Overview
- Chandigarh has sent a proposal to the Union home ministry for an additional ₹30,000 per household under the PM Surya Ghar scheme, with only 928 of 43,000 private houses fitted so far.
- With the UT top-up, a typical 3 kW system priced near ₹1.56 lakh would fall to about ₹48,000 after combining central and proposed local support, and CPDL has replaced CREST as the nodal agency.
- Uttar Pradesh reports around 575 MW of residential rooftop capacity across roughly 1.50 lakh homes and about ₹1,120 crore disbursed, with monthly bill savings of ₹800–1,500 in rural areas and ₹1,500–2,500 in cities.
- Delhi’s government says it will target 500 MW of rooftop capacity by 2027 from about 250 MW today and is streamlining subsidy procedures and grid connections under the central programme.
- In Ludhiana, uptake remains slow with 1,223 applications, 1,146 completed installations, and roughly ₹4.9 crore paid out, which officials attribute to multi-step approvals, low awareness, and upfront costs.