Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
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Central Financial Assistance provided to States for Promotion of Solar Energy

Posted On: 21 MAR 2023 7:25PM by PIB Delhi

The government provides financial assistance to various states under different schemes. The details of major operational schemes are given at Annexure –I.

The details of Central Financial Assistance provided to the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, etc. during the last 4 year and the current year are given at Annexure-II.

Solar energy is being generated across all these States.

 

DETAILS OF SCHEMES PRESENTLY OPERATIONAL AND AVAILABLE CENTRAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Scheme

Application

CFA    pattern

a) Scheme for development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects

Setting up of at least 50 solar

parks of 40,000 MW capacity in the Country

Rs. 20 Lakh per MW or 30% of the project cost, whichever is lower. Also, up to Rs. 25 lakhs per Solar park for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR).

b) CPSU Scheme Phase-                  II

(Government Producer Scheme)

Total size of the scheme: 12000 MW

Viability Gap Funding (VGF) of up to Rs. 0.7 Cr./MW (for Tranche-I &II) / Rs 0.55 crore/MW (for tranche- III) is provided. Use of domestically manufactured solar PV cells and modules is mandatory.

C)     Phase-II      of Grid     Connected Rooftop Programme

4000 MW      in

 

residential sector

The CFA amount for the RTS capacity installed by a consumer is common for entire country which is as under:

  1. Individual Household - For first 3 kW: Rs. 14588/ kW and for RTS capacity beyond 3 kW and upto 10 kW: Rs. 7294/kW.
  2. Resident Welfare Associations/Group Housing Societies (RWA/GHS) - Rs. 7294/kW for common facilities up to 500 kWp @ 10 kWp per house.

CFA for residential consumers of North Eastern States including Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh,   UT   of   Jammu   &   Kashmir,   Ladakh,

Lakshadweep, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

 

Scheme

Application

CFA    pattern

 

 

All residential consumers of these states/UTs applying for installation of rooftop solar on the National Portal for Rooftop Solar on or after date of issuance of this OM will be eligible to   get higher       CFA       as        mentioned        below.: (i). Individual Household - For first 3 kW: Rs. 17662/ kW and for RTS capacity beyond 3 kW and upto 10 kW:           Rs.                                8831/kW.

(ii). Resident Welfare Associations/Group Housing Societies      (RWA/GHS)      -      Rs.      8831/kW for common facilities up to 500 kWp @ 10 kWp per house.

Further, incentive is being provided to Discoms based on percentage of year- wise installed capacity achieved against previous year’s cumulative installation.

d)             Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha  evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM- KUSUM)

  1. Component- A: 10 GW Installation of Renewable power plants (incl. solar) up to 2 MW capacity on barren/agricul ture land.
  2. Component- B: Installation

of 20 lakh

For Component-A, DISCOM would be eligible to get Procurement Based Incentive (PBI) @ Rs. 0.40 per unit purchased or Rs. 6.6 lakh per MW of capacity installed, whichever is less, for a period of five years from the commercial operation date.

For Components-B and C, CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost of standalone pump or solarization of existing pump, whichever is lower, will be provided to the beneficiary. However, in North Eastern states including Sikkim; states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; UTs of Jammu &   Kashmir   and   Ladakh;   and   island   UTs   of

Lakshadweep and A&N, CFA of 50% of the

 

Scheme

Application

CFA    pattern

 

standalone solar pumps up to 7.5 HP capacity each for irrigation purpose

benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower will be provided.

The State Government will also provide subsidy of 30% of the cost of standalone pump/ Solarization, or higher. State may also opt for feeder level

Solarization under Component-C.

(c) Component- C: Solarization of 15 lakh existing agricultural pumps up to

7.5 HP capacities each.

 

e)         Production

To promote

The Scheme has provision for PLI (Tranche-I: Rs

Linked    Incentive

manufacturing of

4500 crore Tranche-II: Rs 19500 crore) to the

(PLI)        Scheme

high efficiency

selected solar PV module manufacturers for five

‘National

solar PV modules

years post commissioning, on manufacture and sale

Programme         on

in the country

of High Efficiency Solar PV modules. The quantum

High      Efficiency

 

of PLI eligible for disbursal depends upon: (i)

Solar                  PV

 

quantum     of    sales     of    solar     PV    modules;      (ii)

Modules’

 

performance parameters (efficiency and temperature

 

 

coefficient of maximum power) of solar PV modules

 

 

sold; and (iii) percentage of local value addition in

 

 

modules sold.

 

DETAILS OF CFA PROVIDED IN SOLAR SCHEMES TO STATES OF RAJASTHAN, MAHARASHTRA, HARYANA, PUNJAB, UTTAR PRADESH, MADHYA PRADESH, GUJARAT DURING LAST 4 YEAR AND THE CURRENT YEAR

(Rs. in Cr, as on 31-01-2023)

 

S. No.

State

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

1

Gujarat

417.99

81.19

101.30

1242.71

1114.65

2

Haryana

27.50

22.44

65.89

175.08

118.18

3

Madhya Pradesh

132.90

159.33

93.69

64.95

170.14

4

Maharashtra

182.63

117.32

114.48

95.16

304.58

5

Punjab

39.54

25.94

31.85

65.60

55.93

6

Rajasthan

237.01

213.31

668.67

305.84

258.84

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Power Sh. R.K. Singh in the Rajya Sabha Today.

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