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Rooftop solar

Homes going solar under the PM Surya Ghar scheme, and the states leading it.

Updated 6 November 2026.

65.86 lakh
homes now make their own units under PM Surya Ghar

As of 5 November 2026. Source: PM Surya Ghar national portal.

Progress and the cost of waiting

65.9% of the way to one crore homes.

34.14 lakh homes to go before March 2027. For a Pune flat using 150 units a month, each year of waiting gives up about ₹12,812 in savings.

65.86 lakh homes nowGoal: 100 lakh by March 2027

Goal: PIB (Rajya Sabha reply). Current: PM Surya Ghar portal. Saving: our Maharashtra worked example.

By state

Maharashtra and Gujarat lead, with more than 13 lakh homes each.

Count your units
Maharashtra
13.77
Gujarat
13.12
Uttar Pradesh
9.61
Andhra Pradesh
5.18
Kerala
4.09
Rajasthan
3.81
Odisha
2.80
Madhya Pradesh
2.07

Homes benefiting, lakh, top eight states, 5 November 2026. Households benefiting, top eight states. The portal also counts 55.8 lakh systems installed; one system can serve more than one household. Source: PM Surya Ghar portal.

How we measure this

What this covers, and what it leaves out.

Households benefiting from rooftop systems commissioned under PM Surya Ghar, from the scheme’s national portal, which updates daily. It leaves out rooftop solar installed outside the scheme, including on commercial, industrial and government buildings.

Sources
  1. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana national portal: scheme achievement and state-wise progress, Updated daily; figures as on 5 November 2026
  2. Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Power, Renewable energy integration (Rajya Sabha reply), Release 2236994, 9 March 2026
  3. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Guidelines for PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, central financial assistance to residential consumers, Office memorandum of 7 June 2024, as amended to 31 August 2026
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