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Solar Project Tracker: Every project, step by step. See which file is stuck.

Every rooftop project from enquiry to subsidy on one screen, with the days it has waited at its step. Papers are ticked as they come, and the customer gets a WhatsApp update when a step is done.

Sample data: Surya Urja Solutions is an invented rooftop solar installer in Ghaziabad. No signup. Nothing is saved.

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Sounds familiar?

How it runs today

  • Twenty projects are running, each at a different step, and only you remember which one is where.
  • A file sits with the DISCOM for weeks because nobody followed up. You find out when the customer shouts.
  • On the day of filing, someone is searching WhatsApp for the customer's electricity bill and Aadhaar.
  • Your last payment comes after the net meter and the subsidy, so every stuck file is your own money stuck.
  • Customers call every week to ask when the meter will come, and each call needs three more calls to answer.
With the system

How work moves through it

  1. 1An enquiry is noted with the customer, the plant size and the salesperson
  2. 2It moves step by step: survey, quote, application, installation, net meter, subsidy
  3. 3Documents are ticked as they come, and the missing ones are asked for on WhatsApp
  4. 4A file that has not moved for 15 days turns red, with every DISCOM follow-up noted against it
  5. 5The customer gets status updates, and you get one report every week
What is inside

Every part, spelled out

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Project board

Every project under the step it is at, from enquiry to subsidy. The days at that step are counted, and a file that stops moving turns red.

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Document checklist

Aadhaar, electricity bill, property papers, bank passbook, approvals and the completion report, ticked for each project. You see what is missing before the day of filing.

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DISCOM follow-ups

Each call or visit to the office is noted with what was said and the next date. A follow-up no longer depends on one person's memory.

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Money waiting

The balance that is held till the net meter and the subsidy, project by project, with the longest wait on top.

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Customer updates

Ready WhatsApp messages for each step: documents needed, application filed, installation date, net meter and subsidy. Sent from your own number.

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Weekly report

One message to the owner: new enquiries, plants installed, stuck files and the money waiting on them.

Who it is for

Made for businesses like yours

R

Rooftop solar installers

Who run many home projects at once under the subsidy scheme, each with the same steps and the same paperwork.

E

Small EPC firms

Who do housing societies, schools and small factories, and need to see survey, material, installation and net metering for each site.

O

Owners who chase every file themselves

Who call the sales team, the site team and the DISCOM office every day to learn what moved.

The two weeks

What you get, and when

  • Your own steps, document list, DISCOMs and salespeople set up
  • Running projects loaded from your Excel sheet or register, each at its present step
  • Project board, document checklist, DISCOM follow-up log and the money-waiting list
  • WhatsApp messages in your wording: documents needed, status update and installation date
  • Logins for your sales and site team, on their phones, with training for each role
  • One month of care after go-live, with fixes and small changes
Day 1 to 3A working demo on your own data. You pay nothing until you have seen it.
Day 4 to 10Your stages, people and words set up. Your current data loaded.
Day 11 to 14Staff trained on their phones. You go live, with us beside you.
Fixed price, set up and trained
From ₹25,000
See the plans

Where solar projects get stuck today

Every rooftop project follows the same steps: survey, quote, application, feasibility approval, installation, net meter and subsidy. The work on the roof takes a day or two. The paperwork around it takes weeks, and it moves only when someone follows up.

With twenty or thirty projects running, each at a different step, the status lives in a sheet, in WhatsApp groups and in the owner's head. A file waits because a bank passbook copy is missing, or because nobody went back to the DISCOM office. And because the last payment comes after the net meter and the subsidy, a stuck file is your own money waiting.

What changes with the tracker

  • Every project sits on one board, under the step it is at.
  • The days at each step are counted. A file that has not moved for 15 days turns red.
  • Documents are ticked project by project, so you know what is missing before the day of filing.
  • Each DISCOM follow-up is noted with what was said and the next date.
  • Customers get a status update on WhatsApp before they call to ask.
  • You read one report a week: what moved, what is stuck and how much money is waiting.

