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What is PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana? PM Modi announces rooftop solar scheme for free electricity - step-by-step guide on how to apply

What is PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana? PM Modi announces rooftop solar scheme for free electricity - step-by-step guide on how to apply

TOI Business Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Feb 14, 2024, 11:08 IST

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PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the launch of PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, that is the rooftop solar scheme, and said that the new initiative will benefit 1 crore households with free electricity.

What is PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana? PM Modi announces rooftop solar scheme for free electricity - step-by-step guide on how to apply

PM Surya Ghar Yojana seeks to illuminate 1 crore households by offering up to 300 units of free electricity monthly. (AI image)

PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the launch of PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, that is the rooftop solar scheme, and said that the new initiative will benefit 1 crore households with free electricity.
To advance sustainable development and enhance people's welfare, we are introducing the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, PM Modi said.

This initiative, backed by an investment exceeding Rs 75,000 crores, seeks to illuminate 1 crore households by offering up to 300 units of free electricity monthly.
The Central Government will guarantee no financial burden on the people by providing significant subsidies directly to their bank accounts and offering highly concessional bank loans. Integration of all stakeholders into a National Online Portal will enhance convenience, PM said.
To promote this scheme at the grassroots level, Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats will be encouraged to promote rooftop solar systems within their areas. Additionally, the scheme aims to increase income, reduce power bills, and generate employment opportunities for people.

“Let’s boost solar power and sustainable progress. I urge all residential consumers, especially youngsters, to strengthen the PM - Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana by applying at- https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in,” PM Modi posted on X, formerly Twitter.

How to apply for PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana - rooftop solar scheme: Step-by-step guide

On pmsuryaghar.gov.in website, go to “Apply for rooftop solar”. Following these steps for registration:
Step 1: Register in the portal with the following

Select your State
Select your Electricity Distribution Company
Enter your Electricity Consumer Number
Enter Mobile Number
Enter Email
Please follow as per the direction from the portal

Step 2

Login with Consumer Number & Mobile Number
Apply for the Rooftop Solar as per the form

Step 3

Wait for the feasibility approval from DISCOM. Once you get the feasibility approval install the plant by any of the registered vendors in your DISCOM

Step 4

Once installation is over, submit the plant details and apply for net meter

Step 5

After installation of net meter and inspection by DISCOM, they will generate commissioning certificate from portal

Step 6

Once you get the commissioning report. Submit the bank account details and a cancelled cheque through the portal. You will receive your subsidy in your bank account within 30 days.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had also spoken about the rooftop solar scheme in her Budget 2024 speech. “Through rooftop solarization, one crore households will be enabled to obtain up to 300 units free electricity every month. This scheme follows the resolve of Hon’ble Prime Minister on the historic day of consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.”
She had listed the following expected benefits:

Savings up to fifteen to eighteen thousand rupees annually for households from free solar electricity and selling the surplus to the distribution companies;
Charging of electric vehicles;
Entrepreneurship opportunities for a large number of vendors for supply and installation;
Employment opportunities for the youth with technical skills in manufacturing, installation and maintenance

PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana: Subsidy for residential households

Rs 30,000/- per kW up to 2 kW
Rs 18,000/- per kW for additional capacity up to 3 kW
Total Subsidy for systems larger than 3 kW capped at Rs 78,000

Average Monthly Electricity Consumption (units)	Suitable Rooftop Solar Plant Capacity	Subsidy Support
0-150	1 – 2 kW	Rs 30,000 to Rs 60,000/-
150-300	2 – 3 kW	Rs 60,000 to Rs 78,000/-
>300	Above 3 kW	Rs 78,000/-

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