Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant distributed state subsidy of PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana to the beneficiaries and also launched ‘Goem Vinamulya Veej Yevjan’ at a function organised by Goa Energy Development Agency, Department of New and Renewable Energy and Goa Electricity Department.
Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Sudin Dhavalikar; Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Ramesh Tawadkar; Bicholim MLA, Dr Chandrakant Shetye; and Chief Electrical Engineer, Stephen Fernande were also present.
In his address, Dr Sawant hailed the initiative in Goa as probably the first state in the country to launch the Muft Bijli Yojana (Goem Vinamulya Veej Yevjan).
PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana is a Central Scheme that aims to provide free electricity to one crore households in India, who opt to install roof top solar electricity unit. The households will be able to get 300 units of electricity free every month. It was approved by the Union Cabinet on February 29th, with an outlay of Rs.75,021 crore.
The scheme provides for a subsidy of 60% of the solar unit cost for systems up to 2 kW capacity and 40 percent of additional system cost for systems between 2 to 3 kW capacity. The subsidy has been capped at 3 kW capacity. At current benchmark prices, this will mean Rs 30,000 subsidy for 1 kW system, Rs 60,000 for 2 kW systems and Rs 78,000 for 3 kW systems or higher.
