Lok Sabha Question No. 376 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Solarising One Crore Households under PM-SGMBY
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Alok Sharma, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 376

ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## SOLARISING ONE CRORE HOUSEHOLDS UNDER PM-SGMBY

*376. SHRI ALOK SHARMA SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE

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

- (a) whether the Government has achieved its interim target of solarising 28 lakh households under Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) through the installation of solar energy systems in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the current status of implementation of the said scheme including the number of rooftop solar systems installed and households benefited so far, State/UT-wise and category-wise (urban and rural) especially in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand particularly in Bharatpur, Palnadu districts, Bastar, Nabarangpur and Dewas-Shajapur Lok Sabha Constituencies;
- (c)  the roadmap and action plan set to reach the 1 crore households mark by March 2027;
- (d) the manner in which Rs. 22,000 crore budgetary allocation for rooftop solar systems is being utilised to provide collateral-free loans to low-income urban and rural households for the installation of rooftop solar panels in the aforesaid places;
- (e)  the details of specific impact of the reduction of customs duty on solar glass raw materials had on the cost of domestically manufactured solar modules; and
- (f)  whether the Government proposes to integrate solar-hour-aligned Time-of-Day (ToD) tariffs to encourage rooftop solar owners to maximise daytime energy use and if so, the details thereof?

## 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 referred to in reply of parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 376 to be answered on 18.03.2026 regarding Solarising One Crore Households under PM-SGMBY

(a) to (c) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) since February 2024 with an aim to achieve rooftop solar (RTS) installations in one crore households in the residential sector by FY 2026-27.

The PMSG: MBY is a demand-driven scheme wherein all residential consumers in the country, having a grid-connected electricity connection with the local DISCOM, can avail the benefits of the scheme, for installation of RTS systems by applying on the National Portal of the scheme.

Under the scheme, since its launch in February 2024, a total of 25,87,685 RTS systems have been installed across the country including both rural and urban areas, benefitting 32,02,697 households as on 16.03.2026. The state/UT-wise details are given in the Annexure.

Further, details of RTS systems installed and households benefitted in the districts of Bharatpur, Palnadu, Bastar, Nabarangpur and Dewas-Shajapur districts are as follows:-

| State          | District    | Installations (No.)   | Households benefitted (No.)   |
|----------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
| Rajasthan      | Bharatpur   | 1,301                 | 1,301                         |
| Andhra Pradesh | Palnadu     | 3,612                 | 3,612                         |
| Chhattisgarh   | Bastar      | 484                   | 484                           |
| Odisha         | Nabarangpur | 199                   | 199                           |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dewas       | 3,044                 | 3,044                         |
| Madhya Pradesh | Shajapur    | 603                   | 603                           |

With the efforts undertaken by the MNRE, including creating awareness, capacity building of DISCOM  officers,  upgrading  of  National  Portal,  enhancement  of  vendor  base  and  more engagement with the various stakeholder, the RTS installation progress has been accelerated and during  the  month  of  February  2026,  average  per  day  RTS  installation  has  been  around  8391 households i.e. one lakh households have been covered in less than 12 days.

Further, MNRE has included RESCO/Utility-Led Aggregation (ULA) Models under the PMSG: MBY  to  enable  DISCOMs/State  Governments/State  Designated  entities  to  support  RTS development under RESCO and ULA models, primarily for low-income households/ families.

Under the ULA model of the PMSG: MBY, MNRE has already sanctioned 12.58 lakh installations in 10 States/UTs i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Ladakh, DNH & DD, Telangana, Bihar and Tripura.

In addition, to increase the installation rate, to achieve RTS installations in one crore households by FY 2026-27, the Ministry has taken the following measures:

- Online process from application to disbursal of subsidy directly into the bank account of the residential consumer through the National Portal.
- Availability of collateral-free loan from nationalized banks at a concessional interest rate of repo-rate plus 50 bps, i.e., 5.75% per annum for the present, with a tenure of 10 years.
- Simplified the regulatory approval process by waiving technical feasibility requirement and introducing auto load enhancement upto 10 kW.
- Net metering agreement has been made part of application in the National Portal.
- 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.
- Conducting regional review meetings from time to time.
- Established grievance redressal mechanism for timely resolution of grievances. A Call Centre with telephone number 15555 is operational in 12 languages.

Further,  MNRE and REC ltd., as the National Programme  Implementing Agency (NPIA), for PMSG: MBY, work in close coordination with all the DISCOMs, for effective implementation of the scheme.

(d) Under the PMSG: MBY, a Budget Estimate (BE) of Rs 22000 cr has been allocated to the MNRE for FY 2026-27. This allocation is primarily intended to cover expenditure towards Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for households installing rooftop solar systems under the scheme.

