Subsidies for household rooftop photovoltaic panels

With the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, eligible households in India can now receive a solar panel subsidy of up to ₹78,000 on installing grid-connected rooftop solar systems. In this guide, we break down everything you need to know — from eligibility and system selection to the application process and other critical details.

40% state subsidy for rooftop solar systems up to 3 kW. 20% state subsidy for capacity above 3 kW and up to 10 kW. These subsidies apply only to private residential consumers, and the installation must be carried out by empanelled vendors under the state program.

Approximately 100 million households rely on rooftop solar PV by 2030 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

The review of policy incentives from different counties shows that FiT, rebate policies, and special PV programs (California Solar Initiative) exert significant positive in PV promotion. In contrast, an upfront subsidy may be more effective than a post-subsidy.

Statistics reveal that the gap of subsidy in the PV industry reached 60 billion yuan in 2018. If no measures are taken, the subsidies for PV industry may reach 250 billion yuan by 2020. The renewable subsidies in a number of countries show the reduction trends with the increasing years, examples include Germany and the U.S..

With the rapid decline in the price of PV systems observed in recent years, countries have begun to reduce subsidies for photovoltaic generation, especially for utility-scale plants. However, distributed generation systems also remain heavily dependent on incentive policies.