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Since its launch in February 2024, PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG:MBY) has installed 39,72,447 rooftop solar (RTS) systems benefiting 48,02,717 households (as on 22.07.2026), with 18.71 lakh systems installed in FY2025-26 alone, adding 6.7 GW capacity.
18.93 lakh+ beneficiaries have reported zero electricity bills in some months after installing RTS; expenditure has risen from ₹7,822.92 crore (FY2024-25) to ₹16,166.23 crore (FY2025-26), with ₹10,392.48 crore spent in FY2026-27 so far.
Affordability measures include higher subsidy for the first 2 kWp, collateral-free bank loans at 5.75% p.a. (repo+50bps) for 10 years, and RESCO/Utility-Led Aggregation models.
Government is converging PM-KUSUM and PM Surya Ghar with RDSS, the Solar Didi Programme (with MoHUA), District Mineral Foundation funds, and other ministries to widen rural and BPL adoption.
Demand-driven rooftop solar installation for residential consumers, including rural households
Key: ₹75,021 crore outlay; launched Feb 2024; higher CFA for first 2 kWp; collateral-free bank loans at 5.75% p.a.; RESCO/ULA models included; no CFA for government/commercial buildings (viable without subsidy)
Solar power/pumps for the agriculture sector
Key: Launched March 2019; three components — decentralised solar plants (Component A), standalone solar pumps (B), and solarisation of grid-connected pumps (C); converges with AIF, RDSS and Per Drop More Crop
Strengthen power distribution infrastructure and reduce AT&C losses
Key: Used under PM-KUSUM convergence for solarisation of segregated agriculture feeders
Train women SHG members (under DAY-NULM) for rooftop-solar-related livelihoods
Key: Implemented via convergence between MNRE and the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Under the RESCO (Renewable Energy Service Company) model, a private developer installs and owns the rooftop solar system at no upfront cost to the consumer, who pays only for the power consumed; the Utility-Led Aggregation (ULA) model lets the local DISCOM itself aggregate demand and facilitate installation, useful where individual consumers cannot afford upfront costs even with subsidy
Simple Analogy: Instead of buying the solar panels outright, the household 'rents' the power they generate — someone else owns and maintains the system
GS Paper 3 > Renewable Energy > Solar Schemes
Recurring — progress figures updated almost every Parliament session
Central Financial Assistance — the subsidy component under PM Surya Ghar for residential rooftop solar