Parliament Question: Employment and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy Sector

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 478 ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026 EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR 478. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state: a) the details of the initiatives taken by the Government to skill/re-skill youth for employment and entrepreneurship in the renewable energy sector including solar, wind, green hydrogen, energy storage and allied emerging technologies during the last five years; b) the details of the total amount of funds allocated, released and utilised for such schemes/ initiatives for skilling youth in the renewable energy sector during the last five years, State and year-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh; c) the details of the total number of beneficiaries (male, female and others) trained and certified under such initiatives during the last five years across the country, State-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh; d) whether the Government has undertaken any steps to raise awareness among youth, educational institutions, MSMEs and industry stakeholders regarding skilling in renewable energy sector in the country especially in Andhra Pradesh; and (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK) (a) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing the following skill development programmes in the renewable energy sector: (i) Skill development programmes such as Suryamitra (Solar PV Technician), Vayumitra (Wind Power Plant Technician) and Jal-urjamitra (Small Hydro Power Plant Technician) are being implemented under short term training component of Human Resource Development Programme. These programmes are being implemented to equip youth with skills in Solar, Wind and Bio energy through its autonomous research institutions namely National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) Gurugram, Haryana, National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai, National Institute of Bio Energy (NIBE), Kapurthala, Punjab. The skilling program of the Ministry in hydro power is administered through Hydro and Renewable Energy Department (HRED), IIT Roorkee. The implementing agencies are executing these programmes through empaneled Training centers located throughout the country. ii. Under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY), to build capable local expert workforce for installation/design/ O&M for solar roof top systems throughout the country, trainings for the Technicians/ Electricians/ Installers/ Engineers/ Supervisors / vendors / trainers are being imparted through Directorate General of Training (DGT), National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Skill Council of Green Jobs (SCGJ) and TATA Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) etc.iii. Further, skilling of manpower is done for Green Hydrogen Sector under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) through a scheme on skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling. (b) There are no state wise allocation of funds under the capacity building and skill development programmes of the Ministry. The scheme/programme wise details of fund during the last five years across the country are given in Table -1 and in the state of Andhra Pradesh are given in Table - 2, Annexure -1. (c) There are no state wise targets under the capacity building and skill development programmes of the Ministry. The state wise total number of trained and certified candidates (male and female) under skill development and capacity building initiatives during the last five years across the country including specific details for the state of Andhra Pradesh are given in Table - 1 to 3 of Annexure-2. (d) & (e) To raise awareness among youth, educational institutions, MSMEs and industry stakeholders regarding skilling in the renewable energy sector in the country, including in the state of Andhra Pradesh, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has under taken various steps which inter-alia include organising conferences, workshops and stakeholder consultations, from time to time. *****Annexure-1 Annexure in reply to the Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 478, Part (b), (Employment and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy Sector) to be answered on 22.07.2026 Table 1: Funds utilised under skill development programmes (FY 2021-22 to up to 2025-26) Financial Funds in Rs. year Suryamita