The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has achieved over 50.06 lakh rooftop installations in households across the country, as per the latest statement by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on Tuesday.
According to the press release, the scheme marked a significant acceleration in just over two years since its launch compared to the 7.94 lakh rooftop solar installations recorded over the previous ten years reflecting the rapid implementation of the world's largest rooftop solar programme, with an outlay of ₹75,021 crore.
The pace of installation has increased 3.2 times over the last nine months, rising from 5,038 installations a day in October 2025 to nearly 16,328 installations a day in July 2026 alone recording 5.06 lakh households benefited, the highest ever monthly figure since the scheme began.
To support this momentum, Rs 28,024 crore in subsidy has been released directly to beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer, providing zero electricity bills to nearly 19 lakh households.
More than 12 lakh households have together earned Rs 421 crore through sale of surplus power in FY 2024-25, translating to an extra income of around Rs 3,500 per year per household for those exporting power back to the grid.
Furthermore, Concessional loans at 5.75 percent, benchmarked to the Repo rate plus 50 basis points, have been sanctioned for 21.87 lakh applicants, of which 17.5 lakh installations have already been completed through loan financing, with Jan Samarth integration enabling paperless loan processing.
Under the Utility Led Aggregation model, 1.6 lakh installations have been completed for PMAY, BPL and SC/ST households across 4 States, with the model sanctioned for rollout in 12 States.
The scheme has also created a wide vendor and employment ecosystem, with 34,219 registered vendors, of whom 29,469 are active, operating across the country and over 2.32 lakh people have been trained under capacity building programmes.
On the ease of doing solar front, a deemed approval and feasibility waiver now have been introduced for rooftop solar up to 10 kW. 32 States and Union Territories have removed application and net metering charges for rooftop solar.
Financially, Rs 3,807.6 crore has been released as incentive to DISCOMs and around Rs 104 crore to Urban Local Bodies. Alongside, a City Accelerator Programme has also been launched across 46 cities, and around 23,000 third party quality inspections have been carried out under the vendor accountability framework.
At present, 41,542 feasible Government buildings with a potential of 1,418 MW, of which 25,255 buildings with 872 MW have been solarized, while States have identified about 3,20,000 feasible Government buildings with a potential of 4,400 MW, of which 81,329 buildings with 1,450 MW have already been solarized, according to the issued press release.
Additionally, a payment security mechanism has also been introduced to encourage RESCO bidders by reducing payment risk and ensuring timely payments in State and UT solarization projects.
