PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana in Union Budget 2024-25
Finance Minister presented Union Budget 2024-25 on 23rd July 2024. While delivering her budget speech, she said "In line with the announcement in the interim budget, PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana has been launched to install rooftop solar plants to enable 1 crore households obtain free electricity up to 300 units every month. The scheme has generated remarkable response with more than 1.28 crore registrations and 14 lakh applications, and we will further encourage it".
Households will be able to apply for subsidy through national portal and can select suitable vendor for installing rooftop solar. Households can access collateral-free low-interest loan products of around 7 per cent at present for installation. In addition to this, Model Solar Village will be developed in each district to act as role model for adoption of rooftop solar in rural areas.
Solar energy is an important constituent of India’s ambitions of generating 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030. With overall solar energy generation getting traction in the last few years—capacity additions nearly doubled from 6,510 MW in 2019-20 to 12,760 MW in 2021-22. From the point of view of consumers as well as the overall cost of power and energy security, rooftop solar will play a significant role.
He mentioned "From substantive subsidies, which will be given directly to people's bank accounts, to heavily concessional bank loans, the Central Government will ensure that there is no cost burden on the people. All stakeholders will be integrated to a National Online Portal which will further convenience".
PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana 2024 Online Apply
- First of all, visit the official PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana website at https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in/
- At the homepage, click at the "Apply for Rooftop Solar" tab under 'Quick Links' section.
- Direct link - https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in/consumerRegistration
- Then the PM Surya Ghar Yojana registration page for consumers will open.
- Select state, district, electricity distribution company. Enter your consumer account number and click "Next" button.
- Enter your mobile number and then "Click to send Mobile OTP in SMS" button. Enter OTP received to verify mobile no.
- Next enter email ID, captcha and click "Submit" button to complete PM Surya Ghar Yojana online registration process.
- Afterwards, Login with Consumer Number & Mobile Number.
- After logging in, page to apply for Solar Rooftop will open as shown below:-
- Click at "Proceed" tab to open PM Surya Ghar Yojana Online Application Form.
- Fill in the details in the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana form to apply for the rooftop solar installation.
- Once you get the feasibility approval, get the plant installed by any of the registered vendors in your DISCOM.
- After installation is done, you can submit the plant details and apply for net meter.
- Commissioning certificate will be generated from the portal, after installation of net meter and inspection by DISCOM
- Once you get the commissioning report. Submit the bank account details and a cancelled cheque through the portal. You will receive your subsidy in your bank account within 30 days.
PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana 2024 Registration (Stepwise Process)
Here is the stepwise procedure to make PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana registration:-
- STEP 1: Register in the pmsuryaghar.gov.in portal (as mentioned above) with the following
- Select your State & Electricity Distribution Company
- Enter your Electricity Consumer Number, Mobile Number & Email
- STEP 2:
- Login with Consumer Number & Mobile Number.
- Apply for the Rooftop Solar as per the form
- STEP 3: Once you get the feasibility approval, get the plant installed by any of the registered vendors in your DISCOM
- STEP 4: Once installation is completed , submit the plant details and apply for net meter
- STEP 5: Commissioning certificate will be generated from the portal, after installation of net meter and inspection by DISCOM
- STEP 6: Once you get the commissioning report. Submit the bank account details and a cancelled cheque through the portal. You will receive your subsidy in your bank account within 30 days.
Cabinet Approval for PM Surya Ghar Yojana 2024
Cabinet committee on 29 Feb 2024 approved PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana in 1 cr households with an outlay of Rs. 75,021 crore. Prime Minister had launched the PM Surya Ghar Yojana earlier on 13 Feb 2024. Scheme provides a central financial assistance of 30,000 subsidy for 1 KW system, Rs. 60,000 for 2 KW systems, Rs. 78,000 for 3KW system or higher.
From substantive subsidies, which will be given directly to people’s bank accounts, to heavily concessional bank loans, the Central Government will ensure that there is no cost burden on the people, the Prime Minister said earlier. All stakeholders will be integrated to a National Online Portal which will further convenience. PM Modi said that in order to popularise this scheme at the grassroots, urban local bodies and panchayats shall be incentivised to promote rooftop solar systems in their jurisdictions.
Solar energy is an important constituent of India’s ambitions of generating 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030. With overall solar energy generation getting traction in the last few years—capacity additions nearly doubled from 6,510 MW in 2019-20 to 12,760 MW in 2021-22. From the point of view of consumers as well as the overall cost of power and energy security, rooftop solar will play a significant role.
Prime Minister Modi on Launch of PM Surya Ghar Yojana
PM Modi wrote on X "In order to further sustainable development and people’s wellbeing, we are launching the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana. This project, with an investment of over Rs. 75,000 crores, aims to light up 1 crore households by providing up to 300 units of free electricity every month".
Prime Minister added "In order to popularise this scheme at the grassroots, Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats shall be incentivised to promote rooftop solar systems in their jurisdictions. At the same time, the scheme will lead to more income, lesser power bills and employment generation for people".
Subsidy Structure for PM - Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
One can check subsidy structure for PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana through the link mentioned here https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in/pdf/CFA_structure20240214.pdf. Here is what the PM Surya Ghar subsidy amount is.
Benefits of PM Surya Ghar Yojana
According to the government, the benefits expected from this solarisation are as follows:-
- Savings up to Rs 15,000-18,000 crore per annum for households;
- Free solar electricity for residential consumers;
- Earning money by selling the surplus electricity to the distribution companies;
- Charging of electric vehicles;
- Entrepreneurship opportunities for a large number of vendors for supply and installation;
- Employment opportunities for the youth with technical skills in manufacturing, installation and maintenance.
Need for PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Scheme
India meets a sizable portion of its energy needs through coal-fired electricity, and this solar rooftop programme could be seen as an avenue to reduce the dependence of conventional sources of power.
At COP26 held in 2021, India committed to an ambitious five-part "Panchamrit" pledge. They included reaching 500 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity, generating half of all energy requirements from renewables, to reducing emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030. India as a whole also aims to reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 45 per cent. Finally, India commits to net-zero emissions by 2070.
At COP26 held in 2021, India committed to an ambitious five-part "Panchamrit" pledge. They included reaching 500 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity, generating half of all energy requirements from renewables, to reducing emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030. India as a whole also aims to reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 45 per cent. Finally, India commits to net-zero emissions by 2070.
About 44% of India's energy requirements at present come from non-fossil sources and are likely to touch as high as 65% by 2030, much higher than what the country pledged at the COP summit in 2021, So, to ensure that energy requirements are met through solar power generation, the central govt. has launched PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana which will benefit India in long run.
PM earlier announced to launch this scheme in the name of Pradhan Mantri Suryoday Yojana, read here - PM Surya Ghar Yojana Announcement
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