Registration for the PM Surya Ghar Yojana has opened in Delhi, with the Delhi government saying it will bear the full cost of installing solar panels of up to 3 kilowatts for households covered by the programme. The initiative aims to extend free rooftop solar installations to 2.25 lakh homes on a first-come, first-served basis.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched the registration process on Monday and said Delhi residents could register through the designated portal. The announcement makes rooftop solar adoption a direct household-level programme, with the government presenting it as a measure that will provide residents with free electricity while expanding green energy generation in the capital.
According to the announcement reported by Jagran, households will not have to pay for solar panels up to the 3-kilowatt capacity covered by the Delhi government. The government has not provided, in the supplied announcement, details of the total budget, installation agency, eligibility documentation, vendor selection process or the expected completion timeline for all 2.25 lakh homes.
The registration will follow a ‘first come, first served’ system. This means the order in which applications are received will determine access under the stated implementation arrangement. Further operational details, including how applications will be screened and how installations will be scheduled, were not specified in the report.
The programme links two policy objectives that are increasingly important for Delhi’s urban infrastructure: reducing the electricity burden on households and increasing decentralised renewable-energy capacity. Rooftop solar also shifts part of power generation from centralised systems to individual buildings, although the supplied announcement does not establish how much generation capacity the targeted homes will add or how the installations will be connected to the electricity network.
Launching the registration, Gupta described the scheme as a major achievement of the Delhi government and said it would directly benefit residents. She said the programme would be an important step towards generating green energy in Delhi. Her statement also contrasted the initiative with what she described as the “politics of freebies” followed by previous governments.
The immediate next step for residents is registration through the portal announced by the Delhi government. The government’s stated target is to install free solar panels at 2.25 lakh homes, with applications to be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
