PM Surya Ghar May Get 3, 4 Month Extension as Successor Scheme Takes Shape

India's flagship PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana may receive a three-to-four-month extension if needed, even as the government begins consultations on a successor scheme, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

The rooftop solar programme is currently scheduled to run until March 2027 and aims to bring solar power to one crore households.

The government expects the scheme to reach more than 90 lakh households before the March 2027 deadline, the ministry told ETEnergyWorld. If additional time is required, the programme could be extended by a few months.

"We should be able to reach 90 lakh-plus households before March 2027. If an extension of a few months – three to four – is required, we will do that," the ministry said in response to queries from ETEnergyWorld.

At the same time, the government is considering what comes after PM Surya Ghar.

"A successor scheme to PMSG is under stakeholder consultation," the ministry said.

The development comes as the programme crosses the halfway mark towards its one crore-household target. More than 50 lakh households have benefited from PM Surya Ghar so far, according to the government.

An August 4, 2026, government release said 50.06 lakh households had benefited from rooftop solar installations under the scheme by early August. July alone saw 5.06 lakh households benefit, the highest monthly figure recorded since the programme was launched.

The pace of installations has accelerated significantly. According to the government, the average daily installation rate increased from 5,038 in October 2025 to nearly 16,328 a day in July 2026.

By August 12, the number of households benefiting from the scheme had risen further to 51.58 lakh, according to a subsequent government update cited by ETEnergyWorld.

The progress is substantial, but the final stretch remains challenging. Even at July's pace of roughly five lakh households a month, reaching the full one crore target by March 2027 would require the programme to maintain or further increase its installation rate.

The government had previously set an intermediate target of reaching 75 lakh households by December 2026.

PM Surya Ghar was launched in February 2024 with an outlay of ₹75,021 crore. Beyond providing rooftop solar systems to households, the scheme aims to add 30 GW of residential rooftop solar capacity across the country.

The government has introduced several measures to accelerate adoption, including increased central financial assistance for the first 2 kW of rooftop solar capacity, concessional collateral-free loans and models designed to make installations easier to deploy.

For households considering rooftop solar, the bigger question now is what happens after the current scheme reaches its scheduled end.

The government's consultation on a successor programme suggests rooftop solar will remain a policy priority beyond March 2027. But the details of that next scheme have not yet been announced.

For now, the immediate focus remains on closing the gap between the more than 50 lakh households already covered and the programme's one crore-household target. Whether that can happen before March 2027—or requires a short extension—will depend on how quickly installations continue over the coming months.