The targets fixed
under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) during the 12th Five Year
Plan period and the achievements made so far are as given below. This was
stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable
Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha
today.
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Application Segment
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Targets under 12th Plan Period
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Achievement during 12th Plan
Period
|
|
Grid
solar power
(large
plants, roof top & distribution grid plants)
|
10,000 MW
|
1816.51 MW
|
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Off-grid
solar applications
|
1000 MW
|
119 MW
|
|
Solar
Thermal Collectors(SWHs, solar cooking/ cooling, Industrial process heat
applications etc.)
|
6.18 million sq. meters
|
2.47 million sq. meters
|
The Minister further
stated that the following steps being taken by the Government to achieve the
remaining targets are:-
(i) Provision of Renewable
Purchase Obligation (RPO) for solar power in the National Tariff Policy.
(ii) Grant of
subsidy on off-grid applications and Generation Based Incentive (GBI), facility
for bundled power & Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for Grid connected Solar
Power Projects through various interventions announced from time to time.
(iii) Setting up
Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects & Solar Parks, 1MW Solar Parks on the banks
of canals and Solar power driven agricultural pump sets for energizing one lakh
pumps.
(iv) Concessional
Import duty/Excise duty exemption for setting up of solar power plants,
accelerated depreciation and tax holiday.
RM/RS- USQ4240 - LS