Lok Sabha Question No. 3119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Purchase of Electricity Produced under PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3119

ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCED UNDER PM-KUSUM

+3119. SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI)

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

- (a) whether the Union Government has launched a demand based scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM);
- (b)  if so, the details of the provisions, targets and central assistance fixed along with the achievements made thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the schemes and demands of the Government of Gujarat;
- (d) whether there is any provision to purchase electricity produced under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether resources have been created by the Union Government in this regard; and
- (f)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), which is a demand driven Scheme. The scheme has three components:

- (i) Component-A: installation of aggregated 10,000 MW capacity of small solar power plants, each of capacity up to 2 MW on the barren/fallow land of the farmers;
- (ii) Component-B: installation of 20 lakh standalone off-grid solar water pumps; and
- (iii) Component-C: solarization of 15 lakh existing grid-connected agriculture pumps including through feeder level solarisation.

For Component-B and Component-C, Government of India provides Central Financial Assistance of 30% of the benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower. In case of NorthEastern  States  including  Sikkim;  hilly  States  of  Himachal  and  Uttarakhand;  UTs  of  Jammu  and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep, higher Central Financial Assistance of 50% of benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower, is being provided.

Under the Scheme, 30.8 GW solar power capacity is targeted by 2022 with central financial support of Rs. 34,035 Crore including the service charges payable to implementing agencies.

Component-wise and state-wise details of the sanctions issued and capacities achieved under PMKUSUM Scheme are placed at Annexure.

(c)Based on the demand received from the state of Gujarat the following capacities have been cumulatively sanctioned under the three components of PM-KUSUM Scheme:

1. Component-A: 500 MW
2. Component-B: 3,424 Nos.
3. Component-C:.7,500 Nos.

(d)  to  (f)The  Scheme  has  provisions  for  purchase  of  solar  power  generated  by  small  solar  power plants installed under Component-A and surplus solar power fed back into the grid by farmers under Component-C  by  the  Electricity  Distribution  Companies  (DISCOMs).  For  the  solar  power  plants installed under Component-A of the Scheme, the MNRE will provide Procurement Based Incentives to  the  DISCOMs  @  Rs.  0.40  per  unit  purchased  or  Rs.  6.6  lakh  per  MW  of  capacity  installed, whichever is less, for a period of five years from the commercial operation date of the solar power plant, for which sufficient budgetary provisions have been made.

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PM KUSUM Sanctions and Achievements as on 30.11.2021

| S. No.   | State             | Component-A (MW)   | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Sanctioned         | Installed          | Sanctioned          | Installed           | Sanctioned (IPS)    | Sanctioned (FLS)    | Installed           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 50000               | 0                   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                  | 0                  | 50                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3        | Assam             | 50                 | 0                  | 1000                | 0                   | 500                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 30                 | 0                  | 20000               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 5        | Delhi             | 62                 | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 550                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 500                | 0                  | 3424                | 450                 | 7000                | 500                 | 0                   |
| 7        | Goa               | 50                 | 0                  | 200                 | 0                   | 11000               | 0                   | 0                   |
| 8        | Haryana           | 65                 | 0                  | 37000               | 22040               | 0                   | 32927               | 0                   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 20                 | 10                 | 950                 | 180                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5                  | 0                  | 5000                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 50                 | 0                  | 11000               | 6711                | 500                 | 10000               | 0                   |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 500                | 0                  | 10500               | 314                 | 0                   | 250000              | 0                   |
| 13       | Kerala            | 40                 | 0                  | 100                 | 0                   | 100                 | 2000                | 0                   |
| 14       | Ladakh            | 0                  | 0                  | 600                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 300                | 0                  | 57000               | 7234                | 20000               | 175000              | 0                   |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 500                | 0                  | 100000              | 0                   | 0                   | 250000              | 0                   |
| 17       | Manipur           | 0                  | 0                  | 150                 | 10                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 5                  | 0                  | 200                 | 35                  | 0                   | 10000               | 0                   |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0                  | 0                  | 50                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 20       | Odisha            | 500                | 0                  | 5700                | 566                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 21       | Puducherry        | 7                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 22       | Punjab            | 220                | 0                  | 12000               | 6037                | 0                   | 25000               | 0                   |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 1200               | 10                 | 65000               | 23700               | 12500               | 25000               | 1026*               |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 75                 | 0                  | 6100                | 1016                | 20000               | 0                   | 0                   |
| 25       | Telangana         | 500                | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 65000               | 0                   |
| 26       | Tripura           | 5                  | 0                  | 3100                | 421                 | 2600                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 225                | 0                  | 20000               | 6384                | 0                   | 30000               | 0                   |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0                  | 0                  | 338                 | 0                   | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 700                 | 0                   | 0                   |
|          | Total             | 4909               | 20                 | 359462              | 75098               | 75650               | 925427              | 1026                |