Lok Sabha Question No. 144 (STARRED), answered on 2015-07-30
Subject: Promotion of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: BHAGWANT MANN, ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 144

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2015

## PROMOTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

- *144.  SHRI BHAGWANT MANN: SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

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

- (a) the potential and actual installed capacity of solar power plants, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to make the usage of solar energy compulsory for Government buildings, commercial establishments, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes etc., if so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  Government  buildings  etc.  utilising  solar energy;
- (c) the funds allocated, released and utilized for promotion of solar energy during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether any target has been set by the Government for promoting solar energy and if so, the details and present status thereof; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to promote use of solar energy in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a),(b),(c),(d)&(e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a),(b),(c),  (d)  &  (e)  of  the  LokSabha  Starred Question No. 144 for answer on 30.07.2015 regarding Promotion of Solar Energy.

- (a): The details of potential and actual installed capacity of solar power plants, State/UTwise are at Annexure-I.
- (b): This Ministry has taken up with Ministry of Urban Development to advise all urban local  bodies  to  make  suitable  provision  in  the  building  by-laws.      The  Ministry  has  also requested  all  Secretaries/State  Secretaries  to  set  up  solar  roof  top  systems  on  Government buildings/PSUs under their control.

A  total  of  11,296  solar  power  systems  have  been  installed  on  Central  and  State Government buildings  including  Primary  Health  Centres  in  the  country  till  31 st December 2014.

- (c): The details of funds sanctioned/ released and spent for setting up solar power plants during the last three years, scheme-wise and State-wise are at Annexure-II.
- (d): The  Government  has  revised  the  National  Solar  Mission  target  of  Grid  Connected Solar Power projects from 20,000 MW by 2022 to 1,00,000 MW by 2022.  It is planned to achieve the revised target of 100 GW by setting up Distributed Rooftop Solar Projects and Medium & Large Scale Solar Projects, the break-up of which is as under:-

| Category I    | Proposed Capacity (MW)   | Category II                                                                                   | Proposed Capacity (MW)   |
|---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Rooftop Solar | 40,000                   | Scheme for Decentralized Generation of Solar Energy Projects by Unemployed Youths and Farmers | 10000                    |
| Rooftop Solar | 40,000                   | PSUs                                                                                          | 10,000                   |
| Rooftop Solar | 40,000                   | Large Private Sector/IPPs                                                                     | 5,000                    |
| Rooftop Solar | 40,000                   | SECI                                                                                          | 5,000                    |
| Rooftop Solar | 40,000                   | Under State Policies                                                                          | 20,000                   |
| Rooftop Solar | 40,000                   | Ongoing programmes including past achievements                                                | 10,000                   |
| Total         | 40,000                   |                                                                                               | 60,000                   |

The  Ministry  has  chalked  out  year  wise  target  to  achieve  1,00,000  MW  by  2022 which is as under :

*3,743 MW commissioned upto 31.03.2015.

| Year    | Rooftop Projects (MW)   | Ground Mounted Solar Power Projects (MW)   | Total (in MW)   |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 2015-16 | 200                     | 1,800                                      | 2,000           |
| 2016-17 | 4,800                   | 7,200                                      | 12,000          |
| 2017-18 | 5,000                   | 10,000                                     | 15,000          |
| 2018-19 | 6,000                   | 10,000                                     | 16,000          |
| 2019-20 | 7,000                   | 10,000                                     | 17000           |
| 2020-21 | 8,000                   | 9,500                                      | 17,500          |
| 2021-22 | 9,000                   | 8,500                                      | 17,500          |
| Total   | 40,000                  | 57,000                                     | 97,000 *        |

4096.64 MW of grid connected solar power projects have been commissioned in the country as on 15/07/2015.

## (e): The  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  use  of  solar  energy  in  the country are as follows :

- i. Subsidy is being provided on off-grid applications in accordance with scheme guidelines.
- ii. Provision for renewable purchase obligation for solar has been made in the National Tariff Policy.
- iii. Schemes with Generation based incentives, Bundling of cheap thermal power with solar power and Viability Gap Fund have been  announced  and implemented from time to time.
- iv. Concessional Import duty/Excise duty exemption for setting up of  solar power plants, accelerated depreciation and tax holiday are  available.
- v. Awareness programmes such as exhibitions, training workshops etc. are being conducted.
- vi. R&D projects have been sanctioned for new technologies and improvement in efficiency.
- vii. 25 solar parks are being set up to provide clear land with connectivity. ******

