Lok Sabha Question No. 625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Beneficiaries under PM-SGMBY
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri G M Harish Balayogi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 625

ANSWERED ON 23/07/2025

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PM-SGMBY

## 625. SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI

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

- (a) the number of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri- Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY) during the last three years in Andhra Pradesh, district and year-wise;
- (b) the number of applications registered and the number of feasibility approvals granted under
- the yojana in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (c) the number of SC/ST households that have benefited under the yojana in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (d) whether a model solar village has been set up in each district of Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof including the expected timeline for completion and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the amount of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) approved and released under the yojana in Andhra Pradesh along with the number of households approved for subsidy and the amount of funds approved and released, district-wise; and
- (f) whether the Government has enabled beneficiary households under the yojana to sell surplus electricity generated from rooftop solar systems to the grid and if so, the rate at which such electricity is purchased in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) The PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) was launched in February 2024 only. The scheme is demand-driven, wherein all residential consumers in the country, including the SC/ST consumers, having a grid-connected electricity connection with the local DISCOM, can avail the benefits of the scheme by applying on the National Portal of the scheme.

The district-wise detail of applications submitted, feasibility approvals granted by DISCOMs, and the total number of households, including SC/ST households, installed rooftop solar plants under the scheme in the state of Andhra Pradesh, as on 14.07.2025, is given at Annexure.

(d): As per operational guidelines issued for the Model Solar Village component of PMSG: MBY, the selection of village to be developed as Model Solar Village is based on challenge mode, for 6 month  timeframe  out  of  the  villages  shortlisted  by  the  District  Level  Committee.  In  Andhra Pradesh, the Challenge mode is reported to be initiated in  6 districts.

- (e): Under the PMSG: MBY, as of 14.07.2025, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) of Rs 222.94 crore has been released to 28,840 households in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The district-wise detail is given at Annexure.

(f): As per Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (The Grid Interactive Solar Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems under Net/Gross Metering) Regulation, 2023, issued by the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) in February 2024, any surplus solar energy generated and exported into the grid during a month by a residential consumer under net-metering arrangement will be paid by the respective DISCOM at Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) fixed by APERC. The present FIT fixed by APERC under the net-metering arrangement is Rs. 2.09 per kWh in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

*****

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 625 to be answered on 23.07.2025 regarding Beneficiaries under PM-SGMBY

PMSG: MBY - District-wise progress for the state of Andhra Pradesh (as on 14.07.2025)

| S. No.   | District                    | Applications submitted (Nos)   | Feasibility Approved by DISCOM (Nos)   | Households Installed Rooftop Solar Plant   | CFA released         | CFA released   |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------|
| S. No.   | District                    | Applications submitted (Nos)   | Feasibility Approved by DISCOM (Nos)   | Households Installed Rooftop Solar Plant   | Number of Households | Amount (in Rs) |
| 1        | Alluri Sitharama Raju       | 1,973                          | 1,966                                  | 9                                          | 9                    | 6,86,520       |
| 2        | Anakapalli                  | 9,195                          | 9,161                                  | 1,344                                      | 1,057                | 8,16,77,220    |
| 3        | Anantapur                   | 9,486                          | 9,456                                  | 93                                         | 83                   | 64,15,680      |
| 4        | Ananthapuramu               | 38,570                         | 38,500                                 | 976                                        | 752                  | 5,78,63,910    |
| 5        | Annamayya                   | 54,148                         | 54,100                                 | 393                                        | 279                  | 2,14,50,420    |
| 6        | Bapatla                     | 83,619                         | 83,554                                 | 1,562                                      | 1,119                | 8,65,48,620    |
| 7        | Chittoor                    | 64,788                         | 50,946                                 | 461                                        | 329                  | 2,47,85,340    |
| 8        | East Godavari               | 11,656                         | 11,630                                 | 2,016                                      | 1,712                | 13,25,33,370   |
| 9        | Eluru                       | 35,079                         | 35,027                                 | 2,524                                      | 2,148                | 16,67,38,290   |
| 10       | Guntur                      | 1,15,089                       | 1,14,923                               | 3,557                                      | 2,680                | 20,75,42,520   |
| 11       | Kakinada                    | 9,128                          | 9,097                                  | 1,861                                      | 1,527                | 11,82,05,370   |
| 12       | Konaseema                   | 6,233                          | 6,225                                  | 919                                        | 732                  | 5,66,36,370    |
| 13       | Krishna                     | 98,510                         | 98,343                                 | 2,769                                      | 2,175                | 16,86,08,130   |
| 14       | Kurnool                     | 90,468                         | 90,292                                 | 676                                        | 564                  | 4,31,39,160    |
| 15       | Nandyal                     | 1,08,028                       | 1,07,950                               | 680                                        | 477                  | 3,64,60,770    |
| 16       | NTR                         | 96,617                         | 96,440                                 | 2,218                                      | 1,686                | 13,08,64,890   |
| 17       | Palnadu                     | 1,66,758                       | 1,66,523                               | 793                                        | 569                  | 4,40,21,760    |
| 18       | Parvathipuram Manyam        | 1,756                          | 1,751                                  | 347                                        | 236                  | 1,81,86,240    |
| 19       | Prakasam                    | 83,248                         | 83,173                                 | 1,858                                      | 1,484                | 11,46,07,680   |
| 20       | Srikakulam                  | 5,074                          | 5,056                                  | 1,862                                      | 1,513                | 11,55,52,470   |
| 21       | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore | 69,317                         | 69,263                                 | 1,452                                      | 1,181                | 9,15,50,520    |
| 22       | Sri Sathya Sai              | 53,711                         | 53,633                                 | 294                                        | 229                  | 1,76,40,360    |
| 23       | Tirupati                    | 64,229                         | 64,168                                 | 1,145                                      | 689                  | 5,29,85,190    |
| 24       | Visakhapatnam               | 10,181                         | 10,154                                 | 2,792                                      | 1,914                | 14,93,21,220   |
| 25       | Vizianagaram                | 9,323                          | 9,303                                  | 1,776                                      | 1,389                | 10,67,84,970   |
| 26       | West Godavari               | 17,026                         | 17,003                                 | 2,026                                      | 1,633                | 12,63,21,678   |
| 27       | Y.S.R.                      | 68,899                         | 68,839                                 | 854                                        | 674                  | 5,22,82,920    |
|          | Total                       | 13,82,109                      | 13,66,476                              | 37,257                                     | 28,840               | 2,22,94,11,588 |