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📋 Government Schemes UPSC 2 Nov 2026 1 min read

PM Surya Ghar: Over 21 Lakh Households with Rooftop Solar Reported to Have Zero Electricity Bills

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Writing in The Hindu, the Union Renewable Energy Minister said that over 21 lakh households with rooftop solar installed under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana now have zero electricity bills. He linked rooftop solar for homes, solarisation of farms under PM-KUSUM, domestic manufacturing and energy storage as parts of one strategy for affordable power and energy security, and noted strong growth in installed solar capacity and module manufacturing. The next bottlenecks identified are domestic production of solar cells and wafers, grid-scale storage and grid connectivity. The article's targets and planned investments are policy objectives rather than achieved outcomes.

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PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, approved in February 2024 with an outlay of about ₹75,021 crore, aims to install rooftop solar in one crore households, offering central financial assistance (₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW and ₹18,000 for the third kW, up to ₹78,000) and up to 300 units of free electricity a month. PM-KUSUM (2019) supports solar pumps and decentralised solar plants for farmers. Grid-scale storage, such as batteries, balances the variable output of solar power.

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Rooftop solar can reduce household bills and strengthen energy security. Discuss the opportunities and the bottlenecks, including manufacturing and storage, in scaling PM Surya Ghar.

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