Rooftop Solar Proposal to GOI

 

 

 

 27 June, 2025  / My 92nd Birthday

 

Dear Shri Prahlad Joshi,

Minister for New and Renewable Energy,

Government of India

 

Subject: Response to Public Invite for Innovative Projects under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (Notification dated 09 June 2025)

 

Respected Sir,

 

I write to you not merely as a citizen but as someone who has, over the past decade, chronicled and proposed numerous forward-looking solutions for India’s transition to solar energy. Enclosed with this letter are my responses to each of the 28 project areas outlined in the Government’s call for proposals dated 09 June 2025.

 Rather than reiterate theory, I present here a set of lived, public-domain contributions through 58 blog essays I have authored since 2015. These blogs reflect specific, actionable, and in many cases, early-warned or preemptive suggestions that directly relate to your current themes.

 Below is a consolidated section-wise mapping of Government Invite Topics and my matching blog-based suggestions, formatted for clarity:

 [Topics 1 to 24 remain unchanged and are already documented.]

   Govt Invite Topic 25: Cooling Benefits of RTS

 📝 Blog: "SUN is THE SOLUTION"

📅 26 Sep 2016

🔗 [Read Blog](https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/09/sun-is-solution.html)

 My Commentary:

This blog outlines the passive cooling benefits of rooftop solar panels on buildings. Reduced roof surface temperatures translate to lower indoor heat gain, thereby reducing air conditioning demand—a co-benefit still underappreciated in RTS discussions.

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  Govt Invite Topic 26: Integration with EV Charging Infrastructure

 📝 Blog: "Solar Power at Rs 1 per Kwh?"

📅 29 Jan 2017

🔗 [Read Blog](https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/solar-power-at-rs-1-per-kwh.html)

 My Commentary:

This blog forecasts India's shift to electric vehicles and the critical need for neighborhood-based solar charging infrastructure. It explicitly highlights RTS as a foundation for EV expansion.

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  Govt Invite Topic 27: Blockchain and Carbon Credit Markets

 📝 Blog: "Power Grid Corporation: Empower Yourself!"

📅 18 Sep 2022

🔗 [Read Blog](https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/09/power-grid-corporation-empower-yourself.html)

 My Commentary:

The blog proposes leveraging blockchain for carbon-credit accounting in decentralized power flows. It also envisions distributed ledger systems to reward solar surplus contributors via tokenized credits.

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  Govt Invite Topic 28: Skilling and Workforce Development

 📝 Blog: "Sun: Our Soul (A New SOS)"

📅 02 Jan 2017

🔗 [Read Blog](https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/sun-our-soul-new-sos.html)

 My Commentary:

The blog speaks extensively on job creation via MSME-led rooftop installations. It proposes skilling thousands of technicians and manufacturers, building a labor backbone for the solar sector at scale.

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 Conclusion

 Should the Ministry wish to consider a consolidated or annotated version of these blog responses as a formal submission, I will be glad to provide both a print and digital edition.

 Thank you for this timely and visionary call for public partnership. May India lead the world in decentralized, clean, citizen-driven energy.

 Warm regards,

 Hemen Parekh 

www.HemenParekh.in 

Former Director, L&T 

Mumbai