THE MINISTER OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH)
(a),(b),(c),(d),(e)&(f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT
Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 338 for 11th December,
2009 regarding Solar Lighting Systems in Rural Areas.
(a): The Ministry provides following central financial assistance (CFA) for distribution/
installation of solar photovoltaic (SPV) lighting systems in rural areas:
SPV Lighting System CFA (In Rs.) Special Category Other States/UTs States & UT Islands
Solar lantern for beneficiaries living in 2400 -
Unelectrified villages and hamlets
Solar lantern for a girl child living in Full Cost -
Unelectrified villages and hamlets &
Studying in Class IX to XII
SPV Home lighting system
- 18 watt peak PV module capacity 4500 2500
- 37-74 watt peak PV module capacity 8660 4800
Street lighting Systems (PV module capacity 17300 9600
74 watt peak.
In addition, under the Remote Village Electrification Programme of the Ministry for un-
electrified census villages / hamlets - CFA up to 90% of the cost of SPV lighting systems
is supported by the Ministry. A maximum CFA of Rs.18,000/- per household is provided under
this programme.
(b),(c)&(d): The State-wise details of SPV lighting systems installed during the last three
years and current year up to 30.11.2009 under the SPV Programme of the Ministry are given
in the Table. For assessing the functionality of the solar lighting systems installed in the
field, the Ministry engaged the Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe), New
Delhi; National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi and National
Productivity Council (NPC), New Delhi to carry out studies during 2007-08 and 2008-09 for
the systems installed in the country during the 10th Plan period. These studies covered 9908
home lighting systems, 615 street lights, 91 solar lanterns and 8 water pumping systems
installed in villages and hamlets in Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Rajasthan,
Uttarakhand and West Bengal under the Ministry’s programmes. The functionality varied from
70% for street lighting systems to 100% for SPV pumping systems. The functionality level for
solar home lighting systems varied from 82% in West Bengal to 100% in Assam. The
functionality of solar lanterns was found to be 74%.
(e)&(f): The SPV System manufacturers are required to submit details of their company
and samples of their systems for testing and certification from any of the test centers
authorized by the Ministry i.e. Solar Energy Centre (SEC), Gurgaon, Haryana; Electronics
Regional Test Laboratory (ERTL), Kolkata and Central Power Research Institute (CPRI),
Bangalore for the performance of the systems under Standard Test Conditions. The programme
implementing agencies also get their systems collected from the field and tested in these
centres, occasionally.
Table
Table referred to in reply to Parts (b),(c)&(d) of the Starred Question No.338 for 11th
December, 2009 regarding Solar Lighting Systems in Rural Areas.
State-wise SPV Lighting Systems distributed / installed under the Ministry’s Solar
Photovoltaic (SPV) Programme during 2006-07,2007-08,2008-09 and 2009-10 (up to 30.11.2009)
S.No. State/UT SPV lighting systems (Nos.) Street lighting Home lighting Lanterns Systems Systems
1 Andhra Pradesh 181 395 0
2 Arunanchal Pradesh 17 3000 9000
3 Assam 0 3083 670
4 Bihar 0 1102 16352
5 Chhattisgarh 0 164 0
6 Goa 252 155 493
7 Gujarat 0 4279 0
8 Haryana 6706 13420 13233
9 Himachal Pradesh 1200 3892 2273
10 Jammu & Kashmir 5107 452 18807
11 Jharkhand 237 3933 0
12 Karnataka 1052 15817 0
13 Kerala 0 13647 0
14 Madhya Pradesh 208 1443 845
15 Maharashtra 0 0 57200
16 Manipur 0 1200 0
17 Meghalaya 680 6300 20000
18 Mizoram 116 800 0
19 Nagaland 0 577 6150
20 Orissa 50 812 0
21 Punjab 2200 5440 0
22 Rajasthan 59 21963 0
23 Sikkim 60 0 1750
24 Tamil Nadu 400 1086 0
25 Tripura 13 1462 21555
26 Uttar Pradesh 3167 8101 0
27 Uttarakhand 3750 54327 36996
28 West Bengal 753 54962 0
29 Puducherry 355 12 0
30 Others 3150 2915 97600
 Total 29713 224739 302924
