Lok Sabha Question No. 1252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Addition of Solar Capacity
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1252

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## ADDITION OF SOLAR CAPACITY

1252. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

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

- (a) the details of the solar capacity added through the installation of solar irrigation pumps for cultivation, since the inception of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme;
- (b) the details of the per annum reduction in diesel consumption in terms of litres that has been observed so far across the country;
- (c) the conversion rate of the diesel based pumps to the solar pumps, State/UT-wise
- (d) the number of farmers who are being benefitted under the PM-KUSUM, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether the Government maintains the record of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission that has been reduced so far as an outcome of the scheme; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof since the launch of the scheme, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  Under  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme,  a  total  solar  capacity  of  947  MW  has  been  added  through  installation  of  both standalone solar pumps under Component-B of the PM-KUSUM Scheme and solarization of existing grid connected agricultural pumps under Component-C of the Scheme.
- (b)  Under  Component-B,  total  1,80,429  standalone  solar  pumps  have  been  installed  as  on 31.12.2022, which is estimated to result in reduction of 124 million litres in diesel consumption per annum.
- (c) As per All India Agricultural Input Survey 2016-17 released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, there are 11.2 million diesel agricultural pumps in the country. A total of 5  lakh  standalone  solar  pumps  have  been  reported  installed  cumulatively  till  31.12.2022, including the solar pumps installed under PM-KUSUM Scheme. The state-wise detail of diesel agricultural pumps and standalone solar pumps installed is placed at Annexure-I.
- (d) The State/UT-wise number of farmers benefitted under all the three components of the PMKUSUM Scheme is placed at Annexure-II.
- (e) & (f) It has been estimated that capacity installed under all the three components of the PMKUSUM Scheme as on 31.12.2022 has resulted in a reduction of around 0.64 million tonnes of  Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions per annum. State/UT-wise estimated reduction in CO2 emissions is placed in Annexure-III.

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Annexure-I referred in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1252 to be answered on 09.02.2023

State-wise details of number of diesel pumps as per 'All India Agri Input Survey 201617'  and  number  of  standalone  solar  pumps  reported  installed  cumulatively  as  on 31.12.2022.

| S. No.   | States/UT         |   Total No. of Diesel Pumps as per All India Agriculture Input Survey 2016-17 |   Total No. of Standalone Solar Pumps installed till 31.12.2022 |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                        413600 |                                                           34045 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                          2300 |                                                             113 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                                                         92100 |                                                              45 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                                                                        574000 |                                                            2813 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                                                                        113500 |                                                          119282 |
| 6        | Goa               |                                                                         11800 |                                                              45 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |                                                                        674800 |                                                           12805 |
| 8        | Haryana           |                                                                        322000 |                                                           42153 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                                          1900 |                                                             484 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                                                         29500 |                                                             501 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                                                                        330600 |                                                           13592 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |                                                                        334200 |                                                            7734 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                                                                         16000 |                                                             818 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                       1103600 |                                                           25047 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |                                                                        393300 |                                                           49036 |
| 16       | Manipur           |                                                                           100 |                                                              68 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |                                                                         11200 |                                                              54 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                                                                          8100 |                                                               3 |
| 19       | Odisha            |                                                                        495500 |                                                           10689 |
| 20       | Punjab            |                                                                        226700 |                                                           16710 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |                                                                       1121000 |                                                          107500 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |                                                                           100 |                                                               0 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                                                                        278600 |                                                            7927 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                                                                         56200 |                                                             424 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                                                                         71900 |                                                            1325 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                       3607600 |                                                           41423 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                                                                         43000 |                                                             333 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |                                                                        817000 |                                                             653 |
| 29       | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                                                          1100 |                                                               5 |
| 30       | Puducherry        |                                                                           600 |                                                              21 |
| 31       | Others            |                                                                           300 |                                                            4760 |
| Total    | Total             |                                                                      11152200 |                                                          500408 |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1252 to be answered on 09.02.2023

## Year and State/UT-wise details of farmers benefitted under PM-KUSUM Scheme since inception, till 31.12.2022

| S. No.   | State             |   Farmers Benefitted (Nos.) |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                          91 |
| 2        | Gujarat           |                        1283 |
| 3        | Haryana           |                       40218 |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh  |                         521 |
| 5        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                         462 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |                        8922 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |                         314 |
| 8        | Kerala            |                          30 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |                        7237 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |                       37721 |
| 11       | Manipur           |                          28 |
| 12       | Meghalaya         |                          35 |
| 13       | Odisha            |                        1138 |
| 14       | Punjab            |                       12128 |
| 15       | Rajasthan         |                       55504 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu        |                        2468 |
| 17       | Tripura           |                        1174 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh     |                       12773 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       |                         316 |
|          | Total             |                      182363 |

Annexure-III referred in reply to part (e) & (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1252 to be answered on 09.02.2023

State/UT-wise reduction in CO2 emissions per annum against the solar capacity installed under all the three components of the PM-KUSUM Scheme as on 31.12.2022

| S. No.   | State             | CO 2 emission reduction in thousand tonnes per annum   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.16                                                   |
| 2        | Gujarat           | 4.70                                                   |
| 3        | Haryana           | 149.61                                                 |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh  | 32.49                                                  |
| 5        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1.09                                                   |
| 6        | Jharkhand         | 12.86                                                  |
| 7        | Karnataka         | 1.09                                                   |
| 8        | Kerala            | 0.14                                                   |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    | 21.52                                                  |
| 10       | Maharashtra       | 74.40                                                  |
| 11       | Manipur           | 0.05                                                   |
| 12       | Meghalaya         | 0.03                                                   |
| 13       | Odisha            | 2.19                                                   |
| 14       | Punjab            | 33.21                                                  |
| 15       | Rajasthan         | 272.09                                                 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu        | 8.15                                                   |
| 17       | Tripura           | 1.09                                                   |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh     | 20.46                                                  |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       | 1.04                                                   |
|          | Total             | 636.38 (Say 0.64 million)                              |