UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

The PM SuryaGhar scheme proposes capital subsidies and financing support for rooftop solar systems on one crore households. By enabling families to generate their own power and receive up to 300 units of free electricity per month, it can lower electricity bills and reduce reliance on coal-based generation. The scheme also turns citizens into active participants in the energy transition, promoting a more decentralised and just renewable-energy system.

Option A:
This option is incorrect because the scheme focuses on solar, not fossil-fuel generators.

Option B:
This option correctly summarises how rooftop solar can simultaneously advance social welfare, climate mitigation and citizen empowerment.

Option C:
Benefits are targeted at households, not limited to large industries; industrial policies exist in separate programmes.

Option D:
The scheme builds upon, rather than dismantles, the idea of distributed generation and net-metering; it encourages rooftop solar adoption.