Lok Sabha Question No. 299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Land for Solar Power Production
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 299

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## LAND FOR SOLAR POWER PRODUCTION

## 299. SHRI  RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has done an assessment of the available land for setting up Solar  Power  Production  projects/units  in  different  parts  of  the  country,  if  so,  the  details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to utilize the barren and non-agriculture land for the purpose, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to incentivise its 'strategic solar power production partners' to start production on such land, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b): The  National  Institute  of  Solar  Energy  (NISE)  which  functioning  under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has assessed the solar power potential in the country with an estimated 2% of wasteland use.  The total potential has been assessed at 750 GW.  The state-wise break up is given at Annexure.  Land which is not fit for agriculture is considered for solar power development.

(c): The  Government  is  taking  up  solar  power  projects  in  association  with  State  the Governments,  the  National  Thermal  Power  Corporation  (NTPC)  and  the  Solar  Energy Corporation of India (SECI) etc. under various Government of India schemes and to fulfill the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO).

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok sabha unstarred question no. 299 for 25.02.2016

## State-wise estimated Solar Energy Potential in the Country

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          |   Solar Potential (GWp) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                      38 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                       9 |
| 3         | Assam             |                      14 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                      11 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                      18 |
| 6         | Goa               |                       1 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                      36 |
| 8         | Haryana           |                       5 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                      34 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                     111 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                      18 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                      25 |
| 13        | Kerala            |                       6 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                      62 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                      64 |
| 16        | Manipur           |                      11 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |                       6 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |                       9 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |                       7 |
| 20        | Odisha            |                      26 |
| 21        | Punjab            |                       3 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |                     142 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |                       5 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                      18 |
| 25        | Telangana         |                      20 |
| 26        | Tripura           |                       2 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                      23 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |                      17 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                       6 |
| 30        | Delhi             |                       2 |
| 31        | UT                |                       1 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             |                     750 |

## No.30/126/2016/NSM Ministry of New and Renewable Energy National Solar Mission

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Subject:   Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  299  by  Shri  Rahul Kaswan regarding 'Land for solar power production' to be answered on 25.02.2016.

Based on the information available with Solar Energy Division, a draft reply to the above mentioned Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 299 to be answered on 25.02.2016 has been attempted and is put up for kind approval.

(Devendra Singh) Under Secretary

19.02.2016

Director (NSM)