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A group of CPI(M) MPs have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding an investigation into the activities of Jawaharlal National Solar Mission.
The MPs said in the letter that the “solar scam” could be as big as the 2G and the coal scam and the project was designed to help private companies to make windfall profits.
The MPs said the benchmark price fixed by the Government agencies for the off-grid roof top solar units is around 2,10,000 per 1 KVA. They said in Kerala, a consumer pays Rs 1,15,000 to install 1KVA solar power at his house, while the balance of Rs 95,000 will go to the empanelled Solar Company, through the implementing agency of the State as Centre and State Government subsidies.
The MPs argued that the actual cost of panels is about Rs 70,000 per 1 KVA. “This is resulting into windfall profits for companies who are ‘fortunate’ enough to get empanelled by the Government. By investing just Rs 70,000, these companies are getting a profit of around Rs 1,40,000 thousand, which is a profit of 200 per cent,” the MPs said in the letter.
jigeesh.am@thehindu.co.in
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