**Summary:**
This document summarizes the response provided by the Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy and Power to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2973, regarding the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY). As of July 31, 2025, the scheme has received 1,211,705 applications in the state of Uttar Pradesh, with 45,609 applications originating from the Siddharthnagar district, which falls within the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency. The scheme aims to offset electricity demand from government-owned power grids by generating an estimated 1,000 billion units of renewable electricity over 25 years through rooftop solar installations in one crore residential households. Currently, there are no plans to extend the PMSGMBY beyond the Financial Year 2026-27.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana: A government scheme, also referred to as PMSGMBY or PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana PMSG: MBY, focused on promoting rooftop solar installations in residential households.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where applications for the PMSGMBY scheme have been received.
Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency: A Lok Sabha constituency within Uttar Pradesh, specifically mentioned in relation to applications received under the PMSGMBY scheme.
SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: The Member of Parliament who raised the question about the PMSGMBY scheme in Lok Sabha.
SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK: The Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy and Power who answered the question in Lok Sabha.
Financial Year 2026-27: The current proposed end date for the PMSGMBY scheme.
Siddharthnagar district: A district in Uttar Pradesh that is covered under the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency, and from where applications have been received under the PMSGMBY scheme.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the question regarding PMSGMBY was raised and answered.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2973
ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025
APPLICATIONS UNDER PM-SGMBY
2973. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL
Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:
(a) the number of applications received under Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
(PM-SGMBY) since the inception in the State of Uttar Pradesh, particularly in Domariyaganj
Lok Sabha constituency;
(b) the quantity of electricity demand from Government-owned power grids under this yojana is
expected to offset; and
(c) whether the Government is considering to expand the yojana beyond the Financial Year
2026-27 and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) In the state of Uttar Pradesh, as on 31.07.2025, a total of 12,11,705 applications have been
received on the National Portal of the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY), of which
a total of 45,609 applications are from the district of Siddharthnagar covered in the Domariyaganj
Lok Sabha constituency.
(b) It has been estimated that rooftop solar installations in one crore residential households under
the scheme will produce renewable electricity of 1,000 billion units over a period of 25 years.
(c) At present there is no proposal to expand the PMSG: MBY beyond the Financial Year 2026-
27.
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