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MNRE has asked each State/UT to develop at least one Solar City – Union Power & NRE Minister Shri R. K. Singh

Posted On: 16 MAR 2023 6:36PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has requested each State /Union Territory to select at-least one city to be developed as solar city. A concept note on developing solar city was circulated to the States/UTs with a request to finalise an action plan for development of the cities as identified as solar cities and implement the plan in a time bound manner. There is no separate fund allocation for solar city programme and the funds available under the different existing schemes can be utilized for development of solar cities. So far, 27 States/UTs have identified solar cities in their respective States/UTs. The State/UT wise list of their cities is placed as Annexure. At 19 % CUF, a solar power project of 1 MW capacity produces 1.66 MU of electricity.

Solar City identified by respective State/UT

 

S.No.

Identified Solar City

State/UT

1

Majuli

Assam

2

Bodh Gaya

Bihar

3

Rajgir

Bihar

4

Vaishali

Bihar

5

New Raipur

Chhattisgarh

6

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

7

NDMC

Delhi

8

Dwarka

Gujarat

9

Panchkula

Haryana

10

Shimla

Himachal Pradesh

11

Giridih

Jharkhand

12

Bidar

Karnataka

13

Hospet in Bellary

Karnataka

14

Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala

15

Sanchi

Madhya Pradesh

16

TURA Town of West Garo Hills

Meghalaya

17

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

18

Jaisalmer

Rajasthan

19

Pushkar

Rajasthan

20

Ayodhya

Uttar Pradesh

21

Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh

22

Dehradoon

Uttarakhand

23

Prantik in Birbhum, Shantiniketan

West Bengal

24

Shaheed Dweep

Andaman and Nicobar

25

Amritsar

Punjab

26

Jorethang

Sikkim

27

Udaipur Town

Tripura

28

Saitual

Mizoram

29

Diu city

DNH and DD

30

Damanwada Panchayat

DNH and DD

31

Panjim

Goa

32

Dimapur

Nagaland

33

Kohima

Nagaland

34

Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of New Renewable Energy Sh. R.K. Singh in the Lok Sabha Today.

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