Aim for maximum coverage under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli
Yojana: DC Jammu to officers
JAMMU, DECEMBER 6: Deputy
Commissioner Sachin Kumar Vaishya chaired a meeting today to review
registrations under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, a Central Government
scheme aimed at providing subsidised solar power solutions for residential
households.
The DC called for making the
initiative hugely successful and emphasised the importance of conducting
awareness camps across all sub-divisions to educate the public about the
scheme. He expressed a strong resolve to ensure the scheme reaches every
village, leaving no household unaware of its benefits. He instructed officers
to maintain close coordination to ensure smooth implementation.
Key topics like eligibility
criteria and application procedures were discussed in the meeting, and BDOs and
Tehsildars were directed to involve stakeholders to deliver maximum benefits to
the public.
The PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana
offers financial relief to households by enabling them to install rooftop solar
systems with subsidies. The scheme provides for a subsidy of 60% of the solar
unit cost for systems up to 2kW capacity and 40 percent of additional system
cost for systems between 2 to 3kW capacity. The subsidy has been capped at 3kW
capacity.
Eligible households can save
annually on electricity bills while contributing to environmental
sustainability.
Senior officers from the Power
Development Department, along with Sub-Divisional Magistrates, Tehsildars and
Block Development Officers besides others participated in the meeting.