Overview
- Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai flagged off the Surya Rath awareness vehicle in Raipur to promote solar adoption and scheme benefits.
- The state transferred ₹1.85 crore to 618 beneficiaries, providing ₹30,000 each under the PM Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme.
- Letters of Award under PM KUSUM were issued to beneficiaries to support on-site generation, lower energy costs, and enable sale of surplus power.
- Two technical publications were released—on distributed renewables and grid stability and an agrivoltaics handbook—to guide integration of solar with the power system and farming.
- Sai said the state is moving from halved bills toward free electricity as implementation scales, citing current 30,000 MW generation capacity and ₹3.50 lakh crore in energy-sector MoUs, aligned with India’s 2070 net-zero target.