States Should Offer Additional Subsidy for Residential Rooftop Solar Plant: MNRE Minister
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi urged the states to come forward with an offer of subsidy along with the central subsidy to make the residential rooftop solar scheme PM Surya Ghar Yojana more profitable for the citizens while addressing a review meeting in Kolkata.
December 21, 2024. By Mrinmoy Dey
The Minister also urged the states to come forward with an offer of subsidy along with the central subsidy to make the scheme more profitable for the citizens. The scheme should be implemented in good spirit without meddling into politics for the benefit of the people of a state, he said.
He was addressing the review meeting in Kolkata with the officials of various organisations engaged in promotion of renewable energy in West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and eight North-eastern states. He advised officials from the states to enhance the implementation of PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana in their states.
The meeting was attended by Sudeep Jain, Additional Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and senior officers of participating states, REC, DISCOM, and agencies of renewable energy of states.
Joshi further stated that West Bengal can do much better regarding the progress of the scheme in the state. The Minister also said that he has requested concerned Ministers of West Bengal for providing more support to the scheme which aims to light up 1 crore households by providing up to 300 units of free electricity with central Government support up to INR 78,000.
Joshi also urged people for taking the advantage of the PM Surya Ghar scheme more to avail the benefit up to 300 free units of electricity with an allocation of INR 75,021 crore.
The Minister also held a meeting with the solar panel installation vendors and service providers from West Bengal. He took the stock of their challenges and discussed potential solutions to improve the rooftop solar installations under the PM Surya Ghar scheme.
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