Rs 1 Cr for Each Selected ‘Model Solar Village’ under PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana

New Delhi: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has notified the guidelines for implementation of ‘Model Solar Village’ under PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.

The aim is to create one Model Solar Village per district across India.

A total financial outlay of Rs 800 crore has been allocated for this. Under the project, Rs 1 crore will be provided to each 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 selection process involves a competitive mode where villages are assessed on their overall distributed renewable energy (RE) capacity installed on 6 months after the declaration of the potential candidate by District Level Committee (DLC).

Under the scheme, the winning village in each district, with the highest RE capacity, will receive a central financial assistance grant of Rs 1 crore.

The implementation of this scheme will be done by State/UT Renewable Energy Development Agency under the supervision of District Level Committee (DLC), ensuring that selected villages transition effectively to solar-powered communities, serving as models for other villages across the country.

PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana was implemented on February 29, 2024. The scheme has an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore and is to be implemented till FY 2026-27.