The Ministry of New and Renewable Power (MNRE) has prolonged the deadline for submitting claims for Central Monetary Help (CFA) underneath the erstwhile Grid Linked Rooftop Photo voltaic (RTS) Section II programme to November 30, 2026, offering further time for eligible shoppers whose rooftop photo voltaic installations have reached the redeemed, inspected or put in stage.
Based on the amended operational pointers for the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, all functions underneath the Section II rooftop photo voltaic programme which have reached the redeemed, inspected or put in stage will stay eligible for CFA, offered the declare is obtained by November 30, 2026. The CFA for these functions will proceed to be ruled by the respective RTS Section II programme pointers.
Changing Earlier Deadline
The most recent modification replaces the sooner deadline of December 31, 2025, for submission of such claims. Importantly, the amended clause removes the sooner provision coping with functions that had been submitted underneath the Section II programme however remained uninstalled as of April 1, 2025. Below the sooner provision, such functions have been to be declared ineligible for CFA and deleted from the database, with shoppers allowed to re-apply underneath PM-Surya Ghar sooner or later. The revised clause not incorporates this provision.
The transfer comes as the federal government continues to transition legacy rooftop photo voltaic functions from the Grid Linked Rooftop Photo voltaic Section II programme into the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana framework. The Section II programme, which had been carried out by each tender and Nationwide Portal modes, was subsumed into PM-Surya Ghar following the launch of the brand new scheme on February 13, 2024. The PM-Surya Ghar pointers present that ongoing liabilities underneath the sooner programme would proceed to be met from the brand new scheme’s budgetary outlay, whereas claims can be ruled by the relevant Section II pointers.
Section II claims retain earlier subsidy construction
For functions obtained underneath the Section II programme earlier than the launch of PM-Surya Ghar, the relevant subsidy will depend on when the primary declare was submitted. Claims submitted earlier than January 5, 2024, are eligible for subsidy of ₹14,588/kW for capability as much as 3 kW and ₹7,294/kW for capability past 3 kW as much as 10 kW. For claims first submitted on or after January 5, 2024, the relevant charges are ₹18,000/kW for capability as much as 3 kW and ₹9,000/kW thereafter as much as 10 kW.
In distinction, new functions underneath PM-Surya Ghar are coated by the scheme’s revised CFA construction, underneath which residential shoppers obtain help for as much as 3 kW of rooftop photo voltaic capability, with no further CFA past 3 kW.
What the November 30 deadline means
The most recent modification successfully provides the remaining eligible Section II functions further time to finish the declare course of. The important thing situation is that the appliance will need to have already reached the redeemed, inspected or put in stage underneath the Section II programme. The amended provision doesn’t, nonetheless, specify within the displayed clause any recent eligibility for functions that had not reached these levels. As a substitute, it removes the sooner express provision that such uninstalled functions as of April 1, 2025 can be deleted and will subsequently re-apply underneath PM-Surya Ghar.
For eligible legacy initiatives, the extension may assist stop the lack of subsidy claims as a result of the CFA underneath Section II continues to be decided based on the programme’s authentic pointers somewhat than the newer PM-Surya Ghar subsidy construction. The PM-Surya Ghar scheme itself is concentrating on one crore residential rooftop photo voltaic installations and is scheduled to run till March 31, 2027.
