Lok Sabha Question No. 1732 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Water and Energy Security under PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Kaushal Kishore, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1732

ANSWERED ON-11.02.2021

## WATER AND ENERGY SECURITY UNDER PM-KUSUM

1732. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY

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

(a) whether Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) ensures water and energy security to farmers and enhance their income and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the target after expansion of scheme in Budget 2020-21 has been met till now and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether PM-KUSUM has been converged with Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) and Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and if so, the details thereof along with the projects/grants sanctioned under the convergence of the said three schemes;

(d)  whether  PM-KUSUM  has  been  amended  to  include  provisions  for  feeder  level solarisation and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the details of farmers benefited under PMKUSUM, State-wise including Pali district of Rajasthan?

## 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 (PM-KUSUM) helps  in  providing  water  and  energy  security  to  farmers  and  also  enhances  their  income through  installation  of  standalone  solar  pumps,  solarization  of  existing  grid-connected agricultural pumps and allowing farmers to install grid-connected solar power plants up to 2 MW on their barren/fallow land for selling power to the electricity distribution companies.

The target capacities under the three componets of PM-KUSUM Scheme after approval of expansion on 4.11.2020 are as under:

-  Component-A: 10,000 MW  of Decentralized Ground Mounted Grid Connected Renewable Power Plants.
-  Component-B: Installation of 20 lakh standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps.
-  Component-C: Solarisation of 15 Lakh Existing Grid-connected Agriculture Pumps.

Based on the demand received from the states capacities for 2020-21 have been sanctioned and are at various stages of implementation.

(c) Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare is implementing Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) and 'Per Drop More Crop' component under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana  (PM-KSY).  These  instrument  respectively  focus  on  enhancing  availability  of financing  to  farm  infrastructure  and  enhancing  water  use  efficiency  at  farm  level  through Micro  Irrigation  systems.  Directions  have  been  issued  to  States  to  enable  convergence  of these instruments with PM-KUSUM Scheme. If a group of farmers organized as a self-help group/joint liability group/water user association (if same  is registered as  SHG  or JLG)/cooperatives and similar other forms for availing benefit under Component 'B' and 'C'

of the PM-KUSUM Scheme, they are also eligible for availing interest subvention facility of AIF. However, separate allocation of funds has not been made for convergence projects.

(d) Under Component-C of the PM-KUSUM Scheme provision of Feeder Level Solarisation included for which detailed guidelines were issued on 4.12.2020 and the same are available at www.mnre.gov.in.

In Feeder level solarisation, solar plants can be installed through RESCO/CAPEX mode for feeding power to single or multiple agriculture feeders for which Central Financial Assistance (CFA) @ 30% of the cost of solar power plant is provided considering the cost of solar power plant as Rs. 3.5 Cr/MW.  There is provision of higher CFA of 50% in case of NE States, hilly states/UTs and Island UTs for implementation through CAPEX mode.

(e) The cumulative capacities sanctioned under the Scheme are given at Annexure and the same  are  under  various  stages  of  implementation.  The  state  implementing  agency  of Rajasthan has reported installation of 76 standalone solar pumps under component-B of PMKUSUM Scheme till 31.1.2021.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (e) OF THE UNSTARRED LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 1732 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                    |