Lok Sabha Question No. 4913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Solar Pumps Installed under PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4913

ANSWERED ON-25.03.2021

## SOLAR PUMPS INSTALLED UNDER PM-KUSUM

## 4913. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH

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

- (a) the number of solar pumps installed under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM), State-wise;
- (b) the details of the amount received by farmers who have installed these solar pumps and sold surplus electricity that is generated to electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs), State-wise;
- (c) the distribution of the amount of electricity that has been sold by farmers to DISCOMS under PM-KUSUM, State-wise;
- (d) the details of the size of agricultural land held by farmers who have installed solar pumps under PM-KUSUM;
- (e) the details of the 'dark zones' identified under PM-KUSUM as mentioned in the guidelines along with the criteria used to determine them; and
- (f) the number of solar pumps installed/converted in these 'dark zones' along with the amount of electricity generated and revenue earned by farmers in these zones?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (c)  Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan  Mahabhiyaan  (PMKUSUM) till 28.02.2021, a total of 24,688 standalone solar pumps have been installed and 64 grid-connected agriculture pumps have been solarised under Component-B and ComponentC of the scheme respectively. State-wise details are placed at Annexure .

Generation of revenue from sale of surplus solar power is available for solarisation of grid connected pumps under Component-C of the Scheme. The solarisation of pumps under this component is either under progress  or recently  completed  and  surplus  solar  generated  and amount  received  by  farmers  can  be  exactly  assessed  only  on  completion  of  one  year  of operation.

- (d)  Under PM-KUSUM Scheme, Central Government has not put any bar on land size for farmers installing solar pumps.
- (e)  &  (f)  Central  Ground Water Board from time-to-time notifies the areas for control and regulation of ground water. These areas are considered as 'dark zones' under PM-KUSUM Scheme. Only existing pumps can be solarised in the 'dark zones'. So far no existing grid connected pumps are reported solarised under the Scheme in 'dark zones'.

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## Solar Powered Pumps Installed under PM-KUSUM Scheme

(As on 28.02.2021)

|    | State            |   Standalone solar pumps installed under Component-B | Existing grid- connected pumps solarised under Component-C   |
|----|------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1  | Haryana          |                                                 7168 | -                                                            |
| 2  | Gujarat          |                                                   55 | -                                                            |
| 3  | Himachal Pradesh |                                                   18 | -                                                            |
| 4  | Jharkhand        |                                                  162 | -                                                            |
| 5  | Karnataka        |                                                   56 | -                                                            |
| 6  | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                 6871 | -                                                            |
| 7  | Odisha           |                                                  110 | -                                                            |
| 8  | Punjab           |                                                  557 | -                                                            |
| 9  | Rajasthan        |                                                 6496 | 64                                                           |
| 10 | Tamil Nadu       |                                                  935 | -                                                            |
| 11 | Tripura          |                                                   63 | -                                                            |
| 12 | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                 2197 | -                                                            |
|    | Total            |                                                24688 | 64                                                           |