{"id":7372,"date":"2026-07-13T01:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2026-07-13T03:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:43:43","slug":"small-towns-beat-big-cities-in-rooftop-solar-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7372","title":{"rendered":"Small towns beat big cities in rooftop solar adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/small-towns-beat-big-cities-in-rooftop-solar-adoption\/articleshow\/132352059.cms\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/photo\/132352059.cms\" \/><\/a>Smaller urban centers are leading India&#8217;s rooftop solar adoption, surpassing major metropolitan areas. The Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana promotes rooftop solar installations for households. This government scheme has seen rapid progress and aims to benefit many households. Over 36 lakh rooftop solar systems have already been installed across the country. Efforts are now focused on expanding urban reach and assisting low-income households.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smaller urban centers are leading India&#8217;s rooftop solar adoption, surpassing major metropolitan areas. The Pradhan Mantri &hellip; <a title=\"Small towns beat big cities in rooftop solar adoption\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7372\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Small towns beat big cities in rooftop solar adoption<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Small towns beat big cities in rooftop solar adoption -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7372\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Small towns beat big cities in rooftop solar adoption -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smaller urban centers are leading India&#8217;s rooftop solar adoption, surpassing major metropolitan areas. 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