Lok Sabha Question No. 258 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Installation of Rooftop Solar System under PM-SGMBY
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Mukesh Rajput, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 258

ANSWERED ON 06/08/2025

## INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEM UNDER PM-SGMBY

*258. SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT

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

- (a) the details of the current status, progress made and target set under Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) along with the number of rooftop solar power systems installed under the yojana so far, State/UT/location and year-wise including Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan; (b) the details of the steps taken by the Government to assist the States which are lagging behind in achieving the targets;
- (c) the provisions made by the Government to ensure equitable access of benefits of rooftop solar power subsidy to the economically weaker households living in rural, remote and backward areas;
- (d) the details of the measures taken to strengthen the grid infrastructure to handle the rising volume of decentralised solar power generated under this yojana;
- (e) the share of installed renewable energy capacity in the total energy mix during the financial year 2024-25; and
- (f) the policy initiatives being taken to sustain and expedite the momentum of clean power generation across the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, & FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a) to (f) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 258 to be answered on 06.08.2025 regarding Installation of Rooftop Solar System under PMSGMBY asked by Smt. Kamlesh Jangde and Shri Mukesh Rajput

(a) & (b) The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) across the country since February, 2024. The scheme targets to achieve rooftop solar installations in one crore households in the residential sector by 2026-27.

The  scheme  is  demand  driven,  wherein  all  residential  consumers  in  the  country  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.

A total of 58,01,654 no of applications have been submitted on the National Portal and 16,50,969 no of households have been benefitted with rooftop solar installations under the scheme as on 31.07.2025. The state/UT and year wise details are given in Annexure I.

Further,  the  Government  has  taken  following  measures  to  speed  up  the  pace  of  rooftop  solar installations under the scheme:

- 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.
- Included RESCO /Utility led aggregation (ULA) Models.
- 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.

(c): RESCO /Utility led aggregation (ULA) Model has been included in the PMSG: MBY enabling DISCOMs/ State Governments to support rooftop solar for economically weaker households living in rural, remote and backward areas.

Further, in case of special category states/UTs including Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &  Kashmir,  Ladakh,  States  in  the  North  East  Region,  Andaman  &  Nicobar  Islands  and Lakshadweep, the central financial assistance under the PMSG: MBY is 10% higher.

(d): Under PMSG: MBY, the rooftop solar plants are installed for residential consumers at the consumption end and therefore, do not require strengthening of the grid infrastructure in general.

(e):  The cumulative installed Renewable Energy capacity in the country as on 31.03.2025 was 220.10 GW which had share of 46.32% in the total installed electricity capacity of 475.21 GW. However, as on 30th June, 2025 India has achieved target of having 50% of its cumulative electric power  installed  capacity  from  non-fossil  fuel-based  sources  five  years  ahead  of  our  global commitment. As per Central Electricity Authority (CEA) reports, India's total inst alled electricity capacity stands at 484.82 GW, of which non-fossil fuel-based electricity capacity is 242.78 GW i.e. more than 50%.

(f):  The  Government  of  India  has  taken  several  policy  initiatives  to  sustain  and  expedite  the momentum of clean power generation across the country. Major policy initiatives taken by the Government are given in Annexure-II.

Annexure-I referred to in reply of part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 258 to be  answered  on  06.08.2025  regarding  Installation  of  Rooftop  Solar  System  under  PMSGMBY

The state/UT and year wise details of applications submitted on the National Portal and households benefitted with rooftop solar installations under the scheme as on 31.07.2025.