Jal-Urjamitra Vayumitra Pradhan Green programme programme programme Mantri Surya hydrogen Ghar Muft skilling* Bijli Yojna 2021-22 28,74,07,572 - 18,030 - - 2022-23 6,85,94,097 12,39,108 1,04,08,106 - - 2023-24 7,98,26,983 1,47,29,010 2,80,44,395 - 1,20,076 2024-25 20,80,44,480 2,63,92,907 1,51,77,117 18,85,72,478 1,19,528 2025-26 28,69,90,088 5,20,65,960 1,67,84,782 60,55,70,903 44,00,000 Total 93,08,63,220 9,44,26,985 7,04,71,093 79,41,43,381 46,39,604 *Fund under NGHM and PMKVY Table 2 : Funds utilised under skill development programmes in the state of Andhra Pradesh (FY 2021-22 to up to 2025-26) Financial Fund in Rs. year Suryamita Jal-Urjamitra Vayumitra Green programme programme programme hydrogen skilling 2021-22 70,43,642 - - - 2022-23 50,62,642 - - - 2023-24 9,50,385 - - - 2024-25 56,90,876 19,22,950 - - 2025-26 44,65,136 1,03,85,660 2,21,407 5,93,860 Total 2,32,12,681 1,23,08,610 2,21,407 5,93,860 Grand Total 3,63,36,558 Note: Fund allocation, release and utilization details for PMSGMBY are maintained agency-wise and not state wise. Therefore, the year wise details of funds allocated, released and utilized for state of Andhra Pradesh are not available with implementing agency.Annexure-2 Annexure in reply to the Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 478, Part (b), (Employment and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy Sector) to be answered on 22.07.2026 Table 1: State wise, trained and certified candidates (male and female) under Suryamitra, Jal-urjamitra and Vayumitra skill development programmes during the last five years (FY 2021-22 to 2025-26) S. No. of Suryamitras No. of Jalurjamitras No. of Vayumitras No. of Total No State/UT Trained & Certified Trained & Certified Trained & Certified Trained & Certified . Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female 1 Andaman and 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nicobar Islands (UT) 2 Andhra Pradesh 460 435 25 261 222 39 41 31 10 762 688 74 Arunachal Pradesh 120 55 65 29 22 07 0 0 0 149 77 72 3 (NER) 4 Assam (NER) 198 175 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 198 175 23 5 Bihar 390 382 8 0 0 0 4 4 0 394 386 8 6 Chandigarh (UT) 53 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 48 5 7 Chhattisgarh 293 241 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 293 241 52 Dadra and Nagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Haveli & Daman and Diu (UT) 9 Delhi 44 44 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 46 46 0 10 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Gujarat 439 402 37 0 0 0 219 175 44 658 577 81 12 Haryana 257 252 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 257 252 5 13 Himachal Pradesh 90 90 0 133 112 21 0 0 0 223 202 21 Jammu and Kashmir 1377 932 445 0 0 0 0 0 0 1377 932 445 14 (UT) 15 Jharkhand 120 115 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 121 116 5 16 Karnataka 499 432 67 53 51 2 254 210 44 806 693 113 17 Kerala 193 182 11 0 0 0 18 16 2 211 198 13 18 Ladakh (UT) 46 41 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 41 5 19 Lakshadweep (UT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 2692 2387 305 0 0 0 131 119 12 2823 2506 317 21 Maharashtra 1189 1099 90 239 146 93 597 563 34 2025 1808 217 22 Manipur (NER) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Meghalaya (NER) 60 50 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 50 10 24 Mizoram (NER) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Nagaland (NER) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Odisha 642 581 61 510 396 114 0 0 0 1152 977 175 27 Pondicherry (UT) 87 86 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 91 89 2 28 Punjab 549 513 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 549 513 36 29 Rajasthan 3062 2906 156 0 0 0 391 338 53 3453 3244 209 30 Sikkim (NER) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 0 31 Tamil Nadu 957 863 94 115 101 14 1029 961 68 2101 1925 176 32 Telangana 569 552 17 0 0 0 6 5 1 575 557 18 33 Tripura (NER) 90 80 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 80 10 34 Uttar Pradesh 3194 2555 639 0 0 0 1 1 0 3195 2556 639 35 Uttarakhand 503 479 24 324 286 38 0 0 0 827 765 62 36 West Bengal 503 474 29 0 0 0 1 0 1 504 474 30 Total: 18706 16481 2225 1664 1336 328 2699 2429 270 23069 20246 2823 Note: A total of 762 no. of candidates were trained and certified under Suryamitra, Jal-urjamitra and Vayumitra in the state of Andhra Pradesh out of which 74 no. are female candidates. Table 2: State wise trained and certified candidates (male and