Lok Sabha Question No. 1671 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Benefits of PM-KUSUM to Farmers
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Devji Mansingram Patel, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1671

ANSWERED ON-11.02.2021

## BENEFITS OF PM-KUSUM TO FARMERS

+1671 SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR

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

- (a) whether the compulsion of old well or diesel pump has been removed for connection of tube well for agriculture under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) and if so, the details of the new rules thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to provide benefits of PM-KUSUM to all the interested farmers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the beneficiaries covered under PM-KUSUM during the last three years, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that the applications received under PM-KUSUM are huge in numbers and the waiting time is also long and if so, the details thereof; and (e) whether the Government also proposes to formulate a scheme to provide benefits to more people at the earliest and if so, the details thereof?

## 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)  The  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan  Mahabhiyan  (PMKUSUM) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme being implemented through State agencies. The Scheme is open for all farmers of the country and capacities are being sanctioned under the Scheme based on demand received from the States.  Under  Component-B  of  PM-KUSUM Scheme  farmers  are  provided  standalone  solar  pumps  and  under  Component-C  grid connected pumps of farmers are solarized. However, in case of Dark zones/black zones, only existing diesel pumps, can be converted into standalone solar pumps and only existing grid connected  pumps  can  be  solarized  under  the  Scheme  provided  they  use  micro  irrigation techniques to save water.
- (c) The capacities sanctioned under the three components of the PM-KUSUM Scheme after its approval in February 2019 are given at Annexure .
- (d) & (e) Capacities under the PM-KUSUM Scheme are being sanctioned based on demand received from the States and the scope of the scheme has been expanded in November 2020 to cover installation of 20 lakh standalone solar pumps and solarisation of 15 lakh existing grid connected agriculture pumps.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (c) OF THE UNSTARRED LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 1671 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

| S. No.   | State               | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)             | Component-C (Nos)         |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | State               | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Individual Pumps Solarization | Feeder Level Solarization |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar    | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                  | 50                  | 0                             | 0                         |
| 4        | Assam               | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 5        | Bihar               | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 6        | Chandigarh          | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        | 0                  | 20000               | 0                             | 0                         |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 10       | Delhi               | 62                 | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 11       | Gujarat             | 500                | 2199                | 7000                          | 0                         |
| 12       | Goa                 | 10                 | 200                 | 7000                          | 0                         |
| 13       | Haryana             | 65                 | 37000               | 468                           | 0                         |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    | 20                 | 1550                | 0                             | 0                         |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 5                  | 5000                | 0                             | 0                         |
| 16       | Jharkhand           | 50                 | 11000               | 500                           | 0                         |
| 17       | Karnataka           | 500                | 10500               | 1000                          | 50000                     |
| 18       | Kerala              | 40                 | 100                 | 100                           | 0                         |
| 19       | Ladakh              | 0                  | 600                 | 0                             | 0                         |
| 20       | Lakshadeep          | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh      | 300                | 60000               | 0                             | 25000                     |
| 22       | Maharashtra         | 500                | 100000              | 0                             | 50000                     |
| 23       | Manipur             | 0                  | 150                 | 0                             | 0                         |
| 24       | Meghalaya           | 5                  | 700                 | 0                             | 0                         |
| 25       | Mizoram             | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 26       | Nagaland            | 0                  | 50                  | 0                             | 0                         |
| 27       | Odisha              | 500                | 6000                | 0                             | 0                         |
| 28       | Puducherry          | 7                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 29       | Punjab              | 220                | 9500                | 0                             | 12500                     |
| 30       | Rajasthan           | 1200               | 75000               | 37500                         | 0                         |
| 31       | Sikkim              | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu          | 75                 | 6500                | 20000                         | 0                         |
| 33       | Telangana           | 500                | 0                   | 0                             | 30000                     |
| 34       | Tripura             | 5                  | 3900                | 2600                          | 0                         |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh       | 225                | 23000               | 0                             | 0                         |
| 36       | Uttarakhand         | 0                  | 0                   | 200                           | 0                         |
| 37       | West Bengal         | 0                  | 0                   | 700                           | 0                         |
|          | Total               |                    |                     | 77068                         |                           |
|          |                     | 4789               | 372999              |                               | 167500                    |