The Delhi government has approved an additional subsidy of Rs 30,000 for the installation of 3 kW rooftop solar systems. This is in addition to the Rs 78,000 subsidy already provided by the central government under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY) scheme. With this, the total financial support for a 3 kW rooftop solar systems has increased to Rs 108,000.
According to estimates, such solar systems can result in average monthly savings of Rs 4,200 for households. As of March 26, 2025, around 3,476 households in Delhi have benefitted from the PMSGMBY scheme, contributing to a cumulative rooftop solar capacity addition of approximately 10 MW.
In the 2023 draft of the Delhi Solar Energy Policy, the government had already offered a state capital subsidy of Rs 2,000 per kW, capped at Rs 10,000 per consumer. The policy aims to achieve 6,000 MW of installed solar capacity in three years and increase the share of solar energy in Delhi’s annual electricity consumption from 9 per cent to 25 per cent by 2025.
