India’s rooftop solar programme, PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, has surpassed 5 million (50.06 lakh) households with rooftop solar installations, while cumulative rooftop solar capacity commissioned under the scheme has reached 14.8 GW, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
The milestone was reached just over two years after the scheme’s launch, compared with 794,000 rooftop solar installations added during the preceding decade.
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is the Government of India’s flagship residential rooftop solar programme, implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Backed by an outlay of INR 75,021 crore, the scheme aims to accelerate rooftop solar adoption by providing financial assistance to eligible households for the installation of rooftop solar systems.
According to MNRE, the scheme is today adding around 1 lakh beneficiary households every six days, making it one of the fastest growing clean energy programmes anywhere in the world. The pace of installation has increased 3.2 times over the last nine months, rising from 5,038 installations a day in October 2025 to nearly 16,328 installations a day in July 2026.
July 2026 recorded the highest-ever monthly rooftop solar installations under the scheme, with 506,000 households added.
According to the MNRE, INR 28,024 crore in subsidies has been disbursed directly to beneficiaries through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system. The ministry said nearly 19 lakh households are now reporting zero electricity bills. It added that more than 12 lakh households earned a combined INR 421 crore from the sale of surplus electricity in FY 2024-25, translating to an extra income of around INR 3,500 per year per household for exporting power back to the grid.
Under the Utility Led Aggregation model, 160,000 installations have been completed for PMAY, BPL and SC/ST category households across four States, with the model sanctioned for rollout in 12 States. The model is enabling low-income households to access rooftop solar while helping States reduce their tariff subsidy burden.
The scheme has also created a wide vendor and employment ecosystem, with 34,219 registered vendors, of whom 29,469 are active, operating across the country. Over 2.32 lakh people have been trained under capacity building programmes supporting the rooftop solar value chain.
The scheme runs on a 100 percent online, end to end digital process, from application to subsidy release, with no physical paperwork or office visits required from consumers.
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