Bengaluru Urban was ranked second compared to other Indian metropolis in the installation of rooftop solar panels and the number of households benefiting from it, according to a report from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India. But the state government officials say that Karnataka lags behind the target set by the central government for the installation of solar rooftop panels under the Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana scheme. The Ministry in its response to Bangalore South MP Tejavi Surya's question in Lok Sabha stated that there are 4,984 solar rooftop installations in Bengaluru Urban and 386 in Bengaluru Rural, making it a total of 5,370 installations in BESCOM limits. Bengaluru Urban lagged behind Mumbai covering 18,223 households under the scheme with 428 installations in Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban. Source: https://www.newindianexpress.com/