Lok Sabha Question No. 2911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: PM-SGMBY in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Smt. Dimple Yadav, Shri Pushpendra Saroj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2911

ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## PM-SGMBY IN UTTAR PRADESH

2911. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ SMT. DIMPLE YADAV

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of rooftop solar units installed under the Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) in Uttar Pradesh since its launch, year-wise;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries under the yojana belonging to the SC, ST and OBC categories in Uttar Pradesh, district and year-wise;
- (c) the key implementation challenges identified in the State such as delays in metering approvals, DISCOMs, shortages in empanelled vendors and their impact on the rollout pace;
- (d) the number of subsidy claims filed by beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh, year and district-wise; and
- (e) the number of subsidy claims disbursed in Uttar Pradesh, year and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) & (b) In the state of Uttar Pradesh, as on 31.07.2025, a total of 1,82,250 households have been benefitted with installation of rooftop solar under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY).

The scheme is demand driven, wherein all residential consumers in the country, including SC/ST/OBC consumers, having grid connected electricity connection of the local DISCOM can avail the benefits of the scheme by applying on the National Portal of the scheme.

The district wise and year wise details of households benefitted under the scheme in the state of Uttar Pradesh are given in Annexure I.

- (c)  The MNRE and REC Ltd., as the National Programme Implementing Agency (NPIA), for PMSG-MBY, work in close coordination with all the State Implementing Agencies including the state of Uttar Pradesh, to identify the challenges, if any, and take necessary measures for effective implementation of the PMSG: MBY. The measures taken in this regard include the following:
- Online process from registration to disbursal of subsidy directly in to the bank account of the residential consumer through National Portal.
- Availability of collateral free loan from nationalized banks at concessional interest rate of repo-rate plus 50 bps i.e. 6% per annum for the present with tenure of 10 years.
- Simplified the regulatory approval process by waiving technical feasibility requirement and introducing auto load enhancement upto 10 kW.
- Simplified process for registration of vendors to ensure sufficient and qualified vendors are available.
- Capacity building and training programmes being conducted for creating skilled manpower.
- Creating awareness about the scheme, through awareness and outreach program such as print advertising in leading newspapers, TV commercials campaigns, Radio campaigns across FM stations including regional channels, etc., in the country.
- Regular monitoring of the progress of the scheme at different levels including with states/DISCOMs.
- Established grievance redressal mechanism for timely resolution of grievances. A Call Centre with telephone number 15555 is operational in 12 languages.

(d) & (e) The households installing rooftop solar plants under the PMSG: MBY can redeem the subsidy once the installation is inspected and approved by the respective DISCOM. On applying for redemption of subsidy, the process for disbursement of subsidy is initiated and the same is released  into  the  bank  account  of  the  beneficiary.  As  on  31.07.2025,  a  total  of  1,65,158 beneficiaries  have  redeemed  the  subsidy  and  1,54,978  beneficiaries  have  been  disbursed  the subsidy under the scheme in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The district wise and year wise details are given in Annexure II.

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## Annexure I referred to in reply of part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2911 to be answered on 06.08.2025 regarding PM-SGMBY in Uttar Pradesh

The  district  wise  and  year  wise  details  of  no  of  households  benefitted  with  the  rooftop  solar installations under the PMSG: MBY in the state of Uttar Pradesh

| S. No.   | Districts          | Households benefitted (Nos.)   | Households benefitted (Nos.)   |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Districts          | 13.02.2024 to 31.12.2024       | 01.01.2025 to 31.07.2025       |
| 1        | Agra               | 2,493                          | 4688                           |
| 2        | Aligarh            | 630                            | 1667                           |
| 3        | Ambedkar Nagar     | 270                            | 1029                           |
| 4        | Amethi             | 188                            | 829                            |
| 5        | Amroha             | 83                             | 251                            |
| 6        | Auraiya            | 102                            | 544                            |
| 7        | Ayodhya            | 503                            | 1203                           |
| 8        | Azamgarh           | 383                            | 776                            |
| 9        | Baghpat            | 138                            | 349                            |
| 10       | Bahraich           | 362                            | 704                            |
| 11       | Ballia             | 142                            | 323                            |
| 12       | Balrampur          | 90                             | 245                            |
| 13       | Banda              | 373                            | 588                            |
| 14       | Bara Banki         | 1,055                          | 2975                           |
| 15       | Bareilly           | 1,459                          | 5720                           |
| 16       | Basti              | 180                            | 452                            |
| 17       | Bhadohi            | 55                             | 226                            |
| 18       | Bijnor             | 551                            | 1281                           |
| 19       | Budaun             | 74                             | 399                            |
| 20       | Bulandshahr        | 299                            | 811                            |
| 21       | Chandauli          | 237                            | 592                            |
| 22       | Chitrakoot         | 105                            | 259                            |
| 23       | Deoria             | 133                            | 555                            |
| 24       | Etah               | 212                            | 436                            |
| 25       | Etawah             | 688                            | 1252                           |
| 26       | Farrukhabad        | 347                            | 944                            |
| 27       | Fatehpur           | 262                            | 685                            |
| 28       | Firozabad          | 381                            | 1202                           |
| 29       | Gautam BuddhaNagar | 750                            | 844                            |

