Lok Sabha Question No. 592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: Gap in Submission of Applications under PM-SGMBY
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Thiru Dr. S Jagathratchakan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 592

ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

## GAP IN SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS UNDER PM-SGMBY

## 592. SHRI S JAGATHRATCHAKAN

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the gap between registration and actual submission of applications under the Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Union Government to encourage more registrations and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of the total number of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (RTPV) systems installed under the yojana in Tamil Nadu since its inception and the pending applications yet to be cleared, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a)  to  (c)  To  simplify  the  process  of  PM  Surya  Ghar:  Muft  Bijli  Yojana  (PMSG:  MBY),  the Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  has  done  away  the  requirement  of  registration  and consumers willing to get benefitted under the scheme has to directly apply on the National Portal of the scheme.

As on 30.11.2025, against 60,386 applications received under the scheme for the state of Tamil Nadu,  a  total  of  47,696  rooftop  solar  (RTS)  systems  have  been  installed,  benefitting  55,255 households in the state. The district-wise details of progress made under PMSG: MBY in the state of Tamil Nadu is given at Annexure.

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District wise details of progress made under PMSG: MBY in the state of Tamil Nadu as on 30.11.2025

| S.No.   | District        | Application (Nos.)   | RTS Installations (Nos.)   | Households Benefited (Nos.)   |
|---------|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Ariyalur        | 176                  | 124                        | 124                           |
| 2       | Chengalpattu    | 4,347                | 3,457                      | 4,388                         |
| 3       | Chennai         | 6,394                | 5,307                      | 7,357                         |
| 4       | Coimbatore      | 7,871                | 6,750                      | 10,007                        |
| 5       | Cuddalore       | 1,383                | 980                        | 980                           |
| 6       | Dharmapuri      | 542                  | 387                        | 387                           |
| 7       | Dindigul        | 938                  | 693                        | 693                           |
| 8       | Erode           | 2,905                | 2,488                      | 2,645                         |
| 9       | Kallakurichi    | 513                  | 333                        | 333                           |
| 10      | Kanchipuram     | 1,898                | 1,501                      | 1,516                         |
| 11      | Kanniyakumari   | 1,296                | 959                        | 959                           |
| 12      | Karur           | 1,564                | 1,434                      | 1,485                         |
| 13      | Krishnagiri     | 812                  | 549                        | 831                           |
| 14      | Madurai         | 2,402                | 1,800                      | 1,918                         |
| 15      | Mayiladuthurai  | 338                  | 243                        | 243                           |
| 16      | Nagapattinam    | 270                  | 180                        | 180                           |
| 17      | Namakkal        | 2,683                | 2,257                      | 2,271                         |
| 18      | Perambalur      | 230                  | 179                        | 180                           |
| 19      | Pudukkottai     | 465                  | 317                        | 355                           |
| 20      | Ramanathapuram  | 396                  | 246                        | 246                           |
| 21      | Ranipet         | 555                  | 399                        | 399                           |
| 22      | Salem           | 2,978                | 2,468                      | 2,531                         |
| 23      | Sivaganga       | 604                  | 391                        | 391                           |
| 24      | Tenkasi         | 596                  | 406                        | 406                           |
| 25      | Thanjavur       | 1,813                | 1,426                      | 1,443                         |
| 26      | Theni           | 515                  | 384                        | 399                           |
| 27      | The Nilgiris    | 102                  | 64                         | 64                            |
| 28      | Thiruvallur     | 2,532                | 1,859                      | 2,144                         |
| 29      | Thiruvarur      | 703                  | 498                        | 498                           |
| 30      | Thoothukkudi    | 1,262                | 992                        | 992                           |
| 31      | Tiruchirappalli | 2,673                | 2,133                      | 2,273                         |
| 32      | Tirunelveli     | 1,339                | 1,065                      | 1,105                         |
| 33      | Tirupathur      | 368                  | 224                        | 225                           |
| 34      | Tiruppur        | 2,631                | 2,166                      | 2,250                         |
| 35      | Tiruvannamalai  | 839                  | 490                        | 490                           |
| 36      | Vellore         | 1,035                | 743                        | 743                           |
| 37      | Viluppuram      | 827                  | 502                        | 502                           |
|         | Total           | 60,386               |                            |                               |
| 38      | Virudhunagar    | 1,591                | 1,302 47,696               | 1,302 55,255                  |