CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, A review meeting was held by the committee formed for the implementation and supervision of PM Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme in the new auditorium located in the Collectorate under the chairmanship of District Magistrate Manish Bansal.
In the meeting, information and publicity about PM Surya Ghar Scheme, problems of vendors, availability and timely installation of net meter, timely issuance and amendment of electricity bill, coordination with banks for loan, target of various banks for loan, availability of solar panel, inverter along with loan to the vendor etc. were discussed. District Magistrate Manish Bansal directed to provide 100% benefit of the scheme to the eligible beneficiaries of urban and rural areas after online registration against the target of 45 thousand allotted to the district under the scheme. For this, he instructed the officials of Municipal Corporation, Development Authority and Electricity Department to set targets and complete them 100%. He said that detailed information of the scheme should be made available to the beneficiary and whatever problem the beneficiary is facing in online registration, it should be resolved immediately by establishing coordination with the department. Beneficiaries should also be informed about the maintenance of the plant installed under the scheme and every possible effort should be made to provide bank loan to the beneficiaries for the installation of the plant. The amount spent by the consumer in the installation of solar plants is reimbursed in 4 to 5 years in the form of savings in electricity bill. The life span of the plant is about 25 years. Therefore, the consumer will continue to receive electricity produced from the plant free of cost for the remaining 20 years. After the installation of the plant, the grant allowed by the Central Government and State Government is received in the consumer's account. Under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana Free Electricity Scheme, subsidy will be given on plants installed from 01 to 10 kilowatts. A grant of 45 thousand to about 1.08 lakh rupees can be obtained. Project Officer, UPNEDA RB Verma, while explaining about the scheme, said that in addition to the grant of the Central Government under the scheme, subsidy is also being provided to the domestic electricity consumers by the Uttar Pradesh government. To avail the benefits of the scheme, one has to apply online on the national portal https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in. Bank loan facility is available for the installation of solar rooftop plant at only 07 percent interest rate by various banks. He said that solar rooftop plant should be installed only through the authorized vendor available on the portal. On this occasion, Chief Development Officer Sumit Rajesh Mahajan, Chief Engineer Electricity SK Aggarwal, Chief Manager, District Lead Bank, Praveen Jamuar, Anupam Gupta from Laghu Udyog Bharati, representatives of various banks, Municipal Corporation officials, Executive Officer, Electricity Department officials, empanelled vendors etc were present.