Lok Sabha Question No. 3542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Objectives of PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Santosh Pandey, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil, Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3542

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## OBJECTIVES OF PM-KUSUM

## +3542. SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY SHRI B. B. PATIL SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY

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

- (a) the aims and objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM);
- (b) the details of the solar pumps installed under PM-KUSUM during the last three years and the current year, State-wise including the districts of Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Jharkhand;
- (c)  whether the payment is made to the beneficiaries under PM-KUSUM through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT);
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether any target is set for 2021-22 under PMKUSUM; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including the districts of Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The aims and objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) include de-dieselisation of the farm sector, providing water and energy security to farmers, increasing the income of farmers and curbing environmental pollution.
- (b) State-wise details of standalone solar pumps installed under PM-KUSUM during the last three years and current year, including the State of Jharkhand, is placed at Annexure . No installations have been reported in the state of Chhattisgarh and Telangana under PM-KUSUM Scheme.
- (c) & (d) Under PM-KUSUM Scheme, beneficiaries are required to pay their contribution to the State Implementing Agency after deducting central Government and state Government subsidies.

For installing standalone solar pumps under PM-KUSUM scheme, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) of 30% of the benchmark cost or the price discovered through tender, whichever is lower, is  provided. However, in North Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands, CFA of 50% of the benchmark cost or the price discovered through tender, whichever is lower, of the stand-alone solar pump is provided.

In addition, at least 30% of the benchmark cost or the price discovered through tender, of the solar pump is provided by the state Government.

- (e) & (f) PM-KUSUM is a demand driven scheme and capacities are allocated based on demand received from the states. The state-wise cumulative allocation of standalone solar pumps made till 28.2.2022 is placed at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b), (e) & (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3542 FOR 24.03.2022

## Standalone solar pumps allocated and installed under PM-KUSUM Scheme (as on 28.02.2022)

| S.No.   | State             |   Allocation (Nos.) |   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 |