A total amount of Rs. 67.01 crore has been sanctioned 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.
This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Shri Goyal further stated that Out of 7 identified solar cities in Maharashtra, an amount of Rs. 7.74 crore has been sanctioned and an amount of Rs. 3.04 crore has been released for 6 solar cities.
The details of sanctioned and release funds for approved solar cities are as follows:
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 |