Executive Summary:
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy addressed questions regarding the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY) in Uttar Pradesh as of July 31, 2025. A total of 1,82,250 households in Uttar Pradesh have benefited from rooftop solar installations under the scheme. As of July 31, 2025, 1,65,158 beneficiaries have redeemed the subsidy, and 1,54,978 have been disbursed the subsidy.
Key Points / Main Content:
PMSGMBY Implementation:
- As of 31.07.2025, 182,250 households in Uttar Pradesh have benefited from rooftop solar installations under PMSGMBY.
- The scheme is demand-driven and available to all residential consumers with grid-connected electricity, including SC/ST/OBC categories, via the National Portal.
- District-wise and year-wise details of benefited households are in Annexure I.
Addressing Implementation Challenges:
- MNRE and REC Ltd. collaborate with State Implementing Agencies, including Uttar Pradesh, to identify and address implementation challenges.
- Measures include:
- Online process for subsidy disbursal via the National Portal.
- Collateral-free loans from nationalized banks at concessional interest rates.
- Simplified regulatory approvals, including waived technical feasibility for up to 10kW load enhancement.
- Simplified vendor registration.
- Capacity building and training programs.
- Awareness campaigns via print, TV, and radio.
- Regular monitoring and grievance redressal mechanisms (Call Centre: 15555, operational in 12 languages).
Subsidy Redemption and Disbursement:
- Beneficiaries can redeem subsidies after DISCOM inspection and approval.
- As of 31.07.2025, 165,158 beneficiaries have redeemed subsidies, and 154,978 have been disbursed subsidies in Uttar Pradesh.
- District-wise and year-wise details are in Annexure II.
Impact Analysis:
Residential Consumers in Uttar Pradesh:
Impact: Benefited from rooftop solar installations through PMSGMBY, leading to potential cost savings on electricity bills and contribution to renewable energy adoption.
Action Required: Apply through the National Portal, ensure proper installation and inspection of rooftop solar plants, and follow the procedure for subsidy redemption after DISCOM approval.
State Implementing Agencies (including Uttar Pradesh):
Impact: Responsible for the effective implementation of PMSGMBY, including identifying and addressing challenges in coordination with MNRE and REC Ltd.
Action Required: Collaborate with MNRE and REC Ltd., monitor scheme progress, implement measures to address challenges (e.g., streamlining approvals, ensuring vendor availability), and facilitate awareness programs.
DISCOMs (Distribution Companies):
Impact: Involved in providing grid connections, inspecting solar installations, and approving subsidy redemption.
Action Required: Streamline the inspection and approval process for rooftop solar installations, cooperate with the subsidy disbursement process, and address any technical issues related to grid connectivity.
Vendors:
Impact: Play a crucial role in installing rooftop solar units under PMSGMBY.
Action Required: Register through the simplified vendor registration process, ensure qualified personnel for installation, and participate in capacity building and training programs.
MNRE and REC Ltd.:
Impact: National Programme Implementing Agency responsible for overall scheme implementation and coordination.
Action Required: Monitor the scheme's progress, collaborate with State Implementing Agencies, address challenges, conduct awareness programs, and manage the grievance redressal mechanism.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana: A government scheme (PMSGMBY) focused on promoting rooftop solar installations.
Uttar Pradesh: The Indian state where the PMSGMBY scheme's implementation is being analyzed.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy: The Indian government ministry responsible for the PMSGMBY scheme.
SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ: Member of Parliament who raised a question about PMSGMBY in Lok Sabha.
SMT. DIMPLE YADAV: Member of Parliament who raised a question about PMSGMBY in Lok Sabha.
SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK: The Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy and Power who answered the question.
REC Ltd.: National Programme Implementing Agency (NPIA) for PMSGMBY.
National Portal: Online platform used for registration and subsidy disbursal under PMSGMBY.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2911
ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025
PM-SGMBY IN UTTAR PRADESH
2911. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ
SMT. DIMPLE YADAV
Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:
(a) the number of rooftop solar units installed under the Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli
Yojana (PM-SGMBY) in Uttar Pradesh since its launch, year-wise;
(b) the number of beneficiaries under the yojana belonging to the SC, ST and OBC categories in
Uttar Pradesh, district and year-wise;
(c) the key implementation challenges identified in the State such as delays in metering
approvals, DISCOMs, shortages in empanelled vendors and their impact on the rollout pace;
(d) the number of subsidy claims filed by beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh, year and district-wise;
and
(e) the number of subsidy claims disbursed in Uttar Pradesh, year and district-wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) & (b) In the state of Uttar Pradesh, as on 31.07.2025, a total of 1,82,250 households have been
benefitted with installation of rooftop solar under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG:
MBY).
