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Consider the following statements about 'PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana' : I. It targets installation of one crore solar rooftop panels in the residential sector. II. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy aims to impart training on installation, operation, maintenance and repairs of solar rooftop systems at grassroot levels. III. It aims to create more than three lakhs skilled manpower through fresh skilling, and up-skilling, under scheme component of capacity building. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Explanation
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is a transformative initiative by the Government of India aimed at promoting solar energy adoption and energy independence.
- Statement I is correct: The primary objective of the scheme is to achieve the installation of rooftop solar systems in 1 crore households across the residential sector.
- Statement II is correct: To ensure quality installations and better consumer experience, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) imparts training on the installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of solar rooftop systems at the grassroots level.
- Statement III is correct: The scheme's capacity-building guidelines explicitly state the goal of creating more than 3 lakh skilled manpower through fresh skilling and up-skilling programs. Out of these, at least 1 lakh individuals will be specifically trained as Solar PV Technicians.
Since all three statements are correct, Option D is the right answer.
PROVENANCE & STUDY PATTERN
Guest previewThis is a 'Flagship Scheme' deep-dive. While standard books cover the National Solar Mission, the specific targets (1 crore households, 3 lakh skilled workers) are lifted directly from the scheme's launch PIB release. You cannot answer this with static knowledge alone; you must read the 'Key Highlights' of major PM-schemes.
This question can be broken into the following sub-statements. Tap a statement sentence to jump into its detailed analysis.
- Official PIB press release states the scheme's vision is to supply solar power to one crore households by March 2027.
- The passage explicitly links the initiative to rooftop installations for households, indicating residential targeting.
- A government training document refers to 'installation of 1 crore rooftops across residential sectors', directly matching the one crore rooftops target.
- This passage explicitly frames the target in the residential sector and discusses related implementation needs (technicians).
- The conclusion of the PIB material reiterates that installations are projected to reach the target of one crore by March 2027.
- This reinforces the stated timeline and target number for household rooftop installations under the scheme.
Gives an explicit national target breakdown under the National Solar Mission — 40 GW of the revised 100 GW target is expected from rooftop installations.
A student could combine the 40 GW rooftop target with a typical residential system size (e.g., kW per household) to estimate how many rooftop systems would be needed and see if that aligns with 'one crore' units.
States the overall revised solar generation capacity target (100 GW), providing context for scale of rooftop deployment within broader national goals.
Use the 100 GW national target as an upper bound to judge whether a claim of one crore residential panels is consistent with national ambitions and capacity.
Reports that over 650,000 solar PV systems have been installed in the country, giving a historical baseline for number of systems already deployed.
Compare the existing ~650k installations to the claimed one crore (10 million) to assess the plausibility and required rate of scale-up from current levels.
Notes India’s annual solar cell manufacturing capacity (~3 GW) versus demand (~20 GW), indicating supply constraints and reliance on imports.
A student could translate GW manufacturing capacity into approximate numbers of panels/systems per year to see if domestic manufacturing could support installation of one crore systems without large imports.
Mentions that subsidies and mandatory measures have been used previously to promote residential solar (e.g., solar water heaters), showing that residential-targeted incentives are a recognized policy approach.
Use this pattern to infer that a scheme claiming mass residential rooftop deployment would likely include subsidy/mandate mechanisms — a student could check whether PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana includes such measures.
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