PANAJI
The Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy has released subsidies to the tune of over Rs 54.94 lakhs to 71 Goan beneficiaries under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.
As per the information provided, subsidies of 131 consumers have been redeemed, which comes to around Rs 97.08 lakhs of which payment has been released to 71 beneficiaries as on date.
The Goan had highlighted that nearly 400-odd consumers in Goa, who have installed rooftop solar plants on their houses at their own cost and are eligible for a subsidy, are waiting for Central assistance under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, for more than six months now. Pending central subsidy, the State government is in no position to release their share, thus leaving consumers frustrated.
The data released by the Ministry further states that the feasibility of 3,902 consumers has been approved installation with total 208 rooftops.
In February, this year, the National Rooftop Solar portal, was migrated to the PM Surya Ghar portal- making it a single platform to apply for Central and State subsidy.
The revised scheme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20 and is expected to benefit one crore households.
Under the scheme, 1 kW: the subsidy is Rs 30,000, 2 kW: the subsidy is Rs 60,000 and 3 kW or higher: the subsidy is Rs 78,000 or higher.
In Goa, over 820 consumers have installed solar rooftops with a total capacity of 23,260 kW. The State subsidy is restricted to 50 per cent for the first 10 kWp and subsidy restricting to 10 per cent beyond 10 kWp upto 30 kWp of sanction load to the Residential consumers based on the benchmark cost provided by MNRE.
