PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crosses 50 lakh rooftop solar installations
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 50 lakh rooftop solar households, with July 2026 recording its highest-ever monthly installations, the MNRE said on 4 August 2026.
Summary
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's flagship rooftop solar scheme with an outlay of ₹75,021 crore, has crossed 50.06 lakh beneficiary households in just over two years, the ministry said on 4 August 2026. The figure compares with 7.94 lakh rooftop solar installations over the previous ten years. July 2026 recorded the highest-ever monthly figure of 5.06 lakh households, and the scheme now adds one lakh households every six days. Nearly 19 lakh households receive zero electricity bills, 14.8 GW of rooftop capacity has been commissioned, and ₹28,024 crore in subsidy has been paid through DBT.
Key facts
- Milestone
- 50.06 lakh households
- Outlay
- ₹75,021 crore
- Ministry
- MNRE
- Best month
- July 2026 – 5.06 lakh households
- Zero bills
- ~19 lakh households
- Capacity
- 14.8 GW rooftop solar; ₹28,024 crore subsidy via DBT
Practice MCQs 3 questions
In August 2026, PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed which milestone of rooftop solar households?
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Correct answer: C — 50 lakh
The scheme crossed 50.06 lakh beneficiary households with rooftop solar installations.
What is the financial outlay of PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana?
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Correct answer: D — ₹75,021 crore
The scheme has an outlay of ₹75,021 crore; ₹28,024 crore is the subsidy released so far through DBT.
Consider the following statements about PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana as of August 2026: 1. Rooftop solar capacity of about 25 GW has been commissioned under the scheme. 2. About 20 lakh rooftop solar installations were recorded in the ten years before the scheme. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Neither 1 nor 2
Both are wrong: 14.8 GW has been commissioned, and only 7.94 lakh installations were recorded in the previous ten years.