Parliament Question: Assistance to States for Solar Energy

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5328 ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026 ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR SOLAR ENERGY 5328. SMT: MANJU SHARMA Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government provides financial assistance to various State Governments for solar energy; and (b) if so, the details of the assistance provided to Rajasthan, district-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK) (a) The Government provides incentives/ assistance through various schemes to promote solar energy generation in the country including Rajasthan. The details of operational schemes are given at Annexure-I. (b) The details incentives/assistance provided to Rajasthan is given at Annexure-II. *****Annexure-I referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5328 to be answered on 25.03.2026 Details of operational schemes to promote solar energy generation in the country including Rajasthan Scheme / Programmes Incentives / Assistance presently available as per the Scheme a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft 1. Under the PMSG: MBY, the CFA for installation of Rooftop Bijli Yojana Yojana for Solar in the Residential Sector is given below: installing rooftop solar and CFA (Special Sl. Type of Residential CFA Category providing free electricity up No. Segment States/UTs) to 300 units every month for Residential Sector (first 2 kWp of One Crore households. (i) Rooftop Solar (RTS) ₹30,000/kWp ₹33,000/kWp capacity or part thereof) Residential Sector (with additional RTS (ii) ₹18,000/kWp ₹19,800/kWp capacity of 1 kWp or part thereof) Residential Sector (additional RTS No additional No additional (iii) capacity beyond 3 CFA CFA kWp) Group Housing Societies/ Residential Welfare Associations (GHS/RWA) etc. for (iv) ₹18,000/kWp ₹19,800/kWp common facilities including EV charging up to 500 kWp (@ 3 kWp per house) 2. The PMSG: MBY scheme includes the provision for incentive to DISCOMs to motivate and help them in activities such as create conducive regulatory and administrative mechanisms, achieve targets for implementation. The incentive is pegged at 5% of applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved above 10% and less than 15% of installed base capacity; 10% of the applicable benchmark cost for capacity achieved beyond 15% of installed base capacity. 3. To push the deployment of residential rooftop solar system (RTS) and undertake local mobilization efforts, the PMSG: MBY scheme also includes the provision for incentive to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Panchayat Raj InstitutionsScheme / Programmes Incentives / Assistance presently available as per the Scheme (PRIs), at the rate of ₹1000 for every installation of RTS in residential segment in the jurisdiction of ULB/PRI, for which CFA has been transferred to consumer. 4. Further, a fund of ₹800 crore has been provisioned for developing a Model Solar Village in each district of the country, with an assistance of ₹1 crore per Model Solar Village under PMSG: MBY scheme. b) Solar Park Scheme ₹ 20.00 lakh per MW or 30% of the project cost, whichever is lower, is provided for development of the parks. Beside this, CFA of up to ₹ 25 lakh per Solar Park is provided for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR). c) PM-KUSUM Scheme Component ‘A’: Setting up of 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground/ was launched by the Stilt Mounted Grid Connected Solar or other Renewable Energy Government in March, based Power Plants by the farmers on their land. 2019 to enable the Component ‘B’: Installation of 14 lakh standalone off-grid solar installation of standalone agriculture pumps. solar pumps, solarization of existing grid-connected Component ‘C’: Solarization of 35 lakh existing grid-connected agriculture pumps, and agriculture pumps including Feeder Level Solarization (FLS). installation of solar power The details of eligible financial assistance under PM KUSUM plants on farmer’s land. scheme are given below. Components Financial Assistance available Component A Procurement Based Incentive (PBI) is provided to the DISCOMs @ 40 paise/kWh or Rs.6.60 lakhs/MW/year, whichever is