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The Delhi Cabinet approved the second amendment to the Delhi Solar Energy Policy, 2023, at its 40th meeting on 1 September 2026.
Domestic consumers averaging up to 400 units a month in 2025-26 can get a 3 kW rooftop solar system at zero upfront cost, subject to technical feasibility.
The funding stacks a Rs 78,000 central PM Surya Ghar subsidy with a matching Rs 78,000 state subsidy, and Delhi covers any remaining cost.
Net-metering approval time was cut from 75 days to 25 days and registration fees waived for systems up to 10 kW.
Delhi targets 2.30 lakh solar rooftops and 500 MW of added rooftop capacity by March 2027.
Install rooftop solar in about one crore households and supply up to 300 units of free electricity a month to each; launched on 13 February 2024 with an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore.
Key: Central subsidy of Rs 30,000 for a 1 kW system, Rs 60,000 for 2 kW and Rs 78,000 for 3 kW and above — the last of which Delhi now matches rupee for rupee.
The policy framework governing solar deployment in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Key: Its second amendment, cleared on 1 September 2026, introduces free rooftop systems for eligible domestic consumers and links eligibility to household electricity consumption data.
Net metering lets a consumer with a rooftop solar system export surplus electricity to the distribution grid and receive a credit against the units drawn from it. The bill is settled on the NET of import and export, which is what makes a small rooftop system financially worthwhile even though household demand and solar generation peak at different times of day. The approval timeline for a net-metering connection is therefore a real bottleneck in rooftop solar uptake — which is why Delhi cutting it from 75 days to 25 is a substantive part of this decision, not a procedural footnote.
Simple Analogy: Think of the grid as a battery you are allowed to borrow: you put units in during the day and take them back at night, and pay only for the difference.
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Answer: production and use of solar energy by the households/consumers
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Answer: 2 only
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Answer: I, II and III
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Answer: 1 only
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Answer: 1 only
A billing arrangement in which surplus solar electricity exported to the grid is credited against the electricity a consumer draws from it.
The central rooftop solar scheme launched on 13 February 2024 with an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore, targeting one crore households.
An installation model in which subsidies and state support cover the full capital cost, so the household pays nothing at the time of installation.