Development of Solar Cities in the Country

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO-223

ANSWERED ON-16.03.2021

DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR CITIES

223. SHRI T. G. VENKATESH

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has initiated development of solar cities in the country: If so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of cities identified for implementation of the scheme in each State, district- wise;

(d) the details of the action plan formulated to turn the present cities into solar cities; and

(e) whether the State Governments have been asked to provide a detailed report for implementation of this scheme, if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT

Statement as referred in reply to Rajya Sabha Starred Question no 223 due on 16.03.2021

(a) & (b) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy was implementing ‘Development of Solar Cities’ Scheme till 12th Five-year plan. A total of 60 Cities including 13 Pilot and 5 Model Cities were approved to be taken up under the scheme and State/UT-wise details of all approved 60 Solar Cities are given in Annexure.

(d) & (e) The scheme ‘Development of Solar Cities’ was not continued beyond the 12th five- year plan (2012-2017). However, recently Government has asked all the States/UTs to identify at least one city in the State/UT to be developed as a ‘Solar City’. The city can be made green through the use of renewable energy including installation of rooftop/ground mounted solar, public transport with battery/hydrogen storage, etc. So far, 17 states/UTs have identified cities to be developed as ‘Solar Cities’.

ANNEXURE

Annexure as referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of Rajya Sabha Starred Question no 223 due on 16.03.2021

Sl. No .	States/UTs	District	Solar Cities
1	Andhra Pradesh	1. Krishna	1. Vijayawada (P)
		2. East Godavari	2. Kakinada
		3. West Godavari	3. Narsapur Town
2	Assam	4. Kamrup Metropolitan district	4. Guwahati
2	Assam	5. Jorhat	5. Jorhat
3	Arunachal Pradesh	6. Papum Pare	6. Itanagar
4	Bihar	7. Gaya	7. Gaya
5	Chandigarh	8. Chandigarh	8. Chandigarh (M)
6	Chhattisgarh	9. Bilaspur	9. Bilaspur
6	Chhattisgarh	10. Raipur	10. Raipur (P)
7	Gujarat	11. Rajkot	11. Rajkot (P)
		12. Gandhinagar	12. Gandhinagar (M)
		13. Surat	13. Surat
8	Goa	14. North Goa District	14. Panaji City
9	Haryana	15. Gurgaon	15. Gurgaon
9	Haryana	16. Faridabad	16. Faridabad (P)
10	Himachal Pradesh	17. Shimla	17. Shimla (P)
10	Himachal Pradesh	18. Hamirpur	18. Hamirpur
11	Karnataka	19. Mysuru	19. Mysore (M)
11	Karnataka	20. Dharwad	20. Hubli-Dharwad
12	Kerala	21. Thiruvananthapura m	21. Thiruvananthapuram
12	Kerala	22. Ernakulam	22. Kochi
13	Maharashtra	23. Nagpur	23. Nagpur (M)
		24. Thane	24. Thane (P)
		25. Thane	25. Kalyan-Dombivli
		26. Aurangabad	26. Aurangabad
		27. Nanded	27. Nanded
		28. Pune	28. Pune
		29. Ahmednagar	29. Shirdi (P)
14	Madhya Pradesh	30. Indore	30. Indore
		31. Gwalior	31. Gwalior
		32. Bhopal	32. Bhopal
		33. Jabalpur	33. Jabalpur
		34. Rewa	34. Rewa

Sl. No .	States/UTs	District	Solar Cities
15	Manipur	35. Imphal	35. Imphal
16	Mizoram	36. Aizawl	36. Aizawl (P)
17	Nagaland	37. Kohima	37. Kohima
17	Nagaland	38. Dimapur	38. Dimapur
18	Delhi	39. New Delhi	39. New Delhi (NDMC area)
19	Odisha	40. Khordha	40. Bhubaneswar (M)
20	Punjab	41. Amritsar	41. Amritsar (P)
		42. Ludhiana	42. Ludhiana
		43. Mohali	43. SAS Nagar (Mohali)
21	Rajasthan	44. Ajmer	44. Ajmer
		45. Jaipur	45. Jaipur*
		46. Jodhpur	46. Jodhpur
22	Tamil Nadu	47. Coimbatore	47. Coimbatore (P)
23	Telangana	48. Mahbubnagar	48. Mahbubnagar
24	Tripura	49. West Tripura district	49. Agartala (P)
25	Uttarakhand	50. Dehradun	50. Dehradun
		51. Haridwar & Dehradun	51. Haridwar & Rishikesh
		52. Chamoli District	52. Chamoli–Gopeshwar
26	Uttar Pradesh	53. Agra	53. Agra
		54. Moradabad	54. Moradabad
		55. Prayagraj district	55. Allahabad
27	West Bengal	56. Howrah	56. Howrah
		57. North 24 Parganas	57. Madhyamgram
		58. North 24 Parganas	58. New Town Kolkata
28	Ladakh	59. Leh	59. Leh (P)
29	Puducherry	60. Puducherry	60. Puducherry (P)

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