In summer, people's home electricity bills increase significantly because ACs, coolers, and fans are used to avoid heat. Many people who have more electric appliances in their houses have even higher bills.
At the same time, in the winter season also, people use heaters, geysers, and immersion rods to avoid winter. The use of all these things also brings a lot of electricity bills. Many people are looking for ways to reduce electricity bills.
The best option for this is to get a solar panel installed at home. This makes your home electricity bill zero. But you can use electrical appliances. The government also gives subsidies for solar panels.
The Government of India has set a target of making electricity bills zero across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Suryoday Yojana. Under this scheme, solar panels will be installed on the roofs of houses. The scheme aims to benefit one crore people.
The government has set some eligibility criteria under the Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana. Only eligible people will be able to get benefits in the schemes. Those people can apply in the scheme whose annual family income is Rs 1.5 lakh or less.
People who come under the purview of paying income tax. Or those who do government jobs or someone in their family does a government job, those people are not given benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana.
If someone wants to take advantage of the Suryodaya Yojana to get solar panels installed in their house. So one can apply for getting solar panels installed by visiting the official website of the scheme https://www.pmsuryaghar.gov.in/.
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