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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 47
ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026
STUDY ON POTENTIAL OF AGRIVOLTAICS
*47 SHRI DAGGUMALLA PRASADA RAO
WILL THE MINISTER OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY BE PLEASED TO
STATE:
(a) the total installed capacity of solar power plants in the country during the last five years,
category-wise (ground-mounted, rooftop, agrivoltaics), State and district-wise for Andhra
Pradesh;
(b) whether the Government has studied the potential of innovative models like agrivoltaics
to improve land-use efficiency and if so, the details of findings thereof;
(c) whether the Government has developed or intends to develop official definitions and
standards for agrivoltaics and integrated solar systems and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) whether the Government proposes to launch a national-level research or deployment
programme for agrivoltaics and if so, the details of funding, implementation timelines and
expected outcomes particularly for high-potential States like Andhra Pradesh?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,
& FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
*****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION
NO. *47 FOR ANSWER ON 22.07.2026
(a) to (d) The details of the total installed capacity of solar power projects in the country,
including Andhra Pradesh, during the last five years are given at Annexure-I. The district-wise
details of installed solar capacity in the State of Andhra Pradesh are given at Annexure-II.
The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), in collaboration with the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR)–Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), has established
a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Agrivoltaics for undertaking research, demonstration and
capacity-building activities relating to agrivoltaics. The CoE has undertaken pilot activities in
agrivoltaics, including installation of a 100 kW agrivoltaic system at ICAR-IARI. Similar 37
number of pilots are also established by different research institutes, agriculture universities
and other private stakeholders throughout the country.
Studies undertaken by third-party institutions, including The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI), have estimated theoretical agrivoltaic potential in the range of 1,192 GW to 2,129 GW.
These estimates represent only a theoretical potential and are subject to factors such as land
suitability, cropping patterns, climatic conditions, technical configuration and other site-
specific considerations.
NISE and ICAR have been engaged for studies relating to agrivoltaics, including assessment
of the suitability of different crops under agrivoltaic systems across different agro-climatic
conditions.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has constituted the Agricultural Systems and
Management Sectional Committee (FAD 22) for development of standards relating to the
Agrivoltaics Farming Production System. An initial draft covering, inter alia, definitions,
technical aspects of agrivoltaic systems and crop suitability has been prepared by the concerned
Working Group. The Ministry has also constituted an Expert Committee for development of a
Handbook on agrivoltaics in India.
Under Component A of PM KUSUM scheme it is allowed to set up decentralized ground
mounted grid connected solar power plants in stilt fashion as Agrivoltaics, by the farmers on
their land.
Currently no proposal has been received for installation of Agrivoltaics plant under Component
A of the scheme from the state of Andhra Pradesh.Annexure I
