1.45 crore register under PM’s rooftop solar scheme, 6.34 lakh panels installed [Video]

Around 1.45 crore registrations have been done and 6.34 lakh installations were completed under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, according to a statement in Parliament.

The scheme was launched by the Prime Minister with the aim of achieving 1 crore rooftop solar installations in the residential sector by Fiscal Year 2027 with an allocated budget of Rs 75,021 crore.

The National Portal reported a total of 1.45 crore registrations, 26.38 lakh applications, and 6.34 lakh rooftop solar installations, Union Minister of State (MoS) for New and Renewable Energy and Power, Shripad Naik, said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

The subsidy has been issued to 3.66 lakh applicants and it is regularly released within 15 to 21 days, according to the MoS.

Gujarat has witnessed the maximum number of solar installations under the initiative at 2,86,545. Maharashtrastands next with 1,26,344 installations, followed by Uttar Pradesh with …