The scheme is demand driven, wherein all residential consumers in the country, including
SC/ST/OBC consumers, having grid connected electricity connection of the local DISCOM can
avail the benefits of the scheme by applying on the National Portal of the scheme.
The district wise and year wise details of households benefitted under the scheme in the state of
Uttar Pradesh are given in Annexure I.
(c) The MNRE and REC Ltd., as the National Programme Implementing Agency (NPIA), for
PMSG-MBY, work in close coordination with all the State Implementing Agencies including the
state of Uttar Pradesh, to identify the challenges, if any, and take necessary measures for effective
implementation of the PMSG: MBY. The measures taken in this regard include the following:• Online process from registration to disbursal of subsidy directly in to the bank account of the
residential consumer through National Portal.
• Availability of collateral free loan from nationalized banks at concessional interest rate of
repo-rate plus 50 bps i.e. 6% per annum for the present with tenure of 10 years.
• Simplified the regulatory approval process by waiving technical feasibility requirement and
introducing auto load enhancement upto 10 kW.
• Simplified process for registration of vendors to ensure sufficient and qualified vendors are
available.
• Capacity building and training programmes being conducted for creating skilled manpower.
• Creating awareness about the scheme, through awareness and outreach program such as print
advertising in leading newspapers, TV commercials campaigns, Radio campaigns across FM
stations including regional channels, etc., in the country.
• Regular monitoring of the progress of the scheme at different levels including with
states/DISCOMs.
• Established grievance redressal mechanism for timely resolution of grievances. A Call Centre
with telephone number 15555 is operational in 12 languages.
(d) & (e) The households installing rooftop solar plants under the PMSG: MBY can redeem the
subsidy once the installation is inspected and approved by the respective DISCOM. On applying
for redemption of subsidy, the process for disbursement of subsidy is initiated and the same is
released into the bank account of the beneficiary. As on 31.07.2025, a total of 1,65,158
beneficiaries have redeemed the subsidy and 1,54,978 beneficiaries have been disbursed the
subsidy under the scheme in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The district wise and year wise details are
given in Annexure II.
*****Annexure I referred to in reply of part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2911
to be answered on 06.08.2025 regarding PM-SGMBY in Uttar Pradesh
The district wise and year wise details of no of households benefitted with the rooftop solar
installations under the PMSG: MBY in the state of Uttar Pradesh
Households benefitted (Nos.)
S. No. Districts
13.02.2024 to 01.01.2025 to
31.12.2024 31.07.2025
1 Agra 2,493 4688
2 Aligarh 630 1667
Ambedkar
3 270
Nagar 1029
4 Amethi 188 829
5 Amroha 83 251
6 Auraiya 102 544
7 Ayodhya 503 1203
8 Azamgarh 383 776
9 Baghpat 138 349
10 Bahraich 362 704
11 Ballia 142 323
12 Balrampur 90 245
13 Banda 373 588
14 Bara Banki 1,055 2975
15 Bareilly 1,459 5720
16 Basti 180 452
17 Bhadohi 55 226
18 Bijnor 551 1281
19 Budaun 74 399
20 Bulandshahr 299 811
21 Chandauli 237 592
22 Chitrakoot 105 259
23 Deoria 133 555
24 Etah 212 436
25 Etawah 688 1252
26 Farrukhabad 347 944
27 Fatehpur 262 685
28 Firozabad 381 1202
Gautam
29 750
BuddhaNagar 84430 Ghaziabad 1,467 1900
31 Ghazipur 397 752
32 Gonda 221 521
33 Gorakhpur 1,231 2370
34 Hamirpur 176 550
35 Hapur 230 668
36 Hardoi 318 1256
37 Hathras 179 499
38 Jalaun 261 777
39 Jaunpur 421 482
40 Jhansi 1,543 2945
41 Kannauj 130 416
42 Kanpur Dehat 72 163
43 Kanpur Nagar 4,177 7232
44 Kasganj 77 358
45 Kaushambi 20 472
46 Kheri 490 1569
47 Kushinagar 37 220
48 Lalitpur 507 1151
49 Lucknow 18,107 22934
50 Mahoba 155 334
51 Mahrajganj 143 408
52 Mainpuri 293 631
53 Mathura 484 1234
54 Mau 106 417
55 Meerut 1,448 2387
56 Mirzapur 400 1152
57 Moradabad 434 1151
58 Muzaffarnagar 892 2786
59 Pilibhit 146 1383
60 Pratapgarh 117 634
61 Prayagraj 2,546 3381
62 Rae Bareli 1,280 3390
63 Rampur 203 1284
64 Saharanpur 605 1610
65 Sambhal 60 513
Sant Kabir
66 56
Nagar 159
67 Shahjahanpur 291 1665
68 Shamli 227 721
69 Shrawasti 37 19970 Siddharthnagar 100 362
71 Sitapur 862 2400
72 Sonbhadra 128 583
73 Sultanpur 319 813
74 Unnao 681 1946
75 Varanasi 6,886 10138
Total 61,505 1,20,745Annexure II referred to in reply of part (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2911
to be answered on 06.08.2025 regarding PM-SGMBY in Uttar Pradesh
District-wise and year-wise details of beneficiaries who have redeemed the subsidy and
beneficiaries who have been disbursed the subsidy under the scheme in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
13.02.2024 to 31.12.2024 01.01.2025 to 31.07.2025
Subsidy Subsidy Subsidy Subsidy
S. No. District
Redeemed Disbursed Redeemed Disbursed
(Nos.) (Nos.) (Nos.) (Nos.)
