CRITERIA TO SET UP SOLAR POWER GENERATION PLANTS
CRITERIA TO SET UP SOLAR POWER GENERATION PLANTS
Any individual, including from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, is eligible for financial support for establishing rooftop solar (RTS) power project under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
Any farmer, including from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, is eligible for financial support for installing standalone solar agricultural pumps and solarization of grid connected agricultural pumps under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM KUSUM) scheme.
In addition, MNRE is implementing the New Solar Power Scheme (for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) Habitations/Villages) under the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) to electrify un-electrified PVTG households, identified by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, by providing off-grid solar systems where grid electricity is unavailable and not techno-economically feasible.
The criteria and details of incentives available to individuals, including from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, under solar schemes of MNRE are given at Annexure-I.
This information was given by the Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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ANNEXURE- I
CRITERIA AND DETAILS OF INCENTIVES AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER SOLAR SCHEMES OF MNRE
1) PM – Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
Criteria:
Any consumer tagged to a particular residential power connection of the local DISCOM, is eligible to take benefit under the scheme and can install RTS system on a roof/terrace/balcony or on top of elevated structures.
Incentive:
The details of the CFA pattern under this component are as follows:
Sr. No.
Type of Residential Segment
CFA
CFA
(Special Category)
1
Residential Sector (first 2 kWp of RTS capacity or part thereof)
Rs 30,000/kWp
Rs 33,000/kWp
2
Residential Sector (with additional RTS capacity of 1 kWp or part thereof)
Rs 18,000/kWp
Rs 19,800/kWp
3
Residential Sector (additional RTS capacity beyond 3 kWp)
No additional CFA
No additional CFA
4
Group Housing Societies/ Residential Welfare Associations (GHS/RWA) etc, for common facilities including EV charging up to 500 kWp (@3 kWp per house)
Rs 18,000/kWp
Rs 19,800/kWp
2) PM-KUSUM scheme
Component A: Setting up of 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground/Stilt Mounted Solar Power Plants
Criteria:
Incentive:
Procurement Based Incentive (PBI) to the DISCOMs @ 40 paise/kWh or Rs.6.60 lakhs/MW/year, whichever is lower, for buying solar power under this scheme. The PBI is given to the DISCOMs for a period of five years from the Commercial Operation Date of the plant. Therefore, the total PBI payable to DISCOMs is up to Rs. 33 Lakh per MW.
Component B: Installation of 14.00 Lakh Stand-alone Solar Pumps
Criteria:
Incentive:
CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, of the stand-alone solar agriculture pump is provided. However, in North Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands, CFA of 50% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, of the stand-alone solar pump is provided. Component B can also be implemented without State share of 30%. The Central Financial Assistance will continue to remain 30% and rest 70% will be borne by the farmer.
Component C: Solarisation of 35 Lakh Grid Connected Agriculture Pumps including through feeder level solarisation
Criteria:
(b) Feeder Level Solarization (FLS):
Incentive presently eligible as per the Scheme
(a) Individual Pump Solarization (IPS):
- Individual Pump Solarization (IPS):