The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a rooftop solar scheme as ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’ to install rooftop solar panels across 10 million households with a total outlay of Rs 75,021 crore.
The decision was made at the Cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Beneficiaries of the government’s rooftop solar scheme —Pradhanmantri Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana — will get free electricity of up to 300 units per month,” Union minister Anurag Thakur said.
“The scheme provides a Central Financial Assistance of 60 per cent of system costs for 2 kW systems and 40 per cent of additional system costs for systems between 2 and 3 kW capacity. The CFA will be capped at 3 kW.