female) under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY) during the last five years (FY 2021-22 to 2025-26)Trained Trainees under trainings of PMSGMBY S State Solar Installers/ Solar Helpers/ Entrepreneurs as Rooftop Solar DISCOM Total Grand . Engineers/ Assistant Vendors Supervisors Officials N Technicians Technicians Total o. M* F$ O# M* F$ O# M* F$ O# M* F$ O# M* F$ M* F$ O# 1 Andaman & 96 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 96 4 - 100 Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 8,135 238 - 12 14 - 1,508 355 - 4 - - - - 9,659 607 - 10,266 3 Arunachal 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 - - 15 Pradesh 4 Assam 697 67 - 712 232 - 984 178 - - - - - - 2,393 477 - 2,870 5 Bihar 7,229 1,869 - 231 251 - 4,055 468 - 44 1 - - - 11,559 2,589 - 14,148 6 Chandigarh 85 6 - - - - 30 - - - - - - - 115 6 - 121 7 Chhattisgarh 717 157 - 140 110 - 715 146 - - - - - - 1,572 413 - 1,985 8 Delhi 384 66 - 101 21 - - - - 195 19 - 713 146 1,393 252 - 1,645 9 Goa 103 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 103 - - 103 10 Gujarat 3,189 94 - 91 344 - 1,467 217 - 118 4 - 860 37 5,725 696 - 6,421 11 Haryana 6,201 673 - 363 216 - 963 122 - - - - - - 7,527 1,011 - 8,538 12 Himachal 2,751 201 - 112 57 - 1,744 663 - - - - - - 4,607 921 - 5,528 Pradesh 13 Jammu And 1,811 883 - 987 1,716 - 777 361 - 1 - - - - 3,576 2,960 - 6,536 Kashmir 14 Jharkhand 1,151 385 - 722 465 - 871 162 - 493 71 - 41 3 3,278 1,086 - 4,364 15 Karnataka 13,029 294 1 97 141 - 302 15 - 5 1 - - - 13,433 451 1 13,885 16 Kerala 3,855 454 - 32 6 - 45 8 - 52 9 - - - 3,984 477 - 4,461 17 Ladakh 11 3 - - - - 87 62 - - - - - - 98 65 - 163 18 Lakshadweep - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Madhya 4,296 795 - 1,473 1,069 - 1,683 159 - 12 - - 1,181 48 8,645 2,071 - 10,716 Pradesh 20 Maharashtra 4,438 1,366 - 531 224 - 1,687 177 - 646 167 - 201 95 7,503 2,029 - 9,532 21 Manipur 38 - - - - - 321 104 - - - - - - 359 104 - 463 22 Meghalaya 39 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 1 - 40 23 Mizoram 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6 24 Nagaland 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 - - 18 25 Odisha 2,661 816 1 337 207 - 2,948 349 - 433 73 - 301 15 6,680 1,460 1 8,141 26 Puducherry 207 10 - - - - 112 30 - - - - - - 319 40 - 359 27 Punjab 1,894 232 - 592 760 - 3,461 438 - 1 - - - - 5,948 1,430 - 7,378 28 Rajasthan 5,018 682 - 1,558 736 - 1,969 73 - 23 - - 1,360 104 9,928 1,595 - 11,523 29 Sikkim 75 15 - 47 38 - - - - - - - - - 122 53 - 175 30 Tamil Nadu 2,436 409 - 227 224 - 655 296 - 244 38 - 50 21 3,612 988 - 4,600 31 Telangana 5,766 327 2 173 191 - 266 27 - 1 - - - - 6,206 545 2 6,753 32 Dadra and Nagar 45 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 48 - - 48 Haveli & Daman and Diu 33 Tripura 464 34 - - - - 159 - - - - - - - 623 34 - 657 34 Uttar Pradesh 8,787 3,130 - 4,568 3,189 - 5,196 707 1 160 6 - 4 - 18,715 7,032 1 25,748 35 Uttarakhand 835 347 - 137 229 - 1,330 293 - - - - - - 2,302 869 - 3,171 36 West Bengal 258 39 - 420 282 - 440 81 - 302 32 - - - 1,420 434 - 1,854 Total 86,740 1 3,597 4 13,663 10,722 - 33,775 5,491 1 2,737 421 - - 469 141,626 30700 5 1,72,331 M*- Male ; F$- Female ; O # – Others Note: A total of 10266 no. of candidates were trained under PMSGMBY in Andhra Pradesh out of which 607 no. are female candidates.Table 3: State wise trained and certified candidates (male and female) under National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) during the last five years (FY 2021-22 to 2025-26) No. of trained candidates States Female Male Total Trained Certified Trained Certified Trained Certified Andhra Pradesh 96 94 235 226 331 320 Assam 24 24 107 100 131 124 Delhi 78 78 191 175 269 253 Gujarat 158 149 567 494 725 643 Haryana 190 179 486 460 676 639 Karnataka 22 19 155 146 177 165 Madhya Pradesh 238 218 446 395 684 613 Maharashtra 143 123 470 416 613 539 Odisha 82 51 302 227 384 278 Rajasthan 141 116 512 466 653 582 Tamil Nadu 7 7 210 186 217 193 Uttar Pradesh 1396 1195 1435 1273 2831 2468 Uttarakhand 104 100 136 133 240 233 West Bengal 19 18 199 180 218 198 Total 2698 2371 5451 4877 8149 7248 Note: A total of 331 & 320 no. of candidates were trained & certified under NGHM in the state of Andhra Pradesh out of which 96 & 94 no. are female candidates respectively. Trained manpower in Andhra Pradesh A total of 11359 & 11348 no. of candidates were trained & certified under MNRE Skill Development Programmes in the state of Andhra Pradesh out of which 777 & 775 no. are female candidates respectively. *****