State and category wise breakup of the solar capacity added in the country in the FY 2025-26
State wise Commissioning of Solar Projects
Sr. State/UT Capacity added
No. Ground Rooftop Solar (Hy) Off Grid Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 1391.69 483.70 249.42 2124.81
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.59 0.59
3 Assam 90.26 283.10 0.27 373.63
4 Bihar 107.00 107.00
5 Chhattisgarh 405.51 60.20 465.71
6 Goa 6.56 18.50 25.06
7 Gujarat 8491.75 1776.60 459.93 77.98 10806.26
8 Haryana 0.96 359.80 182.65 543.41
9 Himachal Pradesh 111.96 42.07 154.03
10 Jammu & Kashmir 4.99 4.99
11 Jharkhand 1.86 53.67 55.53
12 Karnataka 992.98 146.20 277.85 4.95 1421.98
13 Kerala 17.05 659.60 676.65
14 Ladakh 3.20 1.02 4.22
15 Madhya Pradesh 486.94 380.00 866.94
16 Maharashtra 6176.60 2144.10 614.20 8934.90
17 Manipur 3.49 0.24 3.73
18 Meghalaya
19 Mizoram 3.30 3.30
20 Nagaland 0.17 0.17
21 Odisha 150.52 86.20 22.28 259.00
22 Punjab 0.50 127.40 35.61 163.51
23 Rajasthan 12140.73 574.60 10.82 12726.15
24 Sikkim
25 Tamil Nadu 2821.85 600.10 4.15 3426.10
26 Telangana 223.00 223.00
27 Tripura 1.99 7.40 4.91 14.30
28 Uttar Pradesh 330.89 393.40 34.79 759.08
29 Uttarakhand 242.65 2.17 244.82
30 West Bengal
31 Andaman & Nicobar 2.21 2.21
32 Chandigarh
33 DD & DNH 86.78 86.78
34 Delhi 107.80 107.80
35 Lakshadweep 1.60 1.60
36 Puducherry 27.00 27.00
37 Other-NABARD
Total 33861.38 8710.21 987.20 1055.46 44614.25State and category wise breakup of the solar capacity added in the country in the FY 2024-25
State wise Commissioning of Solar Projects
Sr. State/UT Capacity added
No. Ground Rooftop Solar (Hy) Off Grid Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 692.34 92.68 785.02
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2.34 0.72 3.06
3 Assam 21.00 19.36 40.36
4 Bihar 50.00 39.11 89.11
5 Chhattisgarh 100.95 31.70 2.00 134.65
6 Goa 1.00 11.59 0.37 12.96
7 Gujarat 3045.52 1649.30 222.54 34.41 4951.77
8 Haryana 1.00 237.83 350.42 589.25
9 Himachal Pradesh 103.20 5.32 0.52 109.03
10 Jammu & Kashmir 4.54 4.51 9.05
11 Jharkhand 1.17 36.30 37.47
12 Karnataka 942.33 102.80 81.00 8.85 1134.97
13 Kerala 0.42 515.55 0.18 516.15
14 Ladakh
15 Madhya Pradesh 952.91 167.03 3.00 1122.94
16 Maharashtra 2146.23 1226.65 1064.72 4437.60
17 Manipur 0.75 0.75
18 Meghalaya 0.03 0.03
19 Mizoram 0.04 0.04 0.08
20 Nagaland
21 Odisha 92.84 21.88 14.09 128.81
22 Punjab 97.15 0.01 97.16
23 Rajasthan 6431.15 361.55 146.20 6938.90
24 Sikkim 0.52 0.52
25 Tamil Nadu 1604.61 333.04 4.55 1942.20
26 Telangana 83.94 83.94
27 Tripura 0.10 0.02 2.66 2.78
28 Uttar Pradesh 281.99 56.80 104.95 443.74
29 Uttarakhand 11.00 6.54 17.54
30 West Bengal 126.55 126.55
31 Andaman & Nicobar
32 Chandigarh 13.33 13.33
33 DD & DNH 1.66 1.66
34 Delhi 56.89 56.89
35 Lakshadweep
36 Puducherry 0.15 4.45 4.60
37 Other-NABARD
Total 16596.43 5147.81 303.54 1785.09 23832.87State and category wise breakup of the solar capacity added in the country in the FY 2023-24
State wise Commissioning of Solar Projects
Sr. State/UT Capacity added
No. Ground Rooftop Solar (Hy) Off Grid Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 21.85 28.94 50.79
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.15 0.15
3 Assam 8.26 0.00 8.26
4 Bihar 5.00 41.34 46.34
5 Chhattisgarh 240.78 20.79 2.00 263.57
6 Goa 15.99 1.00 16.99
7 Gujarat 2857.39 963.79 462.82 6.31 4290.31
8 Haryana 161.33 285.23 446.56
9 Himachal Pradesh 3.75 3.99 7.74
10 Jammu & Kashmir 15.06 0.94 16.00
11 Jharkhand 1.95 53.54 1.07 56.56
12 Karnataka 303.27 303.27
13 Kerala 22.94 234.66 3.75 261.35
14 Ladakh
15 Madhya Pradesh 1091.31 88.85 13.13 1193.29
16 Maharashtra 839.33 582.79 104.65 1526.77
17 Manipur 0.60 0.16 0.76
18 Meghalaya 0.09 0.09
19 Mizoram 1.90 0.40 2.30
20 Nagaland 0.13 0.13
21 Odisha 15.60 26.56 0.30 42.46
22 Punjab 54.52 101.99 0.50 157.01
