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Date: 2026-03-11 Category: LOKSABHA_QNA State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Rooftop Solar Capacity in Uttar Pradesh

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026 ROOFTOP SOLAR CAPACITY IN UTTAR PRADESH 3155. DR. BHOLA SINGH Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state: (a) the number of households covered under Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) since its launch, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh; (b) the rooftop solar capacity added under the PM-SGMBY in Uttar Pradesh; (c) the details of implementation status of the PM-SGMBY in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise including Bulandshahr; and (d) the details of employment generated in manufacturing, installation and maintenance of rooftop solar systems? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK) (a) The PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY), launched in February 2024, 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. Under the scheme, since its launch in February 2024, a total of 31,12,850 households have been benefitted with installation of RTS systems across the country, including in the state of Uttar Pradesh, as on 06.03.2026. The State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-I. (b) Under the PMSG: MBY, a total of 1,362.53 MW RTS capacity has been added in the state of Uttar Pradesh, as on 06.03.2026. (c) Under the PMSG: MBY, a total of 3,99,096 RTS plants have been installed benefitting 4,03,698 households in the state of Uttar Pradesh, as on 06.03.2026. District-wise detail is given at Annexure II. (d) With the implementation of PMSG: MBY, it has been estimated that around 17 lakh jobs will be created in manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, sales and installations, O&M services, financial services, etc. *****Annexure-I referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3155 to be answered on 11.03.2026 regarding Rooftop Solar Capacity in Uttar Pradesh State/UT- wise details of households benefitted under the PMSG: MBY (as on 06.03.2026) S Households State/UT No. Benefitted (Nos.) 1 Gujarat 8,36,137 2 Maharashtra 7,51,387 3 Uttar Pradesh 4,03,697 4 Kerala 2,08,167 5 Rajasthan 1,55,641 6 Andhra Pradesh 1,11,056 7 Madhya Pradesh 1,04,273 8 Assam 96,644 9 Uttarakhand 70,199 10 Tamil Nadu 68,514 11 Haryana 67,383 12 Odisha 44,803 13 Chhattisgarh 37,907 14 Telangana 42,353 15 Jammu & Kashmir 25,294 16 Karnataka 25,883 17 Bihar 16,763 18 Punjab 11,783 19 Himachal Pradesh 7,540 20 NCT of Delhi 10,436 21 Puducherry 2,684 22 Tripura 2,460 23 Jharkhand 1,847 24 Goa 2,270 25 Ladakh 1,435 26 West Bengal 1,391 27 Chandigarh 1,087 28 Mizoram 938 29 Lakshadweep 907 30 Manipur 869 31 DNH & DD 616 32 A & N Islands 238 33 Nagaland 175 34 Meghalaya 43 35 Sikkim 29 36 Arunachal Pradesh 1 Total 31,12,850Annexure-II referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3155 to be answered on 11.03.2026 regarding Rooftop Solar Capacity in Uttar Pradesh District- wise details of RTS plants installed and households benefitted in the state of Uttar Pradesh under the PMSG: MBY (as on 06.03.2026) S Installations Households Districts No. (No.) Benefitted (No.) 1 Agra 14,346 14,408 2 Aligarh 5,956 6,062 3 Ambedkar Nagar 3,484 3,484 4 Amethi 2,989 2,989 5 Amroha 994 994 6 Auraiya 2,070 2,070 7 Ayodhya 4,954 4,954 8 Azamgarh 2,558 2,558 9 Baghpat 1,073 1,073 10 Bahraich 2,656 2,656 11 Ballia 1,121 1,121 12 Balrampur 1,012 1,012 13 Banda 1,762 1,762 14 Bara Banki 8,064 8,064 15 Bareilly 17,078 17,078 16 Basti 2,155 2,155 17 Bhadohi 1,179 1,179 18 Bijnor 3,679 3,765 19 Budaun 1,309 1,309 20 Bulandshahr 2,076 2,076 21 Chandauli 2,958 2,958 22 Chitrakoot 990 990 23 Deoria 1,547 1,547 24 Etah 1,456 1,456 25 Etawah 3,831 3,831 26 Farrukhabad 3,239 3,398 27 Fatehpur 2,642 2,642 28 Firozabad 3,755 3,755 Gautam Buddha 29 2,363 2,363 Nagar 30 Ghaziabad 5,207 5,334 31 Ghazipur 2,420 2,420 32 Gonda 1,536 1,536 33 Gorakhpur 8,042 8,042 34 Hamirpur 1,610 1,610 35 Hapur 1,831 1,831 36 Hardoi 3,655 3,655 37 Hathras 1,890 1,890 38 Jalaun 2,501 2,501 39 Jaunpur 2,503 2,669 40 Jhansi 10,597 10,597S Installations Households Districts No. (No.) Benefitted (No.) 41 Kannauj 1,333 1,333 42 Kanpur Dehat 558 558 43 Kanpur Nagar 24,728 24,728 44 Kasganj 920 920 45 Kaushambi 1,236 1,236 46 Kheri 4,537 4,537 47 Kushinagar 892 1,039 48 Lalitpur 3,020 3,020 49 Lucknow 77,130 79,586 50 Mahoba 1,162 1,162 51 Mahrajganj 1,692 1,692 52 Mainpuri 1,691 1,691 53 Mathura 3,819 3,819 54 Mau 1,798 1,798 55 Meerut 7,119 7,119 56 Mirzapur 4,368 4,368 57 Moradabad 3,838 3,838 58 Muzaffarnagar 7,974 7,974 59 Pilibhit 4,364 4,589 60 Pratapgarh 2,721 2,721 61 Prayagraj 13,302 13,521 62 Rae Bareli 11,042 11,042 63 Rampur 4,690 4,712 64 Saharanpur 6,216 6,216 65 Sambhal 1,638 1,638 66 Sant Kabir Nagar 654 654 67 Shahjahanpur 6,635 6,636 68 Shamli 2,713 2,713 69 Shrawasti 705 705 70 Siddharthnagar 1,342 1,342 71 Sitapur 6,753 6,986 72 Sonbhadra 2,017 2,017 73 Sultanpur 2,777 3,311 74 Unnao 6,494 6,494 75 Varanasi 32,130 32,189 Total 3,99,096 4,03,698

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