# The government will provide Rs 35,000 subsidy for 1kW solar systems

- ID: P09-A-02#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p09-a-02-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p09-a-02-2)
- Pillar: 9. World-Class Infrastructure
- Section: A. Electricity and Green Energy
- Manifesto page: 78
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The TVK government will provide a solar power subsidy of Rs 35,000 for 1kW systems.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government said it will introduce a rooftop solar subsidy scheme.

**So far:** Introduction of a rooftop solar subsidy scheme in convergence with national schemes

**Not yet seen:** The promised subsidy amount and system capacity are not mentioned in the budget announcement.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 48: A new 'Rooftop Solar Subsidy Scheme' will be introduced in convergence with the 'Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana'. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=48))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.