Beyond CFA, the budget also covers spending on other sub-components such as incentives for DISCOMs and local bodies, development of Model Solar Villages, support for innovative projects, IEC activities, capacity building initiatives, and service charges to implementing agencies.

The scheme also enables consumers to adopt rooftop solar systems to access low-interest loans from public sector banks, currently offered at an interest rate of 5.75% for loan of up to Rs 2 lakh.

As of 16.03.2026, about 25.87 lakh rooftop solar systems have been installed under the scheme. Furthermore, loans have been sanctioned for 12.72 lakh applicants, out of which loans for 10.24 lakh applications have been disbursed.

(e) Sodium antimonate is one of the inputs used in the manufacturing of solar glass; however, currently,  there  is  no  operational  manufacturing  capacity  in  the  country  for  the  production  of sodium antimonate required for the manufacturing of solar glass. Accordingly, Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on the import of sodium antimonate for use in the manufacture of solar glass has been decreased from 7.50% to nil. This reduction of BCD on sodium antimonate is envisaged to have a positive  impact  on  the  domestic  solar  glass  manufacturing  sector  by  increasing  its  cost competitiveness, which in turn is envisaged to increase the cost competitiveness of domestic solar PV module manufacturers.

(f) Ministry of Power has notified the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2023, dated 14.06.2023, which introduced Time of Day (ToD) Tariff for electricity consumers, as a demand response mechanism. Under the ToD framework, electricity tariffs vary across different time  blocks  of  the  day  to  reflect  the  availability  of  power  and  system  demand  to  encourage consumers, including domestic consumers, to shift electricity consumption to daytime hours when solar  generation  is  higher.  These  tariffs  are  determined  by  the  respective  State  Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs), which tailor the implementation to reflect the local demand and solar generation profiles. The installation of smart meters to study hourly consumption patterns at the consumer level is also crucial for the successful implementation of solar-hour ToD tariff structure.

Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 376 to be answered on 18.03.2026 regarding Solarising One Crore Households under PM-SGMBY State/UTs wise progress under PMSG: MBY (as on 16.03.2026)

| S No.   | State/UT          | Installations (No.)   | Households Benefitted (No.)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Gujarat           | 5,90,294              | 8,50,984                      |
| 2       | Maharashtra       | 4,85,502              | 7,71,862                      |
| 3       | Uttar Pradesh     | 4,14,632              | 4,19,400                      |
| 4       | Kerala            | 2,07,646              | 2,12,971                      |
| 5       | Rajasthan         | 1,56,955              | 1,61,387                      |
| 6       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1,12,333              | 1,15,464                      |
| 7       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,03,177              | 1,06,658                      |
| 8       | Assam             | 1,00,681              | 1,01,246                      |
| 9       | Uttarakhand       | 71,040                | 71,975                        |
| 10      | Tamil Nadu        | 59,612                | 69,991                        |
| 11      | Haryana           | 62,898                | 70,083                        |
| 12      | Odisha            | 48,361                | 48,709                        |
| 13      | Telangana         | 32,019                | 43,717                        |
| 14      | Chhattisgarh      | 38,924                | 40,345                        |
| 15      | Karnataka         | 17,077                | 26,262                        |
| 16      | Jammu and Kashmir | 26,494                | 26,502                        |
| 17      | Bihar             | 16,472                | 17,120                        |
| 18      | Punjab            | 11,893                | 12,003                        |
| 19      | NCT of Delhi      | 6,735                 | 10,617                        |
| 20      | Himachal Pradesh  | 7,833                 | 7,834                         |
| 21      | Puducherry        | 2,766                 | 2,766                         |
| 22      | Tripura           | 2,577                 | 2,588                         |
| 23      | Goa               | 2,040                 | 2,403                         |
| 24      | Jharkhand         | 1,907                 | 1,909                         |
| 25      | Ladakh            | 1,473                 | 1,473                         |
| 26      | West Bengal       | 1,347                 | 1,410                         |
| 27      | Chandigarh        | 1,101                 | 1,101                         |
| 28      | Mizoram           | 969                   | 971                           |
| 29      | Lakshadweep       | 927                   | 927                           |
| 30      | Manipur           | 892                   | 892                           |
| 31      | DNH&DD            | 622                   | 622                           |
| 32      | A&N Islands       | 226                   | 245                           |
| 33      | Nagaland          | 184                   | 184                           |
| 34      | Meghalaya         | 46                    | 46                            |
| 35      | Sikkim            | 29                    | 29                            |
| 36      | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                     | 1                             |
|         | Total             | 25,87,685             | 32,02,697                     |