment in the jurisdiction of ULB/PRI, for which CFA has been transferred to consumer. Further, a fund of Rs. 800 crores have been provisioned for developing a Model Solar Village in each district of the country, with an assistance of Rs 1 crore per Model Solar Village under PMSG: MBYscheme.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| b) PM-KUSUM scheme for setting up decentralized solar or other renewable energy power plants, installation of stand-alone solar agriculture pumps, and solarization of existing grid-connected agriculture pumps, including feeder-level solarization. The scheme benefits not only farmers but also the States and DISCOMs. | Component A : Setting up of 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground/Stilt Mounted Solar Power Plants Benefits available: Procurement Based Incentive (PBI) to the DISCOMs @ 40 paise/kWh or Rs.6.60 lakhs/MW/year, whichever is lower, for buying solar power under this scheme. The PBI is given to the DISCOMs for a period of five years from the Commercial Operation Date of the plant. Therefore, the total PBI payable to DISCOMs is up to Rs. 33 Lakh per MW. Component B : Installation of 14 Lakh Stand-alone Solar Pumps Benefits available: CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, of the stand-alone solar agriculture pump is provided. However, in North Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&NIslands, CFAof 50% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, of the stand-alone solar pump is provided. Component B can also be implemented without State share of 30%. The Central Financial Assistance will continue to remain 30% and rest 70% will be borne by the farmer. Component C: Solarisation of 35 Lakh Grid Connected Agriculture Pumps including through Feeder Level Solarisation Benefits available: (a) Individual Pump Solarization (IPS): CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, of the solar PV component will be provided. However, in North Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&NIslands, CFAof 50% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, of the solar PV component is provided. Component C (IPS) can also be implemented without State share of 30%. The Central Financial Assistance will continue to remain 30% and rest 70% will be borne by the farmer. (b) Feeder Level Solarization (FLS): Agriculture feeders can be solarized by the State Government in CAPEX or RESCO mode with CFA of Rs. 1.05 Crore per MW as provided by MNRE. However, in North Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Island, CFA of Rs. 1.75 crore perMW is provided. |

| Schemes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Incentives presently available as per the Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Incentives presently available as per the Scheme   | Incentives presently available as per the Scheme   |
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| c) New Solar Power Scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and Dharti Aabha Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA JGUA) with a provision for providing off-grid Solar Lighting where electricity supply through grid is not techno-economically feasible. | Components Central Share (100%) Provision of 0.3 kW Solar off-grid system for 1 lakh Tribal and PVTG HHs Rs. 50,000 per HH or as per actual cost Solar street lighting and provision of lighting in 1500 MPCs of PVTG areas (under PM JANMAN component only) Rs. 1 lakh per MPC Solarisation of 2000 public institutions through off-grid solar systems (under DA JGUA component only) Rs 1 lakh per kWwith maximum solar PV capacity of 20 kWper public institution |                                                    |                                                    |
| c) New Solar Power Scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and Dharti Aabha Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA JGUA) with a provision for providing off-grid Solar Lighting where electricity supply through grid is not techno-economically feasible. |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                    |                                                    |
| c) New Solar Power Scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and Dharti Aabha Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA JGUA) with a provision for providing off-grid Solar Lighting where electricity supply through grid is not techno-economically feasible. |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                    |                                                    |
| c) New Solar Power Scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and Dharti Aabha Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA JGUA) with a provision for providing off-grid Solar Lighting where electricity supply through grid is not techno-economically feasible. |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                    |                                                    |