FOR HOMES & HOUSING SOCIETIES

Rooftop Solar for Your Home or Society, Explained Neutrally

Whether it is a single flat or a 300-home society, the path is the same: understand the basics, claim the right subsidy, and check the numbers before any vendor quotes you. Nothing here is sold — pick your track below.

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Homes

Up to ₹78,000

PM Surya Ghar: ₹30,000/kW for the first 2 kW, ₹18,000 for the third — paid to your bank, never a vendor. Requires ALMM-listed DCR panels.

Housing Societies

₹18,000 / kW

For common-area loads — lifts, pumps, lobby lighting, clubhouses — up to 500 kW under the GHS/RWA lane of PM Surya Ghar.

See Your State’s Subsidy Process

For Homeowners

You heard solar cuts the bill by 90%. It can — when the panels, subsidy paperwork, and installer are right. Start with the three steps every homeowner should take first.

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Understand How Solar Works

Panels, inverter, net meter — and what solar does and does not do.

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Check Your Subsidy

Up to ₹78,000 under PM Surya Ghar, paid straight to your bank account.

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Run Your Numbers

System size, savings and payback from just your bill and roof area.

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For Housing Societies

Society solar stalls in meetings, not on rooftops. These are the numbers, templates, and contract checks that turn a two-year debate into a one-AGM decision — from a neutral source no vendor pays.

CAPEX vs RESCO Calculator

Own the plant or take a zero-investment PPA? 25-year IRR, NPV, payback and the crossover chart a treasurer can present.

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CAPEX vs RESCO Decision Guide

The PPA clauses to scrutinise before the general body votes — escalation, deemed generation, buyout, roof licence.

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The 163 kW Society Blueprint

How societies offset nearly their whole common-area bill — real generation figures and honest economics.

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Stuck on a confusing quote, a subsidy status, or a committee decision? Write to hello@hariturjamission.com — we answer as a neutral reference, not a seller.

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