Delay in RTS tenders is adversely impacting the promotion of Rooftop Solar in states: MNRE

Rooftop Solar Subsidy tender in Rajasthan, NIT of which was released in Dec 2021 but till date the tender is awaited with one time cancellation and 2 times extension.?As per latest corrigendum, the NIT download will start from 12th April 2022.?

REAR?requests?Chairman?(Rajasthan Discoms) to look in to?Rajasthan?Residential Rooftop?Solar?subsidy?tender?seriously and assure the timely implementation of the scheme as the delay for last 4 months impacting negatively on the Solar?industry?!!!

In spite of REAR's various requests from last 4 months regarding the selection of apt agency for implementation or timely implementation of the scheme; no concrete steps has been taken by the authorities, which reflects in the progress of the scheme.?

MNRE, in reply to the letter suggest Rajasthan Discom to release the tender soon as the delay in implementation of scheme is adversely impacting the promotion of Rooftop Solar in the state.

On one side we are busy in the self praise by saying that Rajasthan holds second position in Rooftop Solar Sector after Gujrat while on the other side, it seems MNRE RTS Phase-II scheme doesn’t matter a lot for the Discom, Energy Department or for the state. For that reason, we would like to provide you with few facts and details about how & at what scale the same scheme is being implemented in our neighboring state, Gujarat, how we are lagging and what could be the consequences of the same. Please have a look at the comparative progress of the Scheme in Gujrat Vis a Vis Rajasthan.

Rajasthan?only get allocation of ?????? ???? ?????????? ???????? ??% ???? ???????????????? ???? ???????? ???? ???? ???????????????????? ???? ????????????. Rajasthan need to wakeup as far as the progress of?Rooftop Solar?in the State is concerned. Implementation of such a huge capacity?Rooftop projects?(???????? ????) will directly benefit around ?? ?????? ?????????????????? & will generate around ?????? ????. units annually which could save around ?????? ???????? ????+ of common people.

Rajasthan just contributed less than 4% of what Gujrat has done in the area of Residential Rooftop?Sector under RTS Phase-II.?Whereas ???????????? tendered the capacity of ???????? ???? under?RTS?phase-II , ?????????????????? has only able to do ???? ???? !! Gujarat?empanelled ?????? ?????????????? under the scheme while?Rajasthan?empanelled only ?????? ??????????????. Gujarat is providing employment opportunities/business to 5 times more than Rajasthan !!

Whereas ??.?? ???????? + ?????????????????? get benefitted in ????????????, there are only ??,?????? ?????????????? ???? ?????????????????? who installed ?????????? under the ???????? ?????? ??????????-???? scheme, which is ???????? ??% as compared to Gujarat !!People are interested in installing?SOLAR?at their home enquiring on daily basis about the subsidy scheme but ?????? ???? ?????????? ???? ?????? ?????????????? ???? ????????????, they could not able to install !! Every stakeholder in Rajasthan, be it?beneficiary,?installer,?manufacturer,?distributors?and even?Discom?itself are paying a lot due to inefficiency of concerned agency to implement the scheme at the scale it is expected to be !!

Whereas?Gujarat?release CFA of ????????+ ????. to its vendors, Rajasthan released only ?? ????. This shows the?business?Gujarat is providing to its?empanelled vendors?vis-à-vis Rajasthan. This is not just a number, this shows the rotation of money and business done by Solar Industry?MSMEs. INR 1100 Cr. CFA denotes total business of around ????????+ ????. ???? ???????????????? ???? ?????????? ???????????????? ?????????????? ???? ?????????????? while in ?????????????????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ???? ???? ???????? ???????????? ???? ????. ???? ???????????????? !!!

Gujarat?consumers (?????????????????????? ?????????? ???????? ?????? ??????????-????) are real?PROSUMERS?who are generating ?????? ???? ?????????? ???????????????? and contributing to the ???????? ?????????????????? ?????? ?????????????? ???????????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????????????????????? ???????????????? from various sources. !! There is difference of ????. ?????? ????+ ???? ?????? ?????????????? ???????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????? ?? ?????? i??????????????????????under??????????RTS Phase-II. If?Rajasthan?invest even ????% ???? ?????? ???????????????????? ?????????????????????? ???? ?????????? ????????????????, Rajasthan is making due to our ???????????????????????? ?????? ?????????????????????????? ???????????????? ???? ?????????????????? ???? ?????????????? ??????????, the picture would we totally different.

GUVNL?took various initiative for wider publicity and dissemination of information for the rooftop program as under :-

SMS- ?????? ???????? ??????. ???? ?????? ?????????? ???? ?????????????????????? ??????????????????

Missed Call: no 7 666 44 99 11 to get below link

Consumer Web link – (https://lnkd.in/gKwEHaX8?) ?????????? ????,?????? ????. ???? ???????????? ?????????????? so far and obtained information related to Subsidy, name of Empanelled Agencies, Implementation guideline, etc.

?????????? ??????(????/????) ?????? ?????? ???? ?? ???????????????? (????/????)-Broadcast Audio from at regular intervals

F?????? ????????????- ?????? ?????????????????? ???? ?????????????? ????????. ?????????????? (DISCOM, Collector Office, Mamlatdar, Jilla Panchayat, Taluka Panchayat, Gram Panchayat)

Flyer- ???????????? ?????? ?????????????? ?????? ?????????????????????? ?????????????????? under town and distribution is started with electricity Bills of residential consumers.

???????????? ?????????????????? ???????????????? are arranged in Town Hall, Nagar Palika, Corporation.

???????? ?????????? ??????????????????????????- ???? ????????????????, ?????????? & English NewsPapers already given.

?????????????????? ?????????????????? ???? ?????? ?????????????????? ?????????? ???????????? ???????????? regularly on daily basis for the time of one month.

?????????? ?????????????????????????? ???? ???? ???????? ???????????????? ?????? ???????????? !!

Rajasthan should also think and work in the same way !!

But unfortunately till now we are not even able to release the NIT for 55 MW, wherein our neighbouring state Gujarat has been allocated total 1940 MW of capacity under the MNRE RTS Phase-II.?No need to discuss the benefit of implementation of such a huge capacity rooftop projects which will generate around 250 Cr. Units annually and will save around INR 1800 Cr+ of common people while saving around same amount of Discom and contributing to the environment sustainability in a big way. The question arises are who is responsible for such an inefficient implementation of a scheme and whether, we are ready to learn something from such mistakes and will try to do something to rectify the same otherwise we will be in the same position even after the new scheme launch by MNRE.

Due to inefficiency/ignorance and inappropriate planning of implementing agencies, authorities and concerned ministries;

·????????Why should common people/Discom consumer should looses 1000 + crores which they could save if they installed Solar Project under the Rooftop Solar Subsidy Scheme of MNRE RTS Phase-II.

·????????Why should Solar EPCs/Manufacturers/Distributors, basically MSMEs losses their business of 1000+ crores, in spite of ample opportunities in Rajasthan being a high potential state.

·????????Why should state loose same amount by purchasing the costlier power from exchange.

·????????And last but not the least, why should nation and the whole world pay for our in capabilities in terms of global warming and not contributing to green energy.

Data Source:- MNRE workshop on Statewise progress for RTS Phase-II

Analysis by:- REAR Renewable Energy Association

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