Lok Sabha Question No. 3744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Allocation of Funds under PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3744

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER PM-KUSUM

3744. PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV

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

- (a) the quantum of the funds allocated, released and spent under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme since its launch;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries under PM-KUSUM scheme, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to achieve the target of solarisation of 1.5 million grid-connected solar-powered agriculture pumps, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government also proposes to achieve the target of installation of 2 million standalone solar-powered agriculture pumps, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  &  (b)  PM-KUSUM is a demand driven scheme and therefore  quantities/ capacities are allocated under the three components of the scheme based on demand received from the States/ UTs.    However,  funds  are  allocated  based  on  type/  capacity  of  systems  and  progress  of installation reported by the State Implementing Agencies. So far, a total amount of Rs. 1369 Crore  has  been  released  and  an  amount  of  Rs.  1217  Crore  has  been  spent  by  the  State Implementing Agencies under the Scheme.

State/UT-wise details of the farmers benefitted under the Scheme are given in Annexure.

(c)&(d)  Government  has  allowed  inter-se  transfer  of  quantities  between  Component-B  for installation  of  standalone  solar  pumps  and  Component-C  for  solarization  of  existing  gridconnected  agricultural  pumps,  including  through  feeder  level  solarization.  Therefore,  a combined  target  of  3.5  million  pumps  has  been  kept  under  these  two  components  of  the Scheme. Entire targeted quantity of 3.5 million pumps has been allocated to various States/ UTs.  Out  of  this,  over  2.08  lakh  pumps  have  been  reported  as  installed/  solarized  as  on 28.02.2023.

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## State/UT-wise details of beneficiaries under PM-KUSUM Scheme (as on 28.02.2023)

| S. No.   | State             |   Farmers Benefitted (Nos.) |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                         126 |
| 2        | Gujarat           |                        2132 |
| 3        | Haryana           |                       44325 |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh  |                         534 |
| 5        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                         499 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |                       12107 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |                         314 |
| 8        | Kerala            |                          51 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |                        6790 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |                       47978 |
| 11       | Manipur           |                          28 |
| 12       | Meghalaya         |                          35 |
| 13       | Odisha            |                        1223 |
| 14       | Punjab            |                       12459 |
| 15       | Rajasthan         |                       57692 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu        |                        2751 |
| 17       | Tripura           |                        1654 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh     |                       17614 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       |                         316 |
| 20       | West Bengal       |                          20 |
|          | Total             |                      208648 |