Parliament Question: Solarising One Crore Households under PM-SGMBY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 376 ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026 SOLARISING ONE CRORE HOUSEHOLDS UNDER PM-SGMBY *376. SHRI ALOK SHARMA SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has achieved its interim target of solarising 28 lakh households under Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) through the installation of solar energy systems in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the current status of implementation of the said scheme including the number of rooftop solar systems installed and households benefited so far, State/UT-wise and category-wise (urban and rural) especially in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand particularly in Bharatpur, Palnadu districts, Bastar, Nabarangpur and Dewas-Shajapur Lok Sabha Constituencies;

(c) the roadmap and action plan set to reach the 1 crore households mark by March 2027;

(d) the manner in which Rs. 22,000 crore budgetary allocation for rooftop solar systems is being utilised to provide collateral-free loans to low-income urban and rural households for the installation of rooftop solar panels in the aforesaid places;

(e) the details of specific impact of the reduction of customs duty on solar glass raw materials had on the cost of domestically manufactured solar modules; and

(f) whether the Government proposes to integrate solar-hour-aligned Time-of-Day (ToD) tariffs to encourage rooftop solar owners to maximise daytime energy use and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, & FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a) to (f) A statement is laid on the table of the house. *****STATEMENT Statement referred to in reply of parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 376 to be answered on 18.03.2026 regarding Solarising One Crore Households under PM-SGMBY

(a) to (c) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) since February 2024 with an aim to achieve rooftop solar (RTS) installations in one crore households in the residential sector by FY 2026-27.

The PMSG: MBY is a demand-driven scheme wherein all residential consumers in the country, having a grid-connected electricity connection with the local DISCOM, can avail the benefits of the scheme, for installation of RTS systems by applying on the National Portal of the scheme.

Under the scheme, since its launch in February 2024, a total of 25,87,685 RTS systems have been installed across the country including both rural and urban areas, benefitting 32,02,697 households as on 16.03.2026. The state/UT-wise details are given in the Annexure.

Further, details of RTS systems installed and households benefitted in the districts of Bharatpur, Palnadu, Bastar, Nabarangpur and Dewas-Shajapur districts are as follows:- Installations Households benefitted State District (No.) (No.) Rajasthan Bharatpur 1,301 1,301 Andhra Pradesh Palnadu 3,612 3,612 Chhattisgarh Bastar 484 484 Odisha Nabarangpur 199 199 Dewas 3,044 3,044 Madhya Pradesh Shajapur 603 603 With the efforts undertaken by the MNRE, including creating awareness, capacity building of DISCOM officers, upgrading of National Portal, enhancement of vendor base and more engagement with the various stakeholder, the RTS installation progress has been accelerated and during the month of February 2026, average per day RTS installation has been around 8391 households i.e. one lakh households have been covered in less than 12 days.

Further, MNRE has included RESCO/Utility-Led Aggregation (ULA) Models under the PMSG:

MBY to enable DISCOMs/State Governments/State Designated entities to support RTS development under RESCO and ULA models, primarily for low-income households/ families.

Under the ULA model of the PMSG: MBY, MNRE has already sanctioned 12.58 lakh installations in 10 States/UTs i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Ladakh, DNH & DD, Telangana, Bihar and Tripura.

In addition, to increase the installation rate, to achieve RTS installations in one crore households by FY 2026-27, the Ministry has taken the following measures: • Online process from application to disbursal of subsidy directly into the bank account of the residential consumer through the National Portal.• Availability of collateral-free loan from nationalized banks at a concessional interest rate of repo-rate plus 50 bps, i.e., 5.75% per annum for the present, with a tenure of 10 years.

• Simplified the regulatory approval process by waiving technical feasibility requirement and introducing auto load enhancement upto 10 kW. • Net metering agreement has been made part of application in the National Portal.

• 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. • Conducting regional review meetings from time to time. • Established grievance redressal mechanism for timely resolution of grievances. A Call Centre with telephone number 15555 is operational in 12 languages.

