Lok Sabha Question No. 2335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Achievements made under PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sukanta Majumdar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2335

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## ACHIEVEMENTS MADE UNDER PM-KUSUM

2335.SHRI BHOLA SINGH SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to expand the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme to provide 20 lakh farmers for setting up standalone  solar  pumps  and  another  15  lakh  farmers  to  solarise  their  grid-connected pumpsets;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of achievements made under the PM-KUSUM since its inception;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to formulate a scheme to enable farmers to set up solar power  generation  capacity  on  their  fallow/barren  lands  and  selling  it  to  the  grid  and  also making it operationalized, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government thereto?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) & (b) Yes Sir, in the Budget for 2020-21, the Government has announced expansion of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme to  provide  financial  support  for  20  lakh  standalone  solar  pumps  and  solarize  15  lakh  gridconnected pumps.
- (c) After approval of the PM-KUSUM Scheme, its implementation guidelines were issued on 22.7.2019  and  based  on  the  demand  received  from  the  states  and  considering  capacity available  for  allocation  during  the  year  2019-20,  this  Ministry  has  sanctioned  following capacities under the three components of the Scheme to different state implementing agencies (SIAs) :
- i. Component-A: installation  of  1000  MW  capacity  through  small  renewable  energy based small power plants each of capacity up to 2 MW on barren/uncultivable lands of farmers ;
- ii. Component-B: installation of 1,71,070 standalone off-grid solar water pumps; and

iii. Component-C: solarization of 69,008 existing grid-connected agriculture pumps. LoA to the empanelled vendors.

Centralised  tendering  for  standalone  solar  pumps  under  Component-B  of  the  Scheme  has been concluded by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and SIAs have started issuing Implementation of Component-A and Component-C of the Scheme is at different stages of implementation by the SIAs. (d) & (e) Under Component-A of PM-KUSUM Scheme farmers can setup small renewable energy power plant on their fallow/barren lands and sell power generated to the grid. So far, this  Ministry  has  sanctioned  1000  MW  capacity  to  different  state  implementing  agencies under this component. In addition, this Ministry has issued guidelines for development of Decentralised Solar Power Plants, which also provides facilitative framework that enables farmers to set up solar power plants on their fallow/barren lands and sell solar power to the grid.

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