Solar Power Demand Rises Under PM Surya Ghar Scheme
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More people want solar energy in Maholia Shivpar.
This is a village area. Many families there want to use the sun for power.
The government has a plan called PM Surya Ghar Yojana. This plan helps people put solar panels on their homes.
With this plan, people get a subsidy. A subsidy is money from the government to help pay for something.
People can get up to 98,000 rupees for their solar panel. This is a lot of help.
About 10,000 people have already sent an application for this help. An application is a form you send to ask for something.
In Kursakanta block, more than 500 families want solar panels too. They have also sent their forms.
Solar panels make electricity from sunlight. This electricity is clean and does not cost much money.
Families say their electricity bill is smaller now. An electricity bill is the money you pay each month for power.
More and more people want to use solar power. They see it helps them save money.
Vocabulary15 words
- solar energy
- power that comes from the sun
- subsidy
- money the government gives to help pay for something
- application
- a form you send to ask for help
- electricity bill
- the money you pay each month for power
- panel
- a flat piece that catches sunlight and makes power
- scheme
- a government plan to help people
- block
- a small area with many villages
- relief
- less trouble or a smaller cost
- demand
- when many people want something
- power
- energy used to run things like lights
- install
- to put something in place, ready to use
- clean energy
- power that does not harm nature
- family
- a group of people who live together
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- money
- what people use to buy things
Quiz
Answer key
1. Put solar panels on their homes 2. Up to 98,000 rupees 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
More people want _____ in Maholia Shivpar.
The government has a plan called PM Surya Ghar Yojana. This plan helps people put _____ on their homes.
With this plan, people get a _____.
People can get up to _____ rupees for their solar panel.
About _____ people have already sent an application for this help.
In Kursakanta block, more than _____ families want solar panels too.
Solar panels make electricity from _____.
Families say their electricity bill is _____ now.
More and more people want to use _____ power.