Further, MNRE and REC ltd., as the National Programme Implementing Agency (NPIA), for

PMSG: MBY, work in close coordination with all the DISCOMs, for effective implementation of the scheme.

(d) Under the PMSG: MBY, a Budget Estimate (BE) of Rs 22000 cr has been allocated to the MNRE for FY 2026-27. This allocation is primarily intended to cover expenditure towards Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for households installing rooftop solar systems under the scheme.

Beyond CFA, the budget also covers spending on other sub-components such as incentives for DISCOMs and local bodies, development of Model Solar Villages, support for innovative projects, IEC activities, capacity building initiatives, and service charges to implementing agencies.

The scheme also enables consumers to adopt rooftop solar systems to access low-interest loans from public sector banks, currently offered at an interest rate of 5.75% for loan of up to Rs 2 lakh.

As of 16.03.2026, about 25.87 lakh rooftop solar systems have been installed under the scheme.

Furthermore, loans have been sanctioned for 12.72 lakh applicants, out of which loans for 10.24 lakh applications have been disbursed.

(e) Sodium antimonate is one of the inputs used in the manufacturing of solar glass; however, currently, there is no operational manufacturing capacity in the country for the production of sodium antimonate required for the manufacturing of solar glass. Accordingly, Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on the import of sodium antimonate for use in the manufacture of solar glass has been decreased from 7.50% to nil. This reduction of BCD on sodium antimonate is envisaged to have a positive impact on the domestic solar glass manufacturing sector by increasing its cost competitiveness, which in turn is envisaged to increase the cost competitiveness of domestic solar PV module manufacturers.(f) Ministry of Power has notified the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2023, dated 14.06.2023, which introduced Time of Day (ToD) Tariff for electricity consumers, as a demand response mechanism. Under the ToD framework, electricity tariffs vary across different time blocks of the day to reflect the availability of power and system demand to encourage consumers, including domestic consumers, to shift electricity consumption to daytime hours when solar generation is higher. These tariffs are determined by the respective State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs), which tailor the implementation to reflect the local demand and solar generation profiles. The installation of smart meters to study hourly consumption patterns at the consumer level is also crucial for the successful implementation of solar-hour ToD tariff structure.Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 376 to be answered on 18.03.2026 regarding Solarising One Crore Households under PM-SGMBY State/UTs wise progress under PMSG: MBY (as on 16.03.2026) Households S Installations State/UT Benefitted No. (No.) (No.) 1 Gujarat 5,90,294 8,50,984 2 Maharashtra 4,85,502 7,71,862 3 Uttar Pradesh 4,14,632 4,19,400 4 Kerala 2,07,646 2,12,971 5 Rajasthan 1,56,955 1,61,387 6 Andhra Pradesh 1,12,333 1,15,464 7 Madhya Pradesh 1,03,177 1,06,658 8 Assam 1,00,681 1,01,246 9 Uttarakhand 71,040 71,975 10 Tamil Nadu 59,612 69,991 11 Haryana 62,898 70,083 12 Odisha 48,361 48,709 13 Telangana 32,019 43,717 14 Chhattisgarh 38,924 40,345 15 Karnataka 17,077 26,262 16 Jammu and Kashmir 26,494 26,502 17 Bihar 16,472 17,120 18 Punjab 11,893 12,003 19 NCT of Delhi 6,735 10,617 20 Himachal Pradesh 7,833 7,834 21 Puducherry 2,766 2,766 22 Tripura 2,577 2,588 23 Goa 2,040 2,403 24 Jharkhand 1,907 1,909 25 Ladakh 1,473 1,473 26 West Bengal 1,347 1,410 27 Chandigarh 1,101 1,101 28 Mizoram 969 971 29 Lakshadweep 927 927 30 Manipur 892 892 31 DNH & DD 622 622 32 A&N Islands 226 245 33 Nagaland 184 184 34 Meghalaya 46 46 35 Sikkim 29 29 36 Arunachal Pradesh 1 1 Total 25,87,685 32,02,697