Subsidy processing has moved online, cutting approval times to under three weeks and driving a surge in residential applications.
Applications for residential rooftop solar have roughly doubled this year, with the discom reporting a sharp rise since the subsidy process moved online in April.
Approval now takes under three weeks in most cases, down from the two months that was typical last year.
Installers said the bottleneck has shifted from paperwork to panel supply, with waiting times of four to six weeks on the more common residential sizes.
Ajeet covers civic works and city planning for KANews.in. He has reported from Kanpur for nine years.
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