MNRE has sanctioned Rs 67.01 Crore under Solar City Programme: Piyush Goyal By Saur News Bureau/ Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal on Monday in Rajya Sabha said that the renewable energy ministry has sanctioned a total amount of Rs. 67.01 crore for preparation of master plans, solar city cells, promotional activities and installation of renewable energy projects and an amount of Rs. 24.16 crore has been released, so far, under Solar City Programme. <a href='https://secure.meilleurmedia.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a23dad63&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='https://secure.meilleurmedia.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=17&source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.saurenergy.com&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a23dad63&ct0=INSERT_ENCODED_CLICKURL_HERE' border='0' alt='Advertisment' /></a> Goyal also stated that out of 7 identified solar cities in Maharashtra, 6 cities have already received and amount of Rs. 3.04 crore. The ministry has sanctioned Rs.7.74 crore for seven solar cities in Maharashtra. State-wise funds sanctioned and released to Solar Cities(Rs. in crore) Sr. No States/UTs Approved Solar Cities Funds Sanctioned Funds Released 1 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada 1.96 0.90 Kakinada — — Narsapur Town 0.50 — 2 Assam Guwahati 0.45 0.08 Jorhat 0.49 0.24 3 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 0.47 0.16 4 Bihar Gaya — — 5 Chandigarh Chandigarh 25.16 8.11 6 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur 0.43 0.12 Raipur 0.43 0.12 7 Gujarat Rajkot 0.93 0.35 Gandhinagar 0.50 0.14 Surat 2.68 1.11 8 Goa Panaji City 0.43 0.02 9 Haryana Gurugram 0.47 0.07 Faridabad 0.88 0.28 10 Himachal Pradesh Shimla 2.93 1.52 Hamirpur 0.43 0.27 11 Karnataka Mysore 2.02 0.85 Hubli-Dharwad 0.43 0.02 12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram — — Kochi 0.49 0.19 13 Maharashtra Nagpur 4.68 2.14 Thane 1.13 0.51 Kalyan-Dombivli 0.50 0.25 Aurangabad 0.50 0.08 Nanded 0.50 0.04 Pune — — Shirdi 0.43 0.02 14 Madhya Pradesh Indore — — Gwalior 0.50 0.10 Bhopal 0.48 0.19 Jabalpur — — Rewa 0.50 0.14 15 Manipur Imphal 0.49 0.04 16 Mizoram Aizawl 2.96 2.53 17 Nagaland Kohima 0.47 0.20 Dimapur 0.49 0.04 18 Delhi New Delhi (NDMC area) 0.50 — 19 Orissa Bhubaneswar 0.47 0.04 20 Punjab Amritsar 0.45 0.12 Ludhiana 0.45 0.12 SAS Nagar (Mohali) 0.50 0.02 21 Rajasthan Ajmer 0.50 0.01 Jaipur — — Jodhpur 0.44 0.02 22 Tamil Nadu Coimbatore 0.49 0.24 23 Telangana Mahbubnagar — — 24 Tripura Agartala 2.53 1.37 25 Uttarakhand Dehradun 0.47 0.13 Haridwar & Rishikesh 0.45 0.05 Chamoli –Gopeshwar 0.45 0.14 26 Uttar Pradesh Agra 0.49 0.39 Moradabad 0.50 0.25 Allahabad 0.50 0.02 27 West Bengal Howrah 0.50 0.04 Madhyamgram 0.50 0.26 New Town Kolkata 0.50 0.11 28 Jammu & Kashmir Leh — — 29 Puducherry Puducherry 0.61 — Total 67.01 24.16 Tags: green energy, Ministry of New and Renewable energy, MNRE, Piyush Goyal, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Solar Power