|   30 | Ghaziabad        | 1,467   |   1900 |
|------|------------------|---------|--------|
|   31 | Ghazipur         | 397     |    752 |
|   32 | Gonda            | 221     |    521 |
|   33 | Gorakhpur        | 1,231   |   2370 |
|   34 | Hamirpur         | 176     |    550 |
|   35 | Hapur            | 230     |    668 |
|   36 | Hardoi           | 318     |   1256 |
|   37 | Hathras          | 179     |    499 |
|   38 | Jalaun           | 261     |    777 |
|   39 | Jaunpur          | 421     |    482 |
|   40 | Jhansi           | 1,543   |   2945 |
|   41 | Kannauj          | 130     |    416 |
|   42 | Kanpur Dehat     | 72      |    163 |
|   43 | Kanpur Nagar     | 4,177   |   7232 |
|   44 | Kasganj          | 77      |    358 |
|   45 | Kaushambi        | 20      |    472 |
|   46 | Kheri            | 490     |   1569 |
|   47 | Kushinagar       | 37      |    220 |
|   48 | Lalitpur         | 507     |   1151 |
|   49 | Lucknow          | 18,107  |  22934 |
|   50 | Mahoba           | 155     |    334 |
|   51 | Mahrajganj       | 143     |    408 |
|   52 | Mainpuri         | 293     |    631 |
|   53 | Mathura          | 484     |   1234 |
|   54 | Mau              | 106     |    417 |
|   55 | Meerut           | 1,448   |   2387 |
|   56 | Mirzapur         | 400     |   1152 |
|   57 | Moradabad        | 434     |   1151 |
|   58 | Muzaffarnagar    | 892     |   2786 |
|   59 | Pilibhit         | 146     |   1383 |
|   60 | Pratapgarh       | 117     |    634 |
|   61 | Prayagraj        | 2,546   |   3381 |
|   62 | Rae Bareli       | 1,280   |   3390 |
|   63 | Rampur           | 203     |   1284 |
|   64 | Saharanpur       | 605     |   1610 |
|   65 | Sambhal          | 60      |    513 |
|   66 | Sant Kabir Nagar | 56      |    159 |
|   67 | Shahjahanpur     | 291     |   1665 |
|   68 | Shamli           | 227     |    721 |
|   69 | Shrawasti        | 37      |    199 |

| 70   | Siddharthnagar   | 100    | 362      |
|------|------------------|--------|----------|
| 71   | Sitapur          | 862    | 2400     |
| 72   | Sonbhadra        | 128    | 583      |
| 73   | Sultanpur        | 319    | 813      |
| 74   | Unnao            | 681    | 1946     |
| 75   | Varanasi         | 6,886  | 10138    |
|      | Total            | 61,505 | 1,20,745 |

## Annexure II referred to in reply of part (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2911 to be answered on 06.08.2025 regarding PM-SGMBY in Uttar Pradesh

District-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  beneficiaries  who  have  redeemed  the  subsidy  and beneficiaries who have been disbursed the subsidy under the scheme in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

|        |                     | 13.02.2024 to 31.12.2024   | 13.02.2024 to 31.12.2024   | 01.01.2025 to 31.07.2025   | 01.01.2025 to 31.07.2025   |
|--------|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No. | District            | Subsidy Redeemed (Nos.)    | Subsidy Disbursed (Nos.)   | Subsidy Redeemed (Nos.)    | Subsidy Disbursed (Nos.)   |
| 1      | Agra                | 2021                       | 1805                       | 4099                       | 3905                       |
| 2      | Aligarh             | 552                        | 473                        | 1567                       | 1471                       |
| 3      | Ambedkar Nagar      | 239                        | 210                        | 937                        | 891                        |
| 4      | Amethi              | 155                        | 115                        | 781                        | 733                        |
| 5      | Amroha              | 63                         | 57                         | 222                        | 204                        |
| 6      | Auraiya             | 90                         | 71                         | 498                        | 456                        |
| 7      | Ayodhya             | 441                        | 361                        | 1100                       | 1079                       |
| 8      | Azamgarh            | 338                        | 296                        | 754                        | 744                        |
| 9      | Baghpat             | 124                        | 108                        | 306                        | 297                        |
| 10     | Bahraich            | 314                        | 267                        | 691                        | 691                        |
| 11     | Ballia              | 134                        | 119                        | 304                        | 277                        |
| 12     | Balrampur           | 81                         | 66                         | 228                        | 213                        |
| 13     | Banda               | 335                        | 299                        | 556                        | 520                        |
| 14     | Bara Banki          | 946                        | 768                        | 2798                       | 2704                       |
| 15     | Bareilly            | 1268                       | 1069                       | 5004                       | 4795                       |
| 16     | Basti               | 159                        | 130                        | 421                        | 407                        |
| 17     | Bhadohi             | 46                         | 42                         | 211                        | 197                        |
| 18     | Bijnor              | 410                        | 366                        | 1133                       | 1072                       |
| 19     | Budaun              | 44                         | 34                         | 351                        | 325                        |
| 20     | Bulandshahr         | 250                        | 220                        | 739                        | 692                        |
| 21     | Chandauli           | 228                        | 199                        | 514                        | 495                        |
| 22     | Chitrakoot          | 95                         | 82                         | 230                        | 220                        |
| 23     | Deoria              | 108                        | 91                         | 502                        | 472                        |
| 24     | Etah                | 193                        | 166                        | 399                        | 388                        |
| 25     | Etawah              | 637                        | 543                        | 1231                       | 1219                       |
| 26     | Farrukhabad         | 301                        | 259                        | 859                        | 811                        |
| 27     | Fatehpur            | 231                        | 193                        | 647                        | 621                        |
| 28     | Firozabad           | 337                        | 293                        | 1119                       | 1038                       |
| 29     | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 696                        | 631                        | 783                        | 776                        |
| 30     | Ghaziabad           | 1203                       | 1027                       | 1796                       | 1809                       |

