90,710 Solar Pumps has been Installed throughout the country: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha on Thursday informed that 90,710 Solar Pumps has been Installed as on 30th October

Saur News Bureau

18 Nov 2016 13:04 IST

Updated On 21 Mar 2017 15:42 IST

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Piyush Goyal-Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mine, Minister in Lok Sabha on Thursday informed that 90,710 solar pumps have been installed throughout the country as on 31^st October, 2016. Installations of more pumps are at various stages of implementation.

Goyal stated that “a target of 50,000 pumps for irrigation and potable water consumption has been set for installation for during the year 2016-17.”

State-wise details of solar pumps sanctioned during the last three years and the current year is as follows:

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State/UT-wise Status of Solar Pumps Sanctioned for Irrigation and Drinking water during the last three years and the current year
S. No.	State/UT	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
1	Andhra Pradesh	219	7725	10000	1415
2	Gujarat	0	3000	3700	4000
3	Madhya Pradesh	1403	3750	0	0
4	Odisha	3696	4560	0	2000
5	Tamil Nadu	0	5650	0	0
6	Chhattisgarh	2014	4740	0	13000
7	Uttar Pradesh	201	8600	6000	0
8	Karnataka	0	5725	0	3000
9	Rajasthan	0	11902	7500	0
10	Maharashtra	80	7540	2460	0
11	Bihar	281	5016	0	0
12	Jharkhand	2249	3400	0	0
13	Telangana	101	5094	0	0
14	Kerala	0	1380	0	0
15	Haryana	0	0	3050	0
16	Meghalaya	0	100	0	0
17	Arunachal Pradesh	0	100	0	0
18	Mizoram	0	11	0	0
19	Nagaland	0	0	25	0
20	Punjab	0	1600	0	0
29	West Bengal	824	0	0	0
	TOTAL	11068	79893	32735	23415

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