Lok Sabha Question No. 5379 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Renewable Energy Schemes in West Bengal
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5379

ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026

## RENEWABLE ENERGY SCHEMES IN WEST BENGAL

## 5379. SHRI RAJU BISTA

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

- (a) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised under various renewable energy schemes since
- 2019 in the State of West Bengal, scheme and district-wise;
- (b) the amount of subsidy allocated and disbursed under the schemes during the last three years and the current year in West Bengal, district-wise; and
- (c) the details of number of beneficiaries under each scheme in West Bengal, district-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) to (c) State-wise allocation of funds is not made under the renewable energy schemes of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. The Central Financial Assistance is released in accordance with the respective scheme guidelines. Year-wise details of the Central Financial Assistance (CFA) disbursed for  the  renewable  energy  projects  in  the  State  of  West  Bengal  under  the  major  ongoing  schemes/ programmes of the Ministry since 2019 are given below:

| Scheme/ Programme                       |   CFA released (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Rooftop Solar/ PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli |                         27.38 |
| National Bioenergy Programme            |                          2.79 |

District-wise no. of beneficiaries households in the State of West Bengal under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana as reported on the National Portal of the scheme as on 19.03.2026 are given at Annexure .

Further,  159  small  size  Biogas  plants  have  been  installed  in  the  State  under  National  Bioenergy Programme  and  four  grid  connected  agriculture  pumps  have  been  solarized  under  Component-C (Individual Pump Solarization) of PM Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM).

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## Annexure referred to in reply of parts-(a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5379 to be answered on 25.03.2026

District-wise no. of beneficiary households in the State of West Bengal under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana since the launch of the scheme in February, 2024 upto 19.03.2026

| District          |   No. of Beneficiary Households |
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| Alipurduar        |                               4 |
| Bankura           |                              16 |
| Birbhum           |                              56 |
| Cooch Behar       |                               0 |
| Dakshin Dinajpur  |                               9 |
| Darjeeling        |                               8 |
| Hooghly           |                             112 |
| Howrah            |                              44 |
| Jalpaiguri        |                              18 |
| Jhargram          |                               6 |
| Kalimpong         |                               0 |
| Kolkata           |                             619 |
| Malda             |                               6 |
| Murshidabad       |                              29 |
| Nadia             |                              33 |
| North 24 Parganas |                             115 |
| Paschim Bardhaman |                              36 |
| Paschim Medinipur |                              62 |
| Purba Bardhaman   |                              55 |
| Purba Medinipur   |                              43 |
| Purulia           |                               7 |
| South 24 Parganas |                              62 |
| Uttar Dinajpur    |                              74 |
| Total             |                            1414 |