Published on 21 Mar 2025
• The Union Cabinet approved the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana.
• PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana is a Central Scheme that aims to provide free electricity to one crore households in India, who opt to install roof top solar electricity units.
• The scheme will enable the households to get 300 units of electricity free every month.
• The scheme provides for a subsidy of 60% of the solar unit cost for systems up to 2 kW capacity and 40% of additional system cost for systems between 2 to 3 kW capacity. The subsidy has been capped at 3 kW capacity.
• Households interested in availing the scheme’s benefits will have to fork out the balance amount and 12 public sector banks will be offering a collateral free loan to anyone with a viable roof and grid connectivity and wanting to install a rooftop system.
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