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Model Solar Village How Much Subsidy Will Be Provided?
Under the ‘Model Solar Village’ component of the You can apply for the rooftop solar system
scheme, one model solar village is to be established in subsidy through the national portal https://
each district of the country. The objective is to promote pmsuryaghar.gov.in. By visiting the national
solar energy and make rural communities energy self- portal, you can find out what the appropriate
reliant. The government has allocated ₹800 crore for system size is for you and how much benefit you
this, under which each selected model solar village will will receive from installing it. After registering on
receive ₹1 crore. To be eligible to become a model the website, you can log in using your consumer
village, a revenue village must have a population of more number and mobile number. After filling out the
than 5,000, or more than 2,000 in special category states. form and receiving approval from the electricity
Villages are selected through a competitive process. The distribution company, you will have to get the
government aims for these model villages to successfully solar system installed by a registered dealer and
transition to solar energy and serve as an example for then apply for a net meter with the relevant
other villages across the country.
information. The electricity company will inspect
and certify it. In the final step, you will have to
submit your bank details online, and the subsidy
PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana: will be credited within 30 days.
A Means of Income, Employment, n For individual households, a subsidy of Rs.
and Environmental Protection
30,000 per kilowatt peak will be provided for
Household Savings and Income the first 2 kilowatts, and Rs. 18,000 for each
Generation: Households will benefit additional kilowatt peak. The subsidy is limited
from significant savings on their electricity to 3 kilowatts per individual household.
bills. They can generate additional income
by selling surplus electricity from their n For group housing or RWAs, the central
rooftop solar systems to the DISCOMs, as a financial assistance is Rs. 18,000 per kilowatt
3-kilowatt system can generate an average of peak for a rooftop solar power plant capacity
over 300 units per month. of up to 500 kilowatts peak. In Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Expansion of Solar Capacity: It is Ladakh, the states of the North-Eastern
estimated that 30 gigawatts of solar capacity
will be added through the installation of solar region, and the Union Territories of Andaman
power plants on rooftops in the residential and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, which are
sector, which will significantly contribute to classified as special category states, the central
India’s renewable energy targets. financial assistance is 10 percent higher.
Environmental Benefits: Over the 25- n In addition to central assistance, unsecured
year lifespan of these rooftop systems, an loans are available for rooftop solar systems at
estimated 1000 billion units of electricity will an interest rate of 5.75 percent.
be generated, resulting in a reduction of 720
million tons of CO emissions. This will have
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a positive impact on the environment.
Job Creation: The scheme is expected to
create approximately 1.7 million direct jobs
in various sectors, including manufacturing,
logistics, supply chain, sales, installation,
operation, and maintenance, along with other
services.

crore for this purpose. The scheme has not only ered homes. Besides reducing electricity costs, this
made solar energy accessible and affordable for scheme is promoting energy self-reliance, environ-
millions of homes but is also rapidly progressing mental sustainability, and economic growth, making
towards its ambitious target of 1 crore solar-pow- it a key pillar of India’s clean energy transition. n

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