Lok Sabha Question No. 4692 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Distribution of Solar Pumps to Farmers
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4692

ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## DISTRIBUTION OF SOLAR PUMPS TO FARMERS

4692. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIY

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

- (a) whether the Government has distributed solar water pumps to small and marginal farmers from Central Financial Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM);
- (b) if so, the details of solar water pumps along with their capacity distributed, State-wise;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries from Rajkot, Morbi and Sabarkantha districts of Gujarat who have availed the benefits, district-wise;
- (d) whether any targets have been set for distribution across the Gujarat;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, district-wise; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (f) Under the Component-B of the PM-KUSUM Scheme, Government has sanctioned more than 3.59 lakh standalone solar water pumps for farmers including small and marginal farmers in various States/UTs across the country. This includes 2000 pumps allocated to state of Gujarat in FY 2020-21. The state implementing agencies have reported installation of more than 82,400 solar water  pumps  of  capacity  1  HP  to  10  HP  as  on  28.02.2022.  State/UT-wise  sanctions  and installations are given at Annexure . The district-wise number of beneficiaries from Rajkot, Morbi and Sabarkantha districts of Gujarat under Component-B of PM-KUSUM are as given below:

| Name of District   | Number of beneficiaries   |
|--------------------|---------------------------|
| Rajkot             | -                         |
| Morbi              | 2                         |
| Sabarkantha        | 3                         |

No district-wise targets have not been fixed since the PM-KUSUM scheme is demand driven.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4692 to be answered on 31.03.2022

## Standalone solar water pumps sanctioned and installed under PM-KUSUM Scheme

(as on 28.2.2022)

| S. No.   | State             |   Solar Pumps Sanctioned (Nos.) |   Solar Pumps Installed (Nos.) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                              50 |                              0 |
| 2        | Assam             |                            1000 |                              0 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh      |                           20000 |                              0 |
| 4        | Gujarat           |                            3424 |                            459 |
| 5        | Goa               |                             200 |                              0 |
| 6        | Haryana           |                           37000 |                          25534 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  |                             950 |                            180 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                            5000 |                            103 |
| 9        | Jharkhand         |                           11000 |                           6717 |
| 10       | Karnataka         |                           10500 |                            314 |
| 11       | Kerala            |                             100 |                              0 |
| 12       | Ladakh            |                             600 |                              0 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                           57000 |                           7234 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                          100000 |                           1484 |
| 15       | Manipur           |                             150 |                             28 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                             200 |                             35 |
| 17       | Nagaland          |                              50 |                              0 |
| 18       | Odisha            |                            5700 |                            741 |
| 19       | Punjab            |                           12000 |                           6192 |
| 20       | Rajasthan         |                           65000 |                          24937 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu        |                            6100 |                           1187 |
| 22       | Tripura           |                            3100 |                            421 |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh     |                           20000 |                           6842 |
| 24       | Uttarakhand       |                             338 |                              0 |
|          | Total             |                          359462 |                          82408 |