Over 26 Lakh Households Benefited Under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana as of December 2025 – EQ
In Short : More than 26.14 lakh households have benefited from the PM Surya Ghar scheme as of December 2025, with ₹14,771 crore disbursed and 20.85 lakh rooftop solar systems installed. Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh lead in adoption. Over 7.71 lakh households now have zero electricity bills, achieving 24% of the 1 crore target.
In Detail : ₹14,771 Crore Central Financial Assistance Disbursed Under PMSGMBY
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (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 rooftop solar (RTS) systems, by applying on the National Portal of the scheme.
Since the launch of the scheme in February, 2024, a total of 20,85,514 RTS systems have been installed across the country, benefitting 26,14,446 households with disbursement of Rs 14,771.82 crore as Central Financial Assistance (CFA) till December 2025. The state/UT-wise detail of progress made under the scheme, in the order of number of RTS systems installed, is given in Annexure.
Under the PMSG: MBY, it has been estimated that RTS installation in 1 crore households may produce renewable electricity of 1,000 billion units, which may result in reduction of 720 million ton of CO2 eq emission during the 25 years of lifetime of the RTS systems.
Annexure
State/UT-wise details of progress made under the scheme (as on 31.12.2025)
| S No. | State/UT | Installations (No.) | Households Benefitted
(No.) |
CFA released (Amount in Rs. Crore) |
| 1 | Gujarat | 5,15,052 | 7,41,819 | 3,845.60 |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 3,91,887 | 6,34,782 | 2,787.59 |
| 3 | Uttar Pradesh | 3,26,386 | 3,29,847 | 2,234.63 |
| 4 | Kerala | 1,77,392 | 1,82,071 | 1,275.36 |
| 5 | Rajasthan | 1,19,006 | 1,22,027 | 823.12 |
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | 84,618 | 87,479 | 562.14 |
| 7 | Madhya Pradesh | 83,665 | 87,001 | 601 |
| 8 | Assam | 71,898 | 72,604 | 494.28 |
| 9 | Uttarakhand | 58,562 | 58,724 | 413.5 |
| 10 | Tamil Nadu | 51,227 | 59,517 | 353.34 |
| 11 | Haryana | 48,149 | 54,437 | 327.71 |
| 12 | Odisha | 27,614 | 27,962 | 171.57 |
| 13 | Telangana | 25,272 | 36,052 | 178.38 |
| 14 | Chhattisgarh | 21,365 | 22,786 | 111.5 |
| 15 | Jammu And Kashmir | 18,497 | 18,505 | 130.08 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 15,082 | 23,900 | 112.85 |
| 17 | Bihar | 14,276 | 14,924 | 101.69 |
| 18 | Punjab | 10,777 | 10,887 | 76.29 |
| 19 | Himachal Pradesh | 6,022 | 6,023 | 45.42 |
| 20 | NCT of Delhi | 5,427 | 9,309 | 38.48 |
| 21 | Puducherry | 2,221 | 2,221 | 15.28 |
| 22 | Tripura | 1,848 | 1,859 | 12.72 |
| 23 | Jharkhand | 1,460 | 1,462 | 9.72 |
| 24 | Goa | 1,415 | 1,768 | 9.27 |
| 25 | Ladakh | 1,214 | 1,214 | 8.75 |
| 26 | West Bengal | 1,131 | 1,194 | 2.53 |
| 27 | Chandigarh | 989 | 989 | 5.51 |
| 28 | Mizoram | 773 | 775 | 5.97 |
| 29 | Lakshadweep | 722 | 722 | 5.81 |
| 30 | Manipur | 711 | 711 | 5.66 |
| 31 | DNH and DD | 492 | 492 | 3.6 |
| 32 | A&N Islands | 171 | 190 | 1.13 |
| 33 | Nagaland | 132 | 132 | 1.03 |
| 34 | Meghalaya | 34 | 34 | 0.17 |
| 35 | Sikkim | 26 | 26 | 0.13 |
| 36 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Total | 20,85,514 | 26,14,446 | 14,771.82 |
This information was submitted by Union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
