Rs. 600 Crore Allocated for Grid connected Rooftop and small Solar Power Plants Programme

By Saur News Bureau/ Updated On Fri, Feb 10th, 2017

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Government allocates Rs 600 crore for solar power projects and Grid connected Rooftop Programmes

An amount of Rs. 600 crore has been allocated for the projects under “Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar power Plants Programme” and Rs. 508.84 Crore has been released till 31.01.2017. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, Mines New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

The State-wise details of projects under “Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar power Plants Programme” sanctioned are as follows:

Sr.No.	States/entity	Approved /Sanctioned Capacity (MW_p)
1	Andhra Pradesh	39.5
2	Chhattisgarh	11.2
3	Delhi	92
4	Gujarat	81.75
5	Haryana	75
6	Himachal Pradesh	10
7	Jammu & Kashmir	7
8	Jharkhand	55
9	Karnataka	10.935
10	Kerala	15
11	Madhya Pradesh	115
12	Maharashtra	100
13	Odisha	4
14	Punjab	25
15	Rajasthan	31
16	Tamil Nadu	312
17	Telangana	74
18	Uttarakhand	51
19	Uttar Pradesh	12
20	West Bengal	11.68
21	Arunachal Pradesh	0
22	Assam	24
23	Manipur	8.4
24	Chandigarh	30.5
25	Goa	2
26	Puducherry	5.02
27	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	1
28	Lakshadweep	1
	Sub Total (State/ UT)	1,204.99
29	Solar Energy Corporation of India	899.6
30	Ministry of Railways	502.5
31	PSUs/Govt. Departments	482
	TOTAL	3,089.09

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been promoting “Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme” with a Central Financial Assistance (CFA) of up to 30% of benchmark cost in General category States and up to 70 % in Special Category States, North Eastern States, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Residential, Institutional and Social sector are covered under this CFA pattern. For Government Sector, achievement linked incentive up to Rs.18750/kWp in General Category States and Rs.45000/kWp in Special Category States, North Eastern States and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep is available under the Programme.

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