Model Solar Village:
The Scheme Guidelines for implementation of ‘Model Solar Village’ under PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana have been notified by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
- Model Solar Village aims to create one Model Solar Village per district across India.
- Goal is to promote solar energy adoption and enable village communities to become self-reliant in meeting their energy needs.
- A total financial outlay of ₹800 crore has been allocated for this component, providing ₹1 crore per selected Model Solar Village.
- In order to be considered a village under the competition mode, a village must be a revenue village with a population size above 5,000 (or 2,000 for special category states).
- The selection process involves a competitive mode where villages are assessed on their overall distributed renewable energy (RE) capacity installed 6 months after the declaration of the potential candidate by the District Level Committee (DLC).
- The winning village in each district, with the highest RE capacity, will receive a central financial assistance grant of ₹1 crore
- The implementation of this scheme will be done by the State/UT Renewable Energy Development Agency under the supervision of the District Level Committee (DLC).
