(a) whether the Government has allocated Rs. 15,000 crore to the State Governments for development of renewable energy sources;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the funds allocated have been utilized properly by the State Governments;
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor; and
(e) the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH)
(a)&(b): No, Madam. Out of the total budgetary allocation of Rs.4,000 crore to the
Ministry for the 11th plan period, Central Financial Assistance totaling Rs. 1,489 crore
has been provided for development of renewable energy sources in different States till
30.6.2010. State-wise details thereof are given in Annexure.
(c),(d)&(e): The utilization of funds has been upto 95% during the 11th Plan period.
Variation in the performance has been observed to be due to several factors that include
availability of States own infrastructure (manpower and resources) and provision of
counterpart funds in State budget for implementation of various programmes, status of
commercialization of renewable energy activities in the States , remoteness of projects
sites, etc. To ensure full and proper utilization of the funds, steps being taken by
the Government include, requirement of periodic physical & financial progress reports, funds
utilization certificates & audited statements of expenditure; regular review meetings with
State Nodal / Implementing Agencies; and, random inspection visits to project sites to
ascertain the quantity and quality of systems deployed; etc. This apart, periodic internal
audit of the State Nodal Agencies is also undertaken.
Annexure
Annexure- referred to in reply to parts (a)& (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.707 for
12.11.2010 regarding Renewable Energy Sources
State-wise details of the Central Financial Assistance provided for during the last three
years i.e. 2007-08, 2008—09, 2009-2010 and current year 2010-11 (upto 30.06.2010)
(Rs. In Crore) S.No. State / UT 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
1 A & N 0.00 0.02 0.02 2 ANDHRA PRA. 17.90 18.89 14.22 4.11 3 ARUNACHAL PRA. 13.44 16.41 53.67 34.73 4 ASSAM 78.84 29.01 23.29 0.05 5 BIHAR 5.27 3.85 3.99 2.84 6 CHANDIGARH 3.24 0.04 24.12 3.77 7 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 0.00 0.03 8 DAMAN & DIU 0.00 0.01 9 DELHI 43.82 41.31 37.86 10.89 10 GOA 0.44 2.02 0.55 0.17 11 GUJARAT 9.79 6.15 12.89 0.29 12 HARYANA 5.68 8.10 2.63 0.95 13 HIMACHAL PRA 2.51 16.77 7.21 4.91 14 J & K 8.33 18.27 10.49 19.82 15 KARNATAKA 8.68 22.39 21.74 6.10 16 KERALA 1.02 6.64 4.66 4.72 17 MADHYA PRA 10.65 9.56 19.26 2.49 18 MAHARASHTRA 48.95 40.72 65.92 40.25 19 LAKSHADWEEP 0.00 0.19 20 MANIPUR 3.03 9.07 2.09 0.02 21 MEGHALAYA 6.47 2.90 3.19 3.54 22 MIZORAM 7.70 0.97 1.62 0.26 23 NAGALAND 3.39 2.89 0.62 1.18 24 ORISSA 5.86 6.49 21.62 5.76 25 PUDUCHERRY 0.13 0.13 0.21 26 PUNJAB 4.97 12.63 9.49 27 RAJASTHAN 13.56 0.69 13.63 26.27 28 SIKKIM 14.10 8.01 5.41 1.52 29 TAMIL NADU 5.29 11.91 18.72 3.83 30 TRIPURA 10.51 12.21 11.92 0.52 31 UTTAR PRADESH 12.19 11.61 24.20 12.47 32 WEST BENGAL 15.24 14.29 36.22 20.67 33 CHHATTISGARH 9.22 15.88 21.51 6.46 34 JHARKHAND 14.22 10.24 7.40 0.09 35 UTTARAKHAND 8.70 15.66 19.94 1.11 TOTAL 393.15 375.96 500.26 219.79