Extracted Data Points

  • PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has crossed 40 lakh beneficiary households within 2 years
  • Target of 75 lakh households by December 2026
  • Utility-Linked Aggregation (ULA) model introduced to accelerate implementation
  • 30 lakh rooftop solar installations already planned across States under ULA model
  • Scheme benefits families consuming between 1 kW and 3 kW of electricity
  • More than 65 lakh applications already in the pipeline
  • First 50 GW solar capacity took 96 months, next 50 GW took 36 months
  • Growth from 100 GW to 150 GW took only 14 months
  • May 2026 recorded 3.16 lakh rooftop solar installations in a single month (record)
  • 15,000 households added in just one day
  • Pace of adoption increased from 118 days to add one lakh households to less than eight days
  • More than ₹22,750 crore in subsidies dispersed
  • ₹2,743 crore in subsidies dispersed in May 2026 alone
  • Rooftop solar installations increased from about 7000 per month before the scheme to over three lakh per month today
  • More than 17 lakh households have achieved zero electricity bills
  • Scheme launched on 13 February 2024 with an outlay of ₹75,021 crore
  • Over 1 crore households have registered on the National Portal
  • More than 33 lakh rooftop systems installed as of May 2026
  • 12 GW capacity added through rooftop solar
  • Rooftop solar now accounts for nearly 45% of residential solar capacity
  • Deployment growth rising to 85% during 2024–2026
  • Total solar capacity crossed 150 GW as of March 2026
  • Scheme contributes to India's 500 GW non-fossil capacity target by 2030
  • Potential to generate over 3.3 lakh jobs annually as deployment scales
  • Two reports launched by CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment and Water)
  • Minister launched PM Surya Ghar logo and WhatsApp bot
  • Minister felicitated PM Surya Ghar Awards to top-performing States/UTs, DISCOMs, banks, vendors, and other stakeholders