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Treat the subsidy as a workflow with evidence at every handoff

Treat the subsidy as a workflow with evidence at every handoff. Check the cause, evidence to keep, recovery steps, and escalation.

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PM Surya Ghar applications involve the national portal, the consumer’s electricity connection/DISCOM process, a registered vendor, installation and verification steps before subsidy payment. Do not hand full control to an installer and assume the government portal will correct every mistake later.

What applies to this exact problem

PM Surya Ghar applications involve the national portal, the consumer’s electricity connection/DISCOM process, a registered vendor, installation and verification steps before subsidy payment. Do not hand full control to an installer and assume the government portal will correct every mistake later.

Keep one case file from registration to subsidy credit

StageEvidence to keep
Portal registrationConsumer details and application/reference number
DISCOM/technical stepApproval/status messages required in your state
Vendor selectionRegistered-vendor details, quotation and scope
InstallationInvoice, module/inverter serials, photos and commissioning records
Meter/inspectionNet-metering/inspection status where applicable
Subsidy claimPortal status and verified bank details

Use the live official portal for subsidy amounts and eligibility

Scheme values and implementation details can change. Check the live PM Surya Ghar portal and MNRE before committing to a system size based on an old subsidy graphic. State/DISCOM procedures can also differ.

Choose system size from consumption and roof reality

Subsidy is not a reason to oversize. Review 12 months of electricity consumption, sanctioned load, usable unshaded roof area, orientation, structural condition and expected future demand. Ask the vendor for generation assumptions and compare them with your actual daytime/load pattern.

Separate the vendor price from the subsidy

Write the gross installed price, what you pay to the vendor, any loan amount, and the expected subsidy as separate lines. Do not pay an inflated price merely because a subsidy is expected later. Finance affordability should survive a delay in subsidy credit.

When status stalls

Identify the exact pending actor: portal data, vendor upload, DISCOM inspection/metering, bank validation or another step. Escalate that step with the reference number and evidence. A generic “subsidy not received” complaint is slower to solve.

Decision rule: proceed only when you can audit the system economics without the subsidy, then treat the confirmed scheme benefit as a reduction after the official workflow is satisfied.

Check these first

  • State the exact expected result and the exact result you have now.
  • Find the official record that owns the result and compare it with your evidence.
  • Change one thing at a time, then verify the final state before moving on.

Fix it in this order

  1. State the exact expected result and the exact result you have now.
  2. Find the official record that owns the result and compare it with your evidence.
  3. Separate hardware, installer, DISCOM/net-meter, portal, and subsidy status. They are different failure points.
  4. Record system size, module/inverter details, commissioning date, generation data, application IDs, and promised scope.
  5. Compare actual installation and generation with the signed quote, warranty, and portal/DISCOM records.
  6. Ask the responsible party for the exact pending action and owner of that action in writing.
  7. Do not close the job until safety checks, commissioning, monitoring, and applicable net-meter/subsidy records reconcile.

Build the proof pack

  • Signed quote and scope
  • Module/inverter serials and warranty
  • DISCOM/portal application IDs
  • Generation data, photos, and installer tickets

Avoid making the case harder

  • Paying the final amount before checking agreed milestones
  • Assuming low generation is automatically a bad panel
  • Treating installer completion as DISCOM/subsidy completion

How you know it is really fixed

  • The official record and your real-world result agree.
  • You have enough written evidence to prove the issue is finished if it returns later.

If it is still not fixed

  1. Installer/vendor grievance
  2. DISCOM/portal grievance route
  3. Consumer forum or other official remedy where appropriate

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