Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Villages Electrified Through Renewable Energy Systems

A total number 3568 villages/hamlets have been electrified through renewable energy systems/devices and an amount ofRs. 158.81 crores have been released during the last three years under the remote villages electrification programmes of the Ministry. 

     Under the Off-gird Solar Applications Scheme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, so far, 40 stand-alone SPV power plants with aggregating Capacity of 826 kWp and mini-grid concept have been installed.

State-wise details are as follows:
S. No.
States
No. of villages
Total Capacity inkWp
1.
Jammu & Kashmir
14
454.16
2.
Jharkhand
12
180.18
3.
Madhya Pradesh
8
90.18
4.
Utter Pradesh
6
102.06

Details of villages/hamlets electrified through renewable energy systems/devices  and funds released during the last three years under the remote villages electrification programmes of the Ministry.

S. No.
State
Villages/Hamlets electrified during last 3 years 
Funds released during last 3 years
(Rs. In Lakh)
1.
Andhra Pradesh
13
7.4
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
51

3.
Assam
1017
876.87
4.
Chhattisgarh
169

5.
Haryana
92

6.
Himachal Pradesh
20

7.
Jammu & Kashmir
189
3896.75
8.
Jharkhand
44
1395.7
9.
Kerala
49

10.
Madhya Pradesh
327
1490.12
11.
Maharashtra
2
501.267
12.
Manipur
49

13.
Meghalaya
52

14.
Nagaland
8
76.05
15.
Orissa
726
2904.05
16.
Rajasthan
90
842.59
17.
Tamil Nadu
30

18.
Tripura
441
444.84
19.
Uttarakhand
88
197.26
20.
Uttar Pradesh
105
1721.14
21.
West Bengal
6
1447.61
22.
Delhi*

24.96
23.
Goa

9.74
24.
Gujarat

35.27
25.
Karnataka

9.82

Total
3568
15881.42

This information was given by the Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah in the Rajya Sabha (Aug 20, 2013).

Courtesy: (pib.nic.in) Press Information Bureau

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