lower, for five years. There is no CFA under this Component. Component B • CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost issued by MNRE or the prices of the systems discovered in the Component C tender, whichever is lower is (Individual Pump provided. Solarisation) • However, in North Eastern States including Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands,Scheme / Programmes Incentives / Assistance presently available as per the Scheme CFA of 50% of the benchmark cost issued by MNRE or the prices of the systems discovered in the tender, whichever is lower, is provided. • In addition, the respective state/UT has to provide at least 30% financial support. Balance cost is to be contributed by beneficiary. • Component B and Component C (IPS) of PM KUSUM scheme can also be implemented without State share of 30%. The Central Financial Assistance will continue to remain 30% and rest 70% will be borne by the farmer. Component C For agriculture feeder solarization, CFA (Feeder Level of Rs 1.05 Crore per MW (1.75 Cr. per Solarisation) MW for NER/ Hilly/ Islands) is provided. There is no mandatory requirement of financial support from participating State/UT. The feeder solarisation can be implemented in CAPEX or RESCO mode. d) New Solar Power Components Central Share (100%) Scheme (for Tribal and Provision of 0.3 kW Solar off-grid ₹ 50,000 per HH or as PVTG Habitations system for 1 lakh Tribal and PVTG per actual cost /Villages) under Pradhan HHs Mantri Janjati Adivasi Solar street lighting and provision ₹ 1 lakh per MPC of lighting in 1500 MPCs of PVTG Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM areas (under PM JANMAN JANMAN) and Dharti component only) Aaba Janjatiya Gram Solarisation of 2000 public ₹ 1 lakh per kW with institutions through off-grid solar Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA maximum solar PV systems (under DA JGUA JGUA) capacity of 20 kW per component only) public institutionAnnexure-II referred to in reply of part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5328 to be answered on 25.03.2026 Details of incentives/assistance provided to Rajasthan Scheme / Programmes Assistance provided to Rajasthan a) PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana District-wise details of CFA are given below. Yojana for installing rooftop solar and providing free electricity up to 300 units Districts CFA released (Amount in ₹ Crore) every month for One Crore households. Ajmer 43.33 Alwar 26.04 Anoopgarh 2.60 Balotra 3.93 Banswara 6.90 Baran 5.69 Barmer 7.53 Beawar 9.37 Bharatpur 8.44 Bhilwara 35.69 Bikaner 42.62 Bundi 6.12 Chittorgarh 35.14 Churu 27.39 Dausa 9.97 Deeg 1.14 Dholpur 5.51 Didwana Kuchaman 15.65 Dudu 0.06 Dungarpur 8.10 Ganganagar 95.64 Gangapurcity 1.15 Hanumangarh 61.34 Jaipur 217.81 Jaipur Gramin 0.18 Jaisalmer 2.13 Jalore 9.14 Jhalawar 8.09 Jhunjhunu 49.24 Jodhpur 59.44 Jodhpur Gramin 0.03 Karauli 3.61Scheme / Programmes Assistance provided to Rajasthan Kekri 2.28 Khairthal-Tijara 1.25 Kota 36.45 Kotputli-Behror 7.31 Nagaur 13.78 Neem Ka Thana 1.65 Pali 20.27 Phalodi 1.55 Pratapgarh 8.01 Rajsamand 10.99 Salumbar 1.21 Sanchor 1.07 Sawai Madhopur 7.85 Shahpura 1.46 Sikar 63.58 Sirohi 9.81 Tonk 7.81 Udaipur 54.87 Total 1,060.19 b) Solar Park Scheme As of 28.02.2026, under the Scheme for “Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects” a total CFA of ₹ 780.13 Crores has been released for Solar Parks in Rajasthan. District-wise details are as below. District ₹ in Crores Phalodi 424.84 Phalodi and Jaisalmer* 138.25 Jaisalmer 0.25 Bikaner 216.79 * Park and transmission infrastructure are spread across two districts. c) PM-KUSUM Scheme was launched by As on 19.03.2026, ₹ 1,242 crores of central finance the Government in March, 2019 to enable assistance have been released to the state of Rajasthan the installation of standalone solar pumps, under PM KUSUM Scheme. solarization of existing grid-connectedScheme / Programmes Assistance provided to Rajasthan agriculture pumps, and installation of solar PM-KUSUM is a demand-driven scheme, and power plants on farmer’s land. capacities are allocated based on the demand raised by the state and milestones achieved. The responsibility of beneficiary selection and implementation is of the State Implementing Agency (SIA).