India’s PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana has crossed 40 lakh beneficiary households within two years. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government is targeting 75 lakh rooftop solar installations by December 2026, with more than 65 lakh applications already in the pipeline.
To speed up adoption, the government has introduced the Utility Linked Aggregation (ULA) model. Around 30 lakh rooftop solar installations have already been planned under this model, especially for households consuming between 1 kW and 3 kW of electricity.
India’s solar sector is growing rapidly. The country took 96 months to reach its first 50 GW of solar capacity, 36 months to add the next 50 GW, and only 14 months to grow from 100 GW to 150 GW.
May 2026 was the strongest month since the scheme was launched, with a record 3.16 lakh rooftop solar installations. The programme also added 15,000 households in a single day, while the time required to add one lakh households has fallen from 118 days to less than 8 days.
The government has disbursed more than Rs 22,750 crore in subsidies under the scheme, including Rs 2,743 crore in May 2026 alone. Over 17 lakh households have achieved zero electricity bills through rooftop solar installations.
Launched in February 2024 with an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore, the scheme has become the world’s largest residential rooftop solar programme. More than 1 crore households have registered, over 33 lakh rooftop systems have been installed, and India’s total solar capacity has crossed 150 GW, supporting the country’s target of 500 GW non fossil fuel capacity by 2030.
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