Rooftop solar is quietly rewriting electricity bills across Telangana — and Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy wants every household in the state to know it. On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the BJP Telangana state president took to X to highlight the on-ground momentum of PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship rooftop solar subsidy scheme, pointing to a striking milestone: more than 65,000 homes in Telangana have already gone solar under the programme.

65,000 homes and counting: Telangana's solar milestone

Writing in Telugu, Kishan Reddy framed the scheme as direct financial relief — 'విద్యుత్ బిల్లుల నుంచి ప్రజలకు ఉపశమనం' ('relief from electricity bills for the people'). The post underscores that the subsidy — up to ₹78,000 per eligible household — is transferred directly into the beneficiary's bank account, bypassing intermediaries. He urged residents to apply immediately via the scheme's official portal.

The numbers, if borne out, mark a significant uptake in a state that has historically relied on thermal power. For Telangana's urban and peri-urban households, the proposition is simple: install a rooftop solar unit, draw up to 300 units of free electricity every month, and receive a lump-sum subsidy that offsets a large share of the capital cost.

What PM Surya Ghar actually offers — and why the subsidy design matters

PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana was launched in 2024 with an ambitious national target of rooftop solar installations in one crore (10 million) households across India. The scheme is administered through the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and sits within the broader canvas of the National Solar Mission. Its defining feature is direct benefit transfer: rather than routing subsidies through state electricity boards or installers, eligible families receive the support straight into verified bank accounts — a design intended to cut leakage and speed adoption.

The ₹78,000 ceiling subsidy is calibrated to system size: larger rooftop installations attract a higher absolute subsidy. For a middle-income family spending ₹2,000–₹3,000 monthly on electricity, a fully subsidised rooftop unit can turn that recurring cost close to zero within the first few years. The arithmetic is compelling — and that, clearly, is the political pitch Kishan Reddy is amplifying.

BJP's Telangana play: clean energy as a welfare message

The post arrives at a moment when the BJP is working to deepen its footprint in Telangana, a state currently governed by the Congress-led government. Kishan Reddy, simultaneously the Union minister overseeing coal policy and the state party chief, is positioning a central welfare scheme as tangible, measurable delivery — the kind that shows up not in press releases but in household savings. The choice to communicate in Telugu, and to anchor the message in a direct call to action ('apply now'), signals a constituency-facing outreach rather than a legislative announcement.

Nationally, the rooftop solar rollout is one of several distributed-energy initiatives India is scaling as it pursues its 500 GW renewable capacity target by 2030. State-level adoption rates will be a key metric in parliamentary reviews of the scheme's progress — making Telangana's reported 65,000-home figure a data point worth watching as official audits catch up.