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Chandigarh, Dec 16 (PTI) Haryana Energy Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday mentioned the ‘Pradhanmantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana’ might be expanded throughout the state as a marketing campaign.
He mentioned that is to make sure that Haryana emerges because the main state within the nation in implementing this scheme, with rooftop photo voltaic methods put in within the most variety of households.
The Centre launched the ‘Pradhanmantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana’ in February 2024 with an goal to attain rooftop photo voltaic (RTS) installations in 1 crore households within the residential sector by FY 2026-27 with an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore.
Vij mentioned that monitoring committees might be constituted by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam to make sure fast enlargement of the central authorities scheme.
He was chairing a gathering right here with senior officers of the Energy Department to assessment the implementation of the ‘PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana’.
The minister directed officers to make sure that monitoring committees are shaped by each energy distribution firms to hurry up the enlargement of the scheme.
He additional directed that an internet system be developed to make sure real-time availability of data relating to photo voltaic methods put in in households and for simple monitoring of rooftop photo voltaic methods put in in numerous divisions, circles, and different items.
During the assembly, Vij additionally directed officers to discover the potential of appointing a devoted company to put in the utmost variety of photo voltaic methods in Haryana.
A revolving fund might be created for this goal, he mentioned.
According to the minister, Rs 100 crore every could be allotted to the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, and that authorities approval for this allocation has already been obtained.
During the assembly, Principal Secretary of Energy Department, Shyamal Misra, assured Vij that the scheme could be quickly expanded by way of a target-based strategy and carefully monitored.
Misra knowledgeable the minister that at present round 3,000 rooftop photo voltaic methods are being put in each month by the facility distribution firms.
For 2025-26 and 2026-27, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has set a goal of putting in rooftop photo voltaic methods in 1 lakh households, whereas the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has set a goal of putting in 1.22 lakh rooftop photo voltaic methods, he mentioned.
Misra additional mentioned that below the ‘PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana’, eligible beneficiaries with an annual earnings of as much as Rs 1.80 lakh are supplied a subsidy of Rs 60,000 by the central authorities and Rs 50,000 by the state authorities for putting in rooftop photo voltaic methods of as much as 2 kilowatts — amounting to a complete subsidy of Rs 1.10 lakh. PTI SUN DIV DIV
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