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7. PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana Achieves Milestone of Over 50 Lakh Rooftop Solar Installations

The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has crossed a landmark milestone with over 50.06 lakh
households now benefiting from rooftop solar installations across the country.

Achieved in just over two years since its launch, this milestone marks a significant acceleration
compared to the 7.94 lakh rooftop solar installations recorded over the previous ten years. It reflects
the rapid implementation of the world's largest rooftop solar programme, with an outlay of ?75,021
crore. The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is Government of India's flagship rooftop solar scheme
under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the scheme is today
benefiting 1 lakh households every six days, making it one of the fastest growing clean energy
programmes anywhere in the world. The pace of installation has increased 3.2 times over the last nine
months, rising from 5,038 installations a day in October 2025 to nearly 16,328 installations a day in
July 2026.

July 2026 alone recorded 5.06 lakh households benefited, the highest ever monthly figure since the
scheme began.

To support this momentum, Rs 28,024 crore in subsidy has been released directly to beneficiaries
through Direct Benefit Transfer. As a result, nearly 19 lakh households are now receiving zero
electricity bills, significantly easing the financial burden on families. More than 12 lakh households
have together earned Rs 421 crore through sale of surplus power in FY 2024-25, translating to an extra
income of around Rs 3,500 per year per household for those exporting power back to the grid.

Under the Utility Led Aggregation model, 1.6 lakh installations have been completed for PMAY, BPL
and SC/ST households across 4 States, with the model sanctioned for rollout in 12 States. The model
is enabling low-income households to access rooftop solar while helping States reduce their tariff
subsidy burden. Concessional loans at 5.75 percent, benchmarked to the Repo rate plus 50 basis
points, have been sanctioned for 21.87 lakh applicants, of which 17.5 lakh installations have already
been completed through loan financing, with Jan Samarth integration enabling paperless loan
processing.

The scheme has also created a wide vendor and employment ecosystem, with 34,219 registered
vendors, of whom 29,469 are active, operating across the country. Over 2.32 lakh people have been
trained under capacity building programmes supporting the rooftop solar value chain. Cumulatively,
14.8 GW of rooftop solar capacity has been commissioned under the scheme so far.

The scheme runs on a 100 percent online, end to end digital process, from application to subsidy
release, with no physical paperwork or office visits required from consumers. This has been enabled
through Jan Samarth integration for paperless loans, PFMS integration allowing subsidy release within

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