MNRE has sanctioned Rs 67.01 Crore under Solar City Programme: Piyush Goyal

By Saur News Bureau/ Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016

Piyush Goyal

Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal on Monday in Rajya Sabha said that the renewable energy ministry has sanctioned a total amount of Rs. 67.01 crore for preparation of master plans, solar city cells, promotional activities and installation of renewable energy projects and an amount of Rs. 24.16 crore has been released, so far, under Solar City Programme.

Goyal also stated that out of 7 identified solar cities in Maharashtra, 6 cities have already received and amount of Rs. 3.04 crore. The ministry has sanctioned Rs.7.74 crore for seven solar cities in Maharashtra.

State-wise funds sanctioned and released to Solar Cities(Rs. in crore)

Sr. No	States/UTs	Approved Solar Cities	Funds Sanctioned	Funds Released
1	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	1.96	0.90
		Kakinada	—	—
		Narsapur Town	0.50	—
2	Assam	Guwahati	0.45	0.08
2	Assam	Jorhat	0.49	0.24
3	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	0.47	0.16
4	Bihar	Gaya	—	—
5	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	25.16	8.11
6	Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur	0.43	0.12
6	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	0.43	0.12
7	Gujarat	Rajkot	0.93	0.35
		Gandhinagar	0.50	0.14
		Surat	2.68	1.11
8	Goa	Panaji City	0.43	0.02
9	Haryana	Gurugram	0.47	0.07
9	Haryana	Faridabad	0.88	0.28
10	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	2.93	1.52
10	Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur	0.43	0.27
11	Karnataka	Mysore	2.02	0.85
11	Karnataka	Hubli-Dharwad	0.43	0.02
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	—	—
12	Kerala	Kochi	0.49	0.19
13	Maharashtra	Nagpur	4.68	2.14
		Thane	1.13	0.51
		Kalyan-Dombivli	0.50	0.25
		Aurangabad	0.50	0.08
		Nanded	0.50	0.04
		Pune	—	—
		Shirdi	0.43	0.02
14	Madhya Pradesh	Indore	—	—
		Gwalior	0.50	0.10
		Bhopal	0.48	0.19
		Jabalpur	—	—
		Rewa	0.50	0.14
15	Manipur	Imphal	0.49	0.04
16	Mizoram	Aizawl	2.96	2.53
17	Nagaland	Kohima	0.47	0.20
17	Nagaland	Dimapur	0.49	0.04
18	Delhi	New Delhi (NDMC area)	0.50	—
19	Orissa	Bhubaneswar	0.47	0.04
20	Punjab	Amritsar	0.45	0.12
		Ludhiana	0.45	0.12
		SAS Nagar (Mohali)	0.50	0.02
21	Rajasthan	Ajmer	0.50	0.01
		Jaipur	—	—
		Jodhpur	0.44	0.02
22	Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	0.49	0.24
23	Telangana	Mahbubnagar	—	—
24	Tripura	Agartala	2.53	1.37
25	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	0.47	0.13
		Haridwar & Rishikesh	0.45	0.05
		Chamoli –Gopeshwar	0.45	0.14
26	Uttar Pradesh	Agra	0.49	0.39
		Moradabad	0.50	0.25
		Allahabad	0.50	0.02
27	West Bengal	Howrah	0.50	0.04
		Madhyamgram	0.50	0.26
		New Town Kolkata	0.50	0.11
28	Jammu & Kashmir	Leh	—	—
29	Puducherry	Puducherry	0.61	—
	Total		67.01	24.16