## Annexure I

## Annexure-I referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 144 for 30.07.2015.

## State-wise Estimated Solar Power Potential & Grid connected Commissioned Capacity

| Sl. No.   | State                                                                       |   Solar Power Potential (GWp) | Total commissioned capacity till 15-07-15 (MW)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                                                              |                         38.44 | 268.46                                           |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                           |                          8.65 | 0.025                                            |
| 3.        | Assam                                                                       |                         13.76 | -                                                |
| 4.        | Bihar                                                                       |                         11.20 | -                                                |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                                                                |                         18.27 | 10.28                                            |
| 6.        | Delhi                                                                       |                          2.05 | 6.712                                            |
| 7.        | Goa                                                                         |                          0.88 | -                                                |
| 8.        | Gujarat                                                                     |                         35.77 | 1000.05                                          |
| 9.        | Haryana                                                                     |                          4.56 | 12.8                                             |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh                                                            |                         33.84 | -                                                |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                             |                        111.05 | -                                                |
| 12.       | Jharkhand                                                                   |                         18.18 | 16                                               |
| 13.       | Karnataka                                                                   |                         24.70 | 88.22                                            |
| 14.       | Kerala                                                                      |                          6.11 | 0.025                                            |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh                                                              |                         61.66 | 603.58                                           |
| 16.       | Maharashtra                                                                 |                         64.32 | 378.7                                            |
| 17.       | Manipur                                                                     |                         10.63 | -                                                |
| 18.       | Meghalaya                                                                   |                          5.86 | -                                                |
| 19.       | Mizoram                                                                     |                          9.09 | -                                                |
| 20.       | Nagaland                                                                    |                          7.29 | -                                                |
| 21.       | Odisha                                                                      |                         25.78 | 31.92                                            |
| 22.       | Punjab                                                                      |                          2.81 | 195.27                                           |
| 23.       | Rajasthan                                                                   |                        142.31 | 1163.7                                           |
| 24.       | Sikkim                                                                      |                          4.94 | -                                                |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu                                                                  |                         17.67 | 157.98                                           |
| 26.       | Telangana                                                                   |                         20.41 | 62.75                                            |
| 27.       | Tripura                                                                     |                          2.08 | 5                                                |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh                                                               |                         22.83 | 71.26                                            |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand                                                                 |                         16.80 | 5                                                |
| 30.       | West Bengal                                                                 |                          6.26 | 7.21                                             |
| 31.       | Union Territories Andaman & Nicobar Lakshdweep Puducherry Chandigarh Others |                          0.79 | - 5.1 0.75 0.025 5.041 0.79                      |
|           | Total                                                                       |                        748.98 | 4096.64                                          |

## Annexure II

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 144 for 30.07.2015.

## State-wise break-up of funds released by the Government for setting up Grid Connected  solar power plants in last three years

(all figures are in crore Rs.)

| Sl. No.   | State / UT     | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   |
|-----------|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State / UT     | 2012-13          | 2013-14          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 15.18            | 13.60            | 146.08           | 3.87             |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   | 4.45             | 5.66             | 5.55             | 5.18             |
| 3         | Gujarat        | 0.00             | 0.00             | 2.75             | 0                |
| 4         | Haryana        | 7.72             | 9.25             | 11.82            | 9.86             |
| 5         | Jharkhand      | 11.25            | 14.00            | 29.30            | 18.12            |
| 6         | Karnataka      | 0.00             | 0.00             | 12.00            | 20               |
| 7         | Kerala         | 0.00             | 0.00             | 3.60             | 0.25             |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh | 2.93             | 4.81             | 8.29             | 12.68            |
| 9         | Maharashtra    | 7.12             | 7.78             | 6.62             | 7.68             |
| 10        | Odisha         | 3.74             | 6.45             | 13.09            | 0                |
| 11        | Punjab         | 4.35             | 8.93             | 32.35            | 0                |
| 12        | Rajasthan      | 11.73            | 25.26            | 56.40            | 37.36            |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu     | 7.52             | 17.00            | 15.40            | 9.88             |
| 14        | Telangana      | 0.00             | 0.00             | 2.75             | 0                |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh  | 4.66             | 4.77             | 17.15            | 3.5              |
| 16        | Uttarakhand    | 0.22             | 7.64             | 18.25            | 5.72             |
| 17        | West Bengal    | 0.00             | 0.00             | 6.00             | 0                |
| 18        | Delhi          | 0.00             | 0.49             | 0.00             | 0                |
| 19        | Meghalaya      | -                | -                | -                | 0.25             |
| 20        | Arunachal      | -                | -                | -                | 0.25             |
| 21        | Nagaland       | -                | -                | -                | 0.25             |
|           | TOTAL          | 80.87            | 125.64           | 387.4            | 136.33           |

In addition to this Rs.360.82 Crores has been released to SECI during the current year for VGF scheme which is still to be disbursed further.