It is sustainable, climate-friendly and can help slash your surging power bills. After nearly a decade-long campaign and a boom in the renewable energy market, rooftop solar panels haven’t yet become a popular choice for a majority of the Indian households. However, a new government scheme intends to change that. ALSO READ | ‘Green & Clean’: Budget Boost to India’s ‘Net Zero’ Ambition; Support for Rooftop Solar, Offshore Wind With a massive outlay of nearly Rs 75,000 crore, the new nationwide scheme aims to install rooftop panels over 10 million households in the country. If all goes as per plan, this may also help the government reach its long-drawn national target of 40 GW by 2022, now extended to 2026. But this would be a gigantic task. Rooftop solar power has been lagging in India, with just 7-8 lakh households added since 2015 contributing to an installation capacity of merely 11 GW – just 27% of the actual target. India’s total solar capacity stands around 73.3 GW by the end of 2023. For India to …