Chandigarh- Haryana Power Minister Anil Vij mentioned that the Pradhanmantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana can be expanded throughout the state within the type of a marketing campaign in order that Haryana emerges because the main state within the nation in implementing this scheme and rooftop photo voltaic techniques are put in within the most variety of households. On this regard, Vij mentioned that monitoring committees can be constituted by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam to make sure fast enlargement of the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.
Vij was chairing a overview assembly as we speak in Chandigarh with senior officers of the Power Division relating to the implementation of the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.The Power Minister directed officers that monitoring committees ought to be fashioned by each energy distribution firms to hurry up the enlargement of the scheme, in order that full info associated to the set up of rooftop photo voltaic techniques below the scheme is available. He additional directed that an internet system be developed to make sure real-time availability of data relating to photo voltaic techniques put in at every family, in order that it may be clearly tracked what number of rooftop photo voltaic techniques have been put in to this point in several divisions, circles, and different items.
Through the assembly, the Power Minister additionally directed officers to discover the opportunity of appointing a devoted company to put in the utmost variety of photo voltaic techniques in Haryana. He mentioned such an company may very well be engaged to cowl as many eligible households as attainable for the set up of rooftop photo voltaic techniques, thereby selling inexperienced vitality and connecting a bigger variety of individuals with the scheme. He added that such an company may set up rooftop photo voltaic techniques on the properties of eligible beneficiaries and assist develop the attain of the scheme extensively.
Vij mentioned {that a} revolving fund may very well be created for this objective. Officers knowledgeable the Power Minister that Rs.100 crore every could be allotted to the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, and that authorities approval for this allocation has already been obtained. With the provision of this fund, the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana can be expanded at a a lot sooner tempo.
Through the assembly, Principal Secretary Sh. Shyamal Misra knowledgeable the Minister that presently round 3,000 rooftop photo voltaic techniques are being put in each month by the facility distribution firms. He said that below the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, photo voltaic techniques are to be put in in roughly one crore households, for which a provision of round Rs.75,021 crore has been made. The scheme was launched on February 13, 2024.
He additional knowledgeable that through the years 2025–26 and 2026–27, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has set a goal of putting in rooftop photo voltaic techniques in 1 lakh households, whereas the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has set a goal of putting in 1.22 lakh rooftop photo voltaic techniques. He added that below the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, eligible beneficiaries with an annual earnings of as much as Rs.1.80 lakh are supplied a subsidy of Rs.60,000 by the Central Authorities and Rs.50,000 by the State Authorities for putting in rooftop photo voltaic techniques of as much as 2 kilowatts—amounting to a complete subsidy of Rs.1.10 lakh.
