India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy says the country’s rooftop solar program has commissioned 14.8 GW of rooftop solar capacity across over 5 million households.
India’s rooftop solar program has supported over 5 million households with rooftop solar installations, while cumulative rooftop solar capacity commissioned under the scheme has reached 14.8 GW, according to the country’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
The milestone has been reached just over two years after the scheme’s launch. For comparison, around 794,000 rooftop solar installations were installed in the preceding decade.
The government scheme, known as PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, is India’s flagship residential rooftop solar program. Implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the scheme is backed by funding of INR 750.21 billion ($8.6 billion).
MNRE says the program is adding around 100,000 households every six days, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing clean energy initiatives. The pace of installations has increased 3.2-fold over the past nine months, rising from 5,038 installations per day in October 2025 to nearly 16,328 per day in July 2026.
