State wise CFA and Capacity of Off-Grid solar installations under the JNNSM (2010-11)

To encourage and promote sustainable development in the energy sector, Government of India launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in 2010.  For meeting the targets set in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) for Phase-I, Government of India is promoting off-grid applications of solar energy (both SPV and Solar Thermal) off-grid application includes home lighting systems, solar lanterns, pumps, traffic lights/blinkers, illuminating advertisement hoardings, cookers, geysers,   and even standalone power plants.

Government is keen interested in promoting such off-grid solar installations and is likely to promote subsidies and soft loans for it. MNRE would provide financial support through a combination of 30 % subsidy and/or 5% interest bearing loans.

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Taking benefits of this scheme many project developers have installed off grid solar energy units at different locations and received subsidies and soft loan from the government. Himachal Pradesh has secured more Central Financial Assistance (CFA) and Rajasthan is ahead in total installed capacity.

Following table shows relevant details of projects sanctioned during 2010-11 under Off Grid Solar applications of JNNSM

Sr. No	State	Released CFA (In Lakhs of INR)	Capacity (In KWp)
1	Andhra Pradesh	438.5	1687
2	Arunachal Pradesh	216	320
3	Assam	650	500
4	Bihar	225	1022
5	Chhatisgarh	1043.65	2336
6	Delhi	0	2
7	Gujarat	13.75	53
8	Haryana	407.08	1375
9	Himachal Pradesh	12636.03	529
10	Jammu and Kashmir	2089.33	6091
11	Jharkhand	176.6	416
12	Karnataka	42	195
13	Kerla	4.5	10
14	Lakshwadeep	1387	1100
15	Madhya Pradesh	932.16	3068
16	Maharashtra	20	150
17	Manipur	160	144
18	Meghalaya	437	760
19	Nagaland	10.41	72
20	Orissa	0	50
21	Punjab	440.75	766
22	Rajasthan	2371	10907
23	Sikkim	186.18	148
24	Tamilnadu	35	107
25	Tripura	90	68
26	Uttarakhand	1828	2547
27	Uttar Pradesh	1304.08	4337
28	West Bangal	25	100
29	Others	653.02	1542
Total		27822.04	40402

Source: MNRE