The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued the operational guidelines for implementing the model solar village under the ‘PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’.
Under the scheme component ‘Model Solar Village,’ emphasis has been made on creating one model solar village per district across India.
A total financial outlay of ₹800 crore has been allocated for this component.
It is providing ₹1 crore per selected model solar village.
In order to be considered a village under the competition mode, a village must be a revenue village with a population size above 5,000 (or 2,000 for special category States).
The winning village in each district, with the highest RE capacity, will receive a central financial assistance grant of ₹1 crore.
The Government of India has approved the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana on February 29, 2024.
It aims to increase the share of solar rooftop capacity and empower residential households to generate their own electricity.
The scheme has an outlay of ₹75,021 crore and is to be implemented till FY27.