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Rs 67.01 Crore Sanctioned under Solar City Programme

Rs 67.01 Crore Sanctioned under Solar City Programme. 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. 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)
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