1 Agra 2021 1805 4099 3905
2 Aligarh 552 473 1567 1471
3 Ambedkar Nagar 239 210 937 891
4 Amethi 155 115 781 733
5 Amroha 63 57 222 204
6 Auraiya 90 71 498 456
7 Ayodhya 441 361 1100 1079
8 Azamgarh 338 296 754 744
9 Baghpat 124 108 306 297
10 Bahraich 314 267 691 691
11 Ballia 134 119 304 277
12 Balrampur 81 66 228 213
13 Banda 335 299 556 520
14 Bara Banki 946 768 2798 2704
15 Bareilly 1268 1069 5004 4795
16 Basti 159 130 421 407
17 Bhadohi 46 42 211 197
18 Bijnor 410 366 1133 1072
19 Budaun 44 34 351 325
20 Bulandshahr 250 220 739 692
21 Chandauli 228 199 514 495
22 Chitrakoot 95 82 230 220
23 Deoria 108 91 502 472
24 Etah 193 166 399 388
25 Etawah 637 543 1231 1219
26 Farrukhabad 301 259 859 811
27 Fatehpur 231 193 647 621
28 Firozabad 337 293 1119 1038
Gautam Buddha
29 696 631 783 776
Nagar
30 Ghaziabad 1203 1027 1796 180931 Ghazipur 371 315 721 727
32 Gonda 203 166 467 470
33 Gorakhpur 1117 975 2246 2214
34 Hamirpur 123 89 534 531
35 Hapur 163 129 560 559
36 Hardoi 262 228 1063 949
37 Hathras 155 137 464 449
38 Jalaun 208 183 714 662
39 Jaunpur 235 209 440 411
40 Jhansi 1331 1195 2892 2751
41 Kannauj 108 72 384 376
42 Kanpur Dehat 50 46 138 128
43 Kanpur Nagar 3530 3161 6466 6274
44 Kasganj 48 34 366 356
45 Kaushambi 8 7 334 305
46 Kheri 397 353 1407 1317
47 Kushinagar 29 14 178 180
48 Lalitpur 405 343 1167 1133
49 Lucknow 16699 15277 20972 20533
50 Mahoba 134 121 296 271
51 Mahrajganj 119 97 369 368
52 Mainpuri 276 243 570 521
53 Mathura 397 303 1121 1088
54 Mau 73 68 384 337
55 Meerut 1294 1123 2162 2148
56 Mirzapur 383 310 1078 1066
57 Moradabad 359 313 1048 1009
58 Muzaffarnagar 753 635 2529 2408
59 Pilibhit 121 88 1218 1106
60 Pratapgarh 86 70 592 559
61 Prayagraj 2354 2080 3095 3087
62 Rae Bareli 1148 956 3194 3119
63 Rampur 184 149 1159 1006
64 Saharanpur 545 478 1546 1459
65 Sambhal 57 50 452 409
66 Sant Kabir Nagar 49 41 137 138
67 Shahjahanpur 225 168 1501 1423
68 Shamli 205 185 681 656
69 Shrawasti 30 26 174 165
70 Siddharthnagar 87 68 322 327
71 Sitapur 544 482 2065 194572 Sonbhadra 119 93 520 464
73 Sultanpur 294 271 781 750
74 Unnao 582 519 1723 1644
75 Varanasi 6627 6232 9622 9196
Total 54,526 48,462 1,10,632 1,06,516