{"id":2906,"date":"2026-04-23T08:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:52:56","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-about-pm-surya-ghar-muft-bijli-yojana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/prelims\/consider-the-following-statements-about-pm-surya-ghar-muft-bijli-yojana","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements about PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. It targets installation of&nbsp;<strong>one crore solar rooftop<\/strong>&nbsp;panels in the residential sector.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. The&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of New and Renewable Energy<\/strong>&nbsp;aims to impart training on installation, operation, maintenance and repairs of solar_rooftop systems at grassroot levels.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">III. It aims to create more than three lakhs skilled manpower through fresh skilling, and upskilling, under scheme component of capacity building.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above are&nbsp;<strong>correct?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>I and II only\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I and III only\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II and III only\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I, II and III\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) I, II and III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana<\/strong>, launched in February 2024, is an ambitious initiative by the Government of India\u00a0<strong>aiming to install rooftop solar panels in one crore (10 million) households in the residential sector by March 2027<\/strong>. This large-scale adoption of solar energy is a significant step towards achieving energy self-reliance and promoting sustainable energy practices across the nation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has emphasized the importance of capacity building under this scheme.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>It plans to\u00a0<strong>provide training at the grassroots level on the installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of solar rooftop systems.\u00a0<\/strong>This initiative ensures that there is adequate skilled manpower to support the widespread adoption of solar energy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A critical component of the scheme is the\u00a0<strong>development of a skilled workforce<\/strong>\u00a0to support the solar energy sector.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The objectives include:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Training Over 3 Lakh Individuals<\/strong>: Through a combination of\u00a0<strong>fresh skilling and up-skilling programs.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Specialized Roles<\/strong>: Out of these,\u00a0<strong>at least 1 lakh individuals will be trained as Solar PV Technicians<\/strong>, specializing in photovoltaic systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These initiatives are part of the scheme\u2019s capacity building component, aiming to empower individuals with the necessary skills to contribute to the solar energy ecosystem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PM-Surya-Ghar-Muft-Bijli-Yojana-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53895\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. It targets installation of&nbsp;one crore solar rooftop&nbsp;panels in the residential sector.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; II. The&nbsp;Ministry of New and Renewable Energy&nbsp;aims to impart training on installation, operation, maintenance and repairs of solar_rooftop systems at grassroot levels.&nbsp;&nbsp; III. It aims to create more than three lakhs skilled manpower through fresh skilling, and upskilling, under scheme component of capacity&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[47],"years":[63],"class_list":["post-2906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prelims","category-upsc","tag-international-relations","years-63"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"},{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"}],"post_tag":[{"value":47,"label":"International Relations"}],"years":[{"value":63,"label":"2025"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1},{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":47,"name":"International Relations","slug":"international-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}