Lok Sabha Question No. 599 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Solar Rooftop Programme
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 599

ANSWERED ON 23/07/2025

## SOLAR ROOFTOP PROGRAMME

599. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing the Solar Rooftop Programme to encourage rooftop solar installations especially in Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has extended the benefits of the programme to households in the districts of Katni, Panna and Khajuraho town in the Khajuraho Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken by the Government to make the programme more effective; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps being taken to address the issue?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) to (d) The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy is implementing PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) since February, 2024.

The scheme is demand driven, wherein all residential consumers in the country including all the districts of Madhya Pradesh 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 number of households that have benefited with rooftop solar installation till 14.7.2025 in the districts of Katni, Panna and Chhatarpur (covering Khajuraho town) in the Khajuraho Lok Sabha Constituency are given below:

|   S. No. | District                             |   No of Households benefitted |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | Katni                                |                           567 |
|        2 | Panna                                |                            86 |
|        3 | Chhatarpur (covering Khajuraho town) |                           536 |

The Government has taken following measures to make the scheme more effective:

- 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.

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