|   31 | Ghazipur         |   371 |   315 |   721 |   727 |
|------|------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|   32 | Gonda            |   203 |   166 |   467 |   470 |
|   33 | Gorakhpur        |  1117 |   975 |  2246 |  2214 |
|   34 | Hamirpur         |   123 |    89 |   534 |   531 |
|   35 | Hapur            |   163 |   129 |   560 |   559 |
|   36 | Hardoi           |   262 |   228 |  1063 |   949 |
|   37 | Hathras          |   155 |   137 |   464 |   449 |
|   38 | Jalaun           |   208 |   183 |   714 |   662 |
|   39 | Jaunpur          |   235 |   209 |   440 |   411 |
|   40 | Jhansi           |  1331 |  1195 |  2892 |  2751 |
|   41 | Kannauj          |   108 |    72 |   384 |   376 |
|   42 | Kanpur Dehat     |    50 |    46 |   138 |   128 |
|   43 | Kanpur Nagar     |  3530 |  3161 |  6466 |  6274 |
|   44 | Kasganj          |    48 |    34 |   366 |   356 |
|   45 | Kaushambi        |     8 |     7 |   334 |   305 |
|   46 | Kheri            |   397 |   353 |  1407 |  1317 |
|   47 | Kushinagar       |    29 |    14 |   178 |   180 |
|   48 | Lalitpur         |   405 |   343 |  1167 |  1133 |
|   49 | Lucknow          | 16699 | 15277 | 20972 | 20533 |
|   50 | Mahoba           |   134 |   121 |   296 |   271 |
|   51 | Mahrajganj       |   119 |    97 |   369 |   368 |
|   52 | Mainpuri         |   276 |   243 |   570 |   521 |
|   53 | Mathura          |   397 |   303 |  1121 |  1088 |
|   54 | Mau              |    73 |    68 |   384 |   337 |
|   55 | Meerut           |  1294 |  1123 |  2162 |  2148 |
|   56 | Mirzapur         |   383 |   310 |  1078 |  1066 |
|   57 | Moradabad        |   359 |   313 |  1048 |  1009 |
|   58 | Muzaffarnagar    |   753 |   635 |  2529 |  2408 |
|   59 | Pilibhit         |   121 |    88 |  1218 |  1106 |
|   60 | Pratapgarh       |    86 |    70 |   592 |   559 |
|   61 | Prayagraj        |  2354 |  2080 |  3095 |  3087 |
|   62 | Rae Bareli       |  1148 |   956 |  3194 |  3119 |
|   63 | Rampur           |   184 |   149 |  1159 |  1006 |
|   64 | Saharanpur       |   545 |   478 |  1546 |  1459 |
|   65 | Sambhal          |    57 |    50 |   452 |   409 |
|   66 | Sant Kabir Nagar |    49 |    41 |   137 |   138 |
|   67 | Shahjahanpur     |   225 |   168 |  1501 |  1423 |
|   68 | Shamli           |   205 |   185 |   681 |   656 |
|   69 | Shrawasti        |    30 |    26 |   174 |   165 |
|   70 | Siddharthnagar   |    87 |    68 |   322 |   327 |
|   71 | Sitapur          |   544 |   482 |  2065 |  1945 |

| 72   | Sonbhadra   | 119    | 93     | 520      | 464      |
|------|-------------|--------|--------|----------|----------|
| 73   | Sultanpur   | 294    | 271    | 781      | 750      |
| 74   | Unnao       | 582    | 519    | 1723     | 1644     |
| 75   | Varanasi    | 6627   | 6232   | 9622     | 9196     |
|      | Total       | 54,526 | 48,462 | 1,10,632 | 1,06,516 |