|         | Duration          | 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     |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sr. No. | State/UT          | Applications (Nos.)        | Households Benefitted (Nos.) | Applications (Nos.)        | Households Benefitted (Nos.) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 360487                     | 8826                         | 1034760                    | 33140                        |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 89                         | 0                            | 32                         | 0                            |
| 3       | Assam             | 278293                     | 4491                         | 94747                      | 24005                        |
| 4       | Bihar             | 58950                      | 2544                         | 27569                      | 6848                         |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 32349                      | 1045                         | 13882                      | 4565                         |
| 6       | Goa               | 4278                       | 444                          | 931                        | 543                          |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 341364                     | 320310                       | 167766                     | 228507                       |
| 8       | Haryana           | 153453                     | 11195                        | 33888                      | 18704                        |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 4443                       | 680                          | 4844                       | 3049                         |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 6287                       | 104                          | 3812                       | 607                          |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 174999                     | 6314                         | 48667                      | 10531                        |
| 12      | Kerala            | 98383                      | 57644                        | 82287                      | 69631                        |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 49266                      | 21860                        | 41675                      | 32205                        |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 500503                     | 158803                       | 180953                     | 234736                       |
| 15      | Manipur           | 603                        | 106                          | 592                        | 335                          |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 1452                       | 15                           | 959                        | 6                            |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 569                        | 66                           | 460                        | 355                          |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 236                        | 6                            | 342                        | 30                           |
| 19      | Odisha            | 82448                      | 1480                         | 43547                      | 9050                         |
| 20      | Punjab            | 10797                      | 3966                         | 8473                       | 4136                         |
| 21      | Rajasthan         | 209919                     | 22774                        | 82973                      | 42852                        |
| 22      | Sikkim            | 47                         | 1                            | 48                         | 9                            |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu        | 77464                      | 22470                        | 18674                      | 17932                        |
| 24      | Telangana         | 21101                      | 8694                         | 35600                      | 14521                        |
| 25      | Tripura           | 1148                       | 109                          | 5203                       | 535                          |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     | 777638                     | 61505                        | 434070                     | 120866                       |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 31616                      | 11983                        | 40150                      | 27635                        |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 25824                      | 272                          | 4650                       | 496                          |

| 29   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands   | 93        | 1        | 222       | 82       |
|------|-------------------------------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
| 30   | Chandigarh                    | 1168      | 353      | 408       | 250      |
| 31   | Jammu and Kashmir             | 10534     | 559      | 55182     | 7986     |
| 32   | Ladakh                        | 508       | 212      | 599       | 484      |
| 33   | Lakshadweep                   | 332       | 154      | 585       | 371      |
| 34   | NCT of Delhi                  | 7080      | 2267     | 5272      | 3002     |
| 35   | Puducherry                    | 1075      | 519      | 1177      | 795      |
| 36   | DNH and DD                    | 164       | 34       | 1695      | 364      |
|      | Total                         | 33,24,960 | 7,31,806 | 24,76,694 | 9,19,163 |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply of part (f) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 258 to be answered on 06.08.2025 regarding Installation of Rooftop Solar System under PM-SGMBY

Major policy initiatives taken by the Government to sustain and expedite the momentum of clean power generation across the country are as follows:

- MNRE has issued Bidding Trajectory for issuance of RE power procurement bids of 50 GW/annum by Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies (REIAs) [REIAs: Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI, NTPC Limited, NHPC Limited, SJVN Limited) from FY 2023-24 to FY 2027-28.
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been permitted up to 100 percent under the automatic route.
- Renewable Consumption Obligation (RCO) trajectory has been notified till 2029-30.
- Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar, Wind, Wind-Solar Hybrid and Firm & Dispatchable RE (FDRE) projects have been issued.
- Schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM), PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules, New Solar Power Scheme (for Tribal and PVTG Habitations/Villages) under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and Dharti Aabha Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA JGUA), National Green Hydrogen Mission, Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme for Offshore Wind Energy Projects have been launched.
- Scheme for setting up of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power projects is being implemented to provide land and transmission to RE developers for installation of RE projects at large scale.
- Laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity has been funded under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power.
- Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 has been issued for net-metering up to five hundred Kilowatt or up to the electrical sanctioned load, whichever is lower.
- National Repowering and Life Extension Policy for Wind Power Projects, 2023 has been issued.
- 'Strategy for Establishments of Offshore Wind Energy Projects' has been issued indicating a bidding trajectory of 37 GW by 2030 and various business models for project development.
- The Offshore Wind Energy Lease Rules, 2023 have been notified vide Ministry of External Affairs notification dated 19th December 2023, to regulate the grant of lease of offshore areas for development of offshore wind energy projects.
- Standard & Labelling (S&L) programs for Solar Photovoltaic modules and Gridconnected Solar Inverters have been launched.
- To augment transmission infrastructure needed for steep RE trajectory, transmission plan has been prepared till 2030.
- The Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and related matters) Rules (LPS rules) have been notified.
- Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022, has been notified on 06 th June 2022 with objective of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable green energy for all. Green Energy Open Access is allowed to any consumer with contract demand of 100 kW or above through single or multiple single connection aggregating Hundred kW or more located in same electricity division of a distribution licensee.
- Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) has been launched to facilitate sale of Renewable Energy Power through exchanges.
- Government has issued orders that power shall be dispatched against Letter of Credit (LC) or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators.

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