India's green energy ambitions took centre stage at the BharatRE Summit 2026, where Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma amplified a powerful message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi — that India's innovations in renewable energy are not just for Indians, but for all of humanity. The occasion: a national renewable energy summit that brought India's solar story into sharp, global focus.

PM Modi's Words: From India's Rooftops to the World

Quoting the Prime Minister directly, CM Sharma shared: 'Bharat ke innovation, Bharat ke anubhav — hum chahte hain ki iska labh poori manavta ko mile' ('India's innovations, India's experiences — we want all of humanity to benefit from them'). The statement frames India's renewable push not as domestic policy alone, but as a contribution to the global energy transition.

At the heart of that vision is the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, launched in February 2024. The scheme targets the installation of rooftop solar panels on one crore (10 million) households, delivering up to 300 units of free electricity per month to enrolled families. It is one of the most ambitious decentralised solar programmes in the world.

65 Lakh Homes in 24-25 Months — The Pace of the Rollout

The numbers from the Prime Minister's address are striking: in just 24 to 25 months, more than 65 lakh (6.5 million) households have already joined the scheme. That is nearly two-thirds of the one-crore target, achieved in roughly half the anticipated timeline — a rollout velocity that few national infrastructure programmes have matched.

For Rajasthan — a state with some of India's highest solar irradiation levels and a key implementation partner in the central scheme — the summit and its messaging carry particular weight. The state has its own ambitious renewable energy targets, and the PM Surya Ghar scheme sits squarely within that broader architecture.

Clean Energy as the Core of Energy Security

PM Modi's line — 'Energy Security ka future Clean Energy mein hai' ('The future of energy security lies in clean energy') — distils the strategic logic behind India's solar scale-up. India's electricity demand is rising rapidly, and dependence on fossil fuel imports creates both economic and geopolitical vulnerability. Rooftop solar directly addresses both: it decentralises generation, cuts import bills, and puts power — literally — in the hands of individual households.

This philosophy has roots going back to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission of 2010, which laid the foundation for grid-connected solar in India. The PM Surya Ghar scheme takes that legacy into the household, turning rooftops into power plants and consumers into producers.

India's success in this space, the Prime Minister and CM Sharma both signal, is a model ready for export — especially to emerging economies navigating the same tension between development and decarbonisation. The world is watching the Indian rooftop.