Govt. Scheme -
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Programme
Objective
To achieve a cumulative installed capacity of 40,000 MW from Grid Connected Rooftop Solar (RTS) projects.
Salient Features
Central Financial Assistance (CFA)/Subsidy is provided to the residential electricity consumers under Component-A and incentives are provided to DISCOMs under Component-B of this programme.
To avail CFA a residential consumer has to apply for installation of Grid Connected Roof Top Solar (GCRTS) through any of following two mechanisms:
Mechanism-1
Applicable through National Portal for Roof top Solar
Applicable CFA will be transferred directly to the consumers account after successful installation (by empanelled vendors) and verification by State DISCOMs
The consumer has to pay only the balance amount after deducting the subsidy/CFA to the bank account of an empanelled vendor after successful installation and verification by the State DISCOMs
