Camp to popularise PM Surya Ghar scheme to be held on Tuesday

The Puducherry Electricity Department volition organise a day-long campy to further popularise PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana strategy (PMSGMBY) astatine Kamban Kalai Arangam connected Tuesday.

During the camp, eligible residential consumers could get accusation connected the strategy and enroll connected the spot for installing Rooftop Solar PV Plants. Interested consumers should transportation a transcript of energy measure for enrollment, a merchandise said.

Applications to get subsidy constituent from Puducherry authorities volition beryllium distributed astatine the camp. Consumers intending to use for the State subsidy should transportation a transcript of Aadhaar card, a transcript of the beforehand leafage of slope passbook oregon a cancelled cheque.

Under the PMSGMBY programme, consumers are eligible to get a subsidy of ₹30,000 from Central authorities and ₹10,00 from the Union Territory for installation of a 1 KW capableness PV plant.

The Central subsidy constituent for installing a 2 KW capableness works is ₹60,000 portion the Union Territory provides a subsidy of ₹20,000. Consumers are entitled to get a Central subsidy of ₹78,000 for 3 KW and supra capableness works and ₹30,000 from the Union Territory, the merchandise said.

So acold successful the Union Territory, 3,721 consumers person commissioned star plants successful the rooftops of their dwelling units and astir ₹26.96 crore has been disbursed arsenic subsidy for the scheme, the merchandise added.