23 Rajasthan 3528.25 267.26 401.00 95.38 4291.89
24 Sikkim 2.36 2.36
25 Tamil Nadu 1260.76 213.09 1.10 1474.95
26 Telangana 92.13 92.13
27 Tripura 0.86 0.86
28 Uttar Pradesh 360.96 44.15 405.11
29 Uttarakhand
30 West Bengal 14.09 14.09
31 Andaman & Nicobar
32 Chandigarh 6.83 6.83
33 DD & DNH
34 Delhi 0.88 37.37 38.25
35 Lakshadweep 1.70 1.70
36 Puducherry 0.08 14.30 14.38
37 Other-NABARD
Total 10612.82 2991.72 863.82 564.90 15033.26State and category wise breakup of the solar capacity added in the country in the FY 2022-23
Sr. State/UT Capacity added
No. Ground Rooftop Solar (Hy) Off Grid Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 127.38 20.05 147.43
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.41 0.41
3 Assam 29.97 0.01 29.98
4 Bihar 2.13 0.13 2.25
5 Chhattisgarh 218.55 18.21 193.98 430.74
6 Goa 6.54 6.54
7 Gujarat 1246.35 686.78 128.14 13.27 2074.53
8 Haryana 31.94 86.59 118.53
9 Himachal Pradesh 4.95 6.38 11.33
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0.60 1.91 2.51
11 Jharkhand 3.12 13.93 17.05
12 Karnataka 403.94 246.66 650.60
13 Kerala 131.95 265.90 0.41 398.26
14 Ladakh
15 Madhya Pradesh 79.93 4.26 84.19
16 Maharashtra 1362.90 546.71 182.27 2091.88
17 Manipur 0.03 0.03
18 Meghalaya
19 Mizoram 20.00 0.11 20.11
20 Nagaland
21 Odisha 1.93 1.93
22 Punjab 3.17 32.15 31.87 67.19
23 Rajasthan 3360.48 138.56 750.60 241.19 4490.83
24 Sikkim
25 Tamil Nadu 1606.08 52.46 10.71 1669.25
26 Telangana 82.52 63.03 145.55
27 Tripura 0.37 2.34 2.71
28 Uttar Pradesh 223.00 6.32 41.47 270.79
29 Uttarakhand 1.99 1.99
30 West Bengal 13.80 0.18 13.98
31 Andaman & Nicobar 0.42 0.42
32 Chandigarh 3.52 3.52
33 DD & DNH 0.29 0.29
34 Delhi 7.14 7.14
35 Lakshadweep
36 Puducherry 21.84 21.84
37 Other-NABARD
Total 8837.58 2232.23 878.74 835.27 12783.81State and category wise breakup of the solar capacity added in the country in the FY 2021-22
State wise Commissioning of Solar Projects
Sr. State/UT Capacity added
No. Ground Rooftop Solar (Hy) Off Grid Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 84.55 10.87 88.34 183.76
2 Arunachal Pradesh 5.62 5.62
3 Assam 64.36 1.16 9.43 74.95
4 Bihar 9.97 21.15 31.12
5 Chhattisgarh 65.99 6.86 192.75 265.6
6 Goa 12.39 0.12 12.51
7 Gujarat 1908.5 799.68 41.03 2749.21
8 Haryana 135 120.37 247.43 502.8
9 Himachal Pradesh 9.15 0.58 23.7 33.43
10 Jammu & Kashmir 9.76 22.44 32.2
11 Jharkhand 2.2 34.53 36.73
12 Karnataka 121.51 83.82 30.31 235.64
13 Kerala 17.9 67.69 20.59 106.18
14 Ladakh 1.8 1.8
15 Madhya Pradesh 72.71 100.38 81.64 254.73
16 Maharashtra 4 294.32 42.73 341.05
17 Manipur 5.89 5.89
18 Meghalaya 0.09 3.94 4.03
19 Mizoram 0.02 6.35 6.37
20 Nagaland 2.04 2.04
21 Odisha 20 3.5 26.02 49.52
22 Punjab 91.59 48.98 140.57
23 Rajasthan 5351.77 329.44 828.4 322.68 6832.29
24 Sikkim 2.69 1.92 4.61
25 Tamil Nadu 529.38 8.55 54.04 591.97
26 Telangana 493.7 64.95 8.71 567.36
27 Tripura 5.48 5.48
28 Uttar Pradesh 396.25 1.53 134.15 531.93
29 Uttarakhand 43.62 149.08 12.43 205.13
30 West Bengal 3.2 12.96 16.16
31 Andaman & Nicobar 0.27 0.27
32 Chandigarh 9.2 0.81 10.01
33 DD & DNH 0.17 0.17
34 Delhi 16.69 1.46 18.15
35 Lakshadweep 2.52 2.52
36 Puducherry 0.78 3.41 0.18 4.37
37 Other-NABARD 45.01 45.01
Total 9319.17 2205.96 828.40 1557.65 13911.18Annexure II
District wise details installed solar capacity in the State of Andhra Pradesh
Sr.No. District Capacity (MW)
1 Anakapalli 1.4
2 Ananthapuramu 1356.5
3 Annamayya 20
4 Chittoor 231
5 East Godavari 8
6 Eluru 1.2
7 Guntur 10.6
8 Konaseema 5
9 Krishna 13.4
10 Kurnool 1262.9
11 Nandyala 1177.2
12 NTR 1
13 Palnadu 48.2
14 Prakasam 30.4
15 SPSR Nellore 54.5
16 Sri Satya Sai 579
17 Srikakulam 38.9
18 Tirupati 22.8
19 Visakhapatnam 49
20 Vizianagaram 27.1
21 West Godavari 14.6
22 YSR Kadapa 1833.9
23 YSR Kadapa & Nandyala 300
Total 7086.6