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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 31st 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:
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 |