Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uttham Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM)

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PM-KUSUM

The scheme was launched by the Ministry of New and, Renewable Energy (MNRE) in 2019.
PM-KUSUM aims at furthering the production of solar power in India and also gives the benefits of solar farming to farmers.
This is to be achieved by rising decentralised solar power production up to 28,250 MW which would provide additional income to farmers.
The additional income was to be generated through the sale of additional power generated by the solar plants back to the grid.
The farmers were eligible to avail a subsidy of 60% through direct benefit transfer (DBT) for buying solar pumps.
30 % of the remaining amount was to be given as a loan to the farmers which meant only 10% of the amount will have to be borne by the farmers.
Under the scheme 30.8 GW of solar capacity was to be built up by December 31, 2022 which has now been pushed to March 2026.

PM KUSUM consists of 3 parts which are;

Part-A: 10,000 MW of decentralised ground-mounted grid-connected renewable power plants installed by farmers.
Part-B: Installation of two million standalone solar-powered agriculture pumps which aren’t connected to the grid.
Part-C: Converting 1.5 million grid-connected agriculture pumps into solar powered.

As of December 31, 2022, only 88.46 MW of solar capacity had been added and 181,058 solar pumps had been installed along with conversion of 1,174 grid-connected pumps.

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