{"id":77829,"date":"2021-01-16T15:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=77829"},"modified":"2021-03-01T13:50:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:20:52","slug":"grid-connected-rooftop-solar-scheme-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/grid-connected-rooftop-solar-scheme-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:\u00a0<\/strong>Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has cautioned consumers against rooftop solar companies that are claiming to be authorised vendors for the implementation of the Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme. The scheme is being implemented only by power distribution companies(DISCOMS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme(Phase-II)<\/strong>: The scheme aims to generate solar power by installing solar panels on the roof of the houses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:\u00a0<\/strong>To achieve the cumulative capacity of 40,000 MW from Rooftop Solar(RTS) Projects by the year 2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Subsidy:\u00a0<\/strong>Under this scheme, the Ministry is providing 40% subsidy for the first 3 kW and 20% subsidy beyond 3 kW and up to 10 kW.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation:\u00a0<\/strong>The scheme is being implemented in the state only by DISCOMs.The DISCOMs have empaneled vendors through the bidding process and have decided rates for setting up a rooftop solar plant.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condition:\u00a0<\/strong>Subsidy will be available for the residential sector only and for availing the benefit of subsidy, indigenously manufactured PV Modules and Cells are to be used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incentives to Discoms:\u00a0<\/strong>Performance-based incentives are provided to DISCOMs based on Rooftop Solar capacity achieved in a financial year over and above the base capacity i.e. cumulative capacity achieved at the end of previous financial year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1688826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Article Source<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has cautioned consumers against rooftop solar companies that are claiming to be authorised vendors for the implementation of the Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme. The scheme is being implemented only by power distribution companies(DISCOMS). Facts: Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme(Phase-II): The scheme aims to generate solar power by installing solar&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/grid-connected-rooftop-solar-scheme-centre\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Scheme<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,959],"tags":[1397],"class_list":["post-77829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-schemes","tag-eco_9","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702002940},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}