PM Surya Ghar Yojana Delivers Scale with 26 Lakh Installations and ₹17,967 Crore Support – EQ
In Short : PM Surya Ghar Yojana has achieved 26 lakh rooftop solar installations with financial support of ₹17,967 crore, significantly boosting residential solar adoption. The scheme provides subsidies, simplifies approvals, and promotes distributed renewable energy. It reduces household electricity costs, strengthens grid resilience, and accelerates India’s clean energy transition while encouraging domestic manufacturing and widespread participation.
In Detail : The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) since February 2024 with an aim to achieve rooftop solar (RTS) installations in one crore households in the residential sector by FY 2026-27.
The PMSG: MBY is a demand driven scheme wherein all residential consumers in the country, having grid connected electricity connection of the local DISCOM can avail the benefits of the scheme, for installation of RTS systems, by applying on the National Portal of the scheme.
Under the scheme, since its launch in February 2024, a total of 26,19,879 RTS systems have been installed across the country, as on 19.03.2026.
Under the PMSG: MBY, since its launch in February 2024, an amount of 17,967.53 crore has been disbursed as Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to the beneficiaries of the scheme, as on 19.03.2026. The state/UT wise and year-wise details are given at Annexure.
Under the PMSG: MBY, the entire process from application to CFA disbursal is online through the National Portal. With all credentials are entered correctly on the National portal, the average time taken in processing the CFA is around 15 days after redemption request made by the consumer.
The measures undertaken by the Government to expedite DISCOM approvals and payments under the PMSG: MBY are as follows:
- Online process from application to disbursal of subsidy directly into the bank account of the residential consumer through the National Portal.
- Simplified the regulatory approval process by waiving technical feasibility requirement and introducing auto load enhancement upto 10 kW.
- Net metering agreement has been made part of application in the National Portal.
Further, MNRE and REC ltd., as the National Programme Implementing Agency (NPIA), for PMSG: MBY, work in close coordination with all the DISCOMs, for effective implementation of the scheme.
Annexure
State/UT wise and year-wise details of progress made under the PMSG: MBY (as on 19.03.2026)
| S. No. |
State/UT |
13.02.2024 to 31.12.2024 | 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2025 | 01.01.2026 to 19.03.2026 | ||||||
| No. of Installations | No. of Installations for which Subsidy has been Released | Amount of CFA Released
(Rs. Crore) |
No. of Installations | No. of Installations for which Subsidy has been Released | Amount of CFA Released
(Rs. Crore) |
No. of Installations | No. of Installations for which Subsidy has been Released | Amount of CFA Released
(Rs. Crore) |
||
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 8,419 | 5,219 | 40.16 | 76,199 | 67,908 | 525.82 | 29,684 | 21,757 | 168.99 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | – | – | – |
| 3 | Assam | 4,314 | 2,759 | 22.89 | 67,587 | 55,706 | 475.68 | 30,286 | 21,645 | 185.54 |
| 4 | Bihar | 2,531 | 1,827 | 14.01 | 11,745 | 11,429 | 88.25 | 2,372 | 1,702 | 13.19 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 996 | 476 | 3.7 | 20,369 | 14,421 | 111.79 | 18,617 | 12,243 | 95.16 |
| 6 | Goa | 397 | 225 | 1.75 | 1,018 | 957 | 7.59 | 681 | 379 | 3 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 243,708 | 213,540 | 1,660.84 | 271,339 | 279,542 | 2,204.45 | 79,852 | 59,713 | 465.39 |
| 8 | Haryana | 10,807 | 8,712 | 66.46 | 37,338 | 36,034 | 264.64 | 15,769 | 9,196 | 67.61 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 665 | 379 | 3.24 | 5,357 | 5,020 | 42.96 | 1,918 | 1,219 | 10.45 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 98 | 53 | 0.41 | 1,362 | 1,205 | 9.35 | 479 | 389 | 3.02 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 5,178 | 3,771 | 28.35 | 9,904 | 10,300 | 85.29 | 2,125 | 1,546 | 12.49 |
| 12 | Kerala | 55,331 | 45,752 | 356.56 | 122,056 | 119,324 | 931.79 | 32,254 | 22,302 | 174.07 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 20,706 | 17,384 | 135 | 62,955 | 61,043 | 475.23 | 20,797 | 14,800 | 115.35 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 104,085 | 77,097 | 604.39 | 287,785 | 275,009 | 2,197.51 | 98,619 | 81,837 | 654.15 |
| 15 | Manipur | 97 | 60 | 0.51 | 615 | 604 | 5.17 | 199 | 132 | 1.13 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 15 | 14 | 0.07 | 19 | 16 | 0.1 | 12 | 4 | 0.03 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 64 | 48 | 0.39 | 710 | 664 | 5.64 | 203 | 86 | 0.74 |
| 18 | Nagaland | 7 | 6 | 0.05 | 125 | 117 | 0.98 | 54 | 30 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Odisha | 1,395 | 1,098 | 8.3 | 26,218 | 21,757 | 166.74 | 22,595 | 14,016 | 89.33 |
| 20 | Punjab | 3,963 | 2,800 | 21.81 | 6,808 | 7,055 | 54.89 | 1,237 | 728 | 5.65 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 22,479 | 18,350 | 142.87 | 96,551 | 87,830 | 684.35 | 40,536 | 29,988 | 233 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 25 | 15 | 0.12 | 3 | 6 | 0.05 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 17,858 | 12,522 | 92.72 | 33,367 | 34,412 | 261.84 | 8,917 | 7,241 | 56.03 |
| 24 | Telangana | 6,066 | 4,507 | 35.2 | 19,206 | 18,253 | 145.46 | 7,374 | 3,635 | 28.74 |
| 25 | Tripura | 99 | 51 | 0.42 | 1,749 | 1,515 | 12.74 | 803 | 550 | 4.65 |
| 26 | Uttarakhand | 11,564 | 8,766 | 75.17 | 46,997 | 39,448 | 338.34 | 13,197 | 15,094 | 129.43 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 59,779 | 48,475 | 368.59 | 266,603 | 247,402 | 1,896.01 | 94,441 | 63,560 | 489.03 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 320 | – | – | 811 | 339 | 2.53 | 221 | 150 | 1.14 |
| 29 | A&N Islands | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 170 | 136 | 1.15 | 58 | 41 | 0.35 |
| 30 | Chandigarh | 506 | 90 | 0.7 | 483 | 643 | 4.91 | 122 | 92 | 0.7 |
| 31 | Jammu and Kashmir | 560 | 311 | 2.66 | 17,939 | 14,980 | 128.23 | 8,358 | 6,195 | 53.09 |
| 32 | Ladakh | 193 | 135 | 1.16 | 1,021 | 891 | 7.64 | 272 | 314 | 2.69 |
| 33 | Lakshadweep | 144 | 106 | 0.91 | 578 | 583 | 5 | 210 | 117 | 1 |
| 34 | NCT of Delhi | 1,060 | 685 | 5.33 | 4,374 | 4,006 | 33.59 | 1,388 | 1,105 | 8.91 |
| 35 | Puducherry | 512 | 397 | 3.04 | 1,709 | 1,614 | 12.43 | 588 | 406 | 3.15 |
| 36 | DNH & DD | 35 | 27 | 0.21 | 457 | 438 | 3.41 | 135 | 114 | 0.51 |
| Total | 5,83,953 | 4,75,644 | 3,697.89 | 15,01,550 | 14,20,617 | 11,191.63 | 5,34,376 | 3,92,332 | 3,078.01 | |
This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of New And Renewable Energy, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, in Rajya Sabha today.