What it does not do

It does not file applications or subsidy claims. Your team still does that on the government portal and at the DISCOM, exactly as today. It is not linked to any portal, so the status is what your team enters. It is also not a solar design or proposal tool, and it does not do your accounts. Tally stays for billing.

What we need from you

  • Your list of running projects, as an Excel sheet or a register photo
  • The steps you follow and the documents you collect
  • The names of your salespeople and site team
  • One person who will keep the board updated
  • An hour for the demo and an hour for training
Price

One fixed price to set up. A small fee to keep it running.

No per-user charge. You see a demo on your own data before you pay anything.

Start here

Starter system

₹25,000–40,000 one-time

One process, set up for you and live in two weeks.

  • A working demo on your own data before you pay
  • Scope and price on one page
  • Your current data loaded and your staff trained
  • First month of care included
Ask about the Starter system

Care plan

₹3,000 per month

Keeps the system running. Starts from the second month.

  • Backups and uptime watched
  • Faults fixed
  • Two small changes a month
  • Reply by the next working day
Ask about the Care plan

System Partner plan

₹8,000–12,000 per month

For when your daily work runs on the system.

  • Up to 8 hours a month of new reports, automations and changes
  • A weekly report to the owner
  • A monthly review call
  • Training for new staff
Ask about the System Partner plan

How the plans work

  • Half the setup price to start, the rest before go-live.
  • The monthly fee is paid at the start of the month.
  • Hours are written down. Unused hours do not carry over.
  • First term is three months, then 30 days notice either way.
  • Extra work is quoted before it starts.

What is not included

  • Daily follow-up with your staff. One person on your team does that, and we train them.
  • New modules and new integrations. Each gets its own quote.
  • Cleaning old data beyond the first import.
  • WhatsApp tool charges. You pay the tool directly, about ₹500 to ₹2,800 a month plus message charges.

Add-ons

Each has its own quote.

  • A first reply to every WhatsApp enquiry within a minute, then follow-up for seven days
  • Payment reminders sent from your own sheet on the days you choose
  • Bills read into your sheet or Tally, checked by a person before saving
Questions

Before you ask

Does it file the application or the subsidy claim on the government portal?+

No. Your team files on the national portal and with the DISCOM, as it does today. This tracks which project is at which step, what is missing and who has to follow up. It is not connected to any government portal.

We also do solar for factories and housing societies. Will it work?+

Yes. The steps and the document list are set for each type of project. A commercial project can have its own steps and papers, without the subsidy step.

How long does it take to start?+

About two weeks for one process, including loading your current data and training your staff. You first see a demo on your own data, before you pay anything.

Who keeps the board updated?+

Your own team. The salesperson moves a file when a step is done and ticks the documents, from a phone. We train one person on your team to keep it current.

Does it make solar proposals or system designs?+

No. It is not a design or proposal tool. Keep the tool you use for layouts and quotes. Only the plant size and the quote amount are entered here, so that the project can be followed.

What does WhatsApp cost?+

Messages that go out by themselves use a WhatsApp Business tool that you pay for directly, about ₹500 to ₹2,800 a month plus a small charge per message. We set it up on your own number. Tap-to-send messages from your phone cost nothing extra.

Is it charged per user?+

No. The setup has one fixed price and the monthly plan is flat. Add as many staff as you have.

Where is our data kept?+

Your quote explains the two options: on a server we run for you, or on your own server. Either way the data is yours and you can export it at any time.

Good to know

The practical bits

Works onAny phone or computer, in the browser
Go-liveAbout two weeks for one process
TrainingIncluded, for your staff
Works besideTally, Busy, Excel and WhatsApp. Nothing you use has to go
After go-liveCare plan, ₹3,000 per month
Your dataYours. Export it any time
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