Lok Sabha Question No. 3893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Standalone Solar Pumps
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sangeeta Azad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3893

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## STANDALONE SOLAR PUMPS

## 3893. SHRIMATI SANGEETA AZAD

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

- (a)  whether the Government has provided standalone solar pumps to the States under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme; (b) if so, the details of standalone solar pumps sanctioned and installed in Uttar Pradesh since inception of PM-KUSUM scheme, district-wise;
- (c)  whether efforts are being made by the Government to install more of such pump sets in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  &  (b)  Under  Component-B  of  the  PM-KUSUM Scheme, central  financial  assistance  is provided for installation of standalone solar pumps.

PM-KUSUM is a demand driven scheme and therefore capacities are allocated under the three components of the scheme based on demand received from the states/ UTs. Based on demand received from the State of Uttar Pradesh, a total quantity of 66,842 nos. of standalone solar pumps has been sanctioned in the State, since inception. Out of this, so far, total 19,107 nos. of pumps have been reported  to  be  installed  by  the  State.  District-wise  details  of  targets  and installed pumps is given in Annexure-I.

(c)&(d) So far, over 9.53 lakh standalone solar pumps have been allocated to various States/ UTs. Further, to ease implementation, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has taken various steps as elaborated in Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3893 for 23.03.2023

|   S No. | District            |   Targeted Installations (Nos.) |   Installed Pumps (Nos.) |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Agra                |                             195 |                      156 |
|       2 | Aligarh             |                             134 |                      112 |
|       3 | Ambedkar Nagar      |                             135 |                       29 |
|       4 | Amethi              |                             176 |                      108 |
|       5 | Amroha              |                             678 |                      634 |
|       6 | Auraiya             |                             152 |                       99 |
|       7 | Ayodhya             |                             377 |                      195 |
|       8 | Azamgarh            |                             256 |                      186 |
|       9 | Baghpat             |                             142 |                      125 |
|      10 | Bahraich            |                             272 |                      215 |
|      11 | Ballia              |                             300 |                      214 |
|      12 | Balrampur           |                             181 |                      102 |
|      13 | Banda               |                             579 |                      524 |
|      14 | Barabanki           |                             382 |                      201 |
|      15 | Bareilly            |                             426 |                      396 |
|      16 | Basti               |                             481 |                      382 |
|      17 | Bhadohi             |                             140 |                       78 |
|      18 | Bijnor              |                             727 |                      552 |
|      19 | Budaun              |                             273 |                      264 |
|      20 | Bulandshahr         |                             495 |                      455 |
|      21 | Chandauli           |                             253 |                      192 |
|      22 | Chitrakoot          |                             232 |                      194 |
|      23 | Deoria              |                             624 |                      431 |
|      24 | Etah                |                              76 |                       58 |
|      25 | Etawah              |                             254 |                      162 |
|      26 | Farrukhabad         |                             336 |                      254 |
|      27 | Fatehpur            |                             225 |                      164 |
|      28 | Firozabad           |                             126 |                      112 |
|      29 | Gautam buddha Nagar |                             148 |                      107 |
|      30 | Ghaziabad           |                             117 |                      103 |
|      31 | Ghazipur            |                             183 |                      139 |
|      32 | Gonda               |                             281 |                      160 |
|      33 | Gorakhpur           |                             411 |                      249 |
|      34 | Hamirpur            |                             382 |                      314 |
|      35 | Hapur               |                             145 |                      136 |
|      36 | Hardoi              |                             438 |                      374 |
|      37 | Hathras             |                              94 |                       55 |
|      38 | Jalaun              |                             149 |                      115 |
|      39 | Jaunpur             |                             278 |                      167 |
|      40 | Jhansi              |                             889 |                      706 |
|      41 | Kannauj             |                             220 |                      189 |
|      42 | Kanpur Dehat        |                             168 |                      107 |

| 43   | Kanpur Nagar      |   244 |   216 |
|------|-------------------|-------|-------|
| 44   | Kasganj           |   111 |    99 |
| 45   | Kaushambi         |   180 |   115 |
| 46   | Kheri             |   365 |   299 |
| 47   | Kushi Nagar       |   289 |   150 |
| 48   | Lalitpur          |   774 |   683 |
| 49   | Lucknow           |   575 |   447 |
| 50   | Maharajganj       |   409 |   320 |
| 51   | Mahoba            |  1063 |   892 |
| 52   | Mainpuri          |   158 |    96 |
| 53   | Mathura           |   113 |    61 |
| 54   | Mau               |   144 |    70 |
| 55   | Meerut            |   133 |   115 |
| 56   | Mirzapur          |   375 |   274 |
| 57   | Moradabad         |   505 |   417 |
| 58   | Muzaffarnagar     |   175 |   136 |
| 59   | Pilibhit          |   611 |   515 |
| 60   | Pratapgarh        |   264 |   210 |
| 61   | Prayagraj         |   758 |   595 |
| 62   | Rae bareli        |   315 |   252 |
| 63   | Rampur            |   670 |   556 |
| 64   | Saharanpur        |   315 |   294 |
| 65   | Sambhal           |   261 |   186 |
| 66   | Sant Kabeer Nagar |   443 |   359 |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur      |   510 |   390 |
| 68   | Shamli            |   145 |   113 |
| 69   | Shravasti         |   111 |    37 |
| 70   | Siddharth Nagar   |   365 |   211 |
| 71   | Sitapur           |   362 |   301 |
| 72   | Sonbhadra         |   607 |   394 |
| 73   | Sultanpur         |   353 |   163 |
| 74   | Unnao             |   350 |   285 |
| 75   | Varanasi          |   379 |   341 |
|      | Total             | 24962 | 19107 |

## Note:

- Total number of standalone solar pumps allocated by MNRE

: 66,842 nos.

- Total number pumps allocated to districts by State Govt.

: 24,962 nos.

- Total number of pumps reported installed by State Govt.

: 19,107 nos.

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3893 for 23.03.2023

## Steps  taken  by  Ministry  to  ease  installation  of  standalone  solar  pumps  under  PMKUSUM Scheme inter-alia include:

- PM-KUSUM Scheme has been extended till 31.03.2026.
- Central Financial Assistance (CFA) available for pump capacity up to 15 HP (increased from 7.5 HP) to the individual farmers in the North-eastern States, UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, States of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and Island UTs of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep, and for each farmer in the cluster/ community irrigation projects in high water table areas in all the States/ UTs.
- State level tender allowed for procurement of standalone solar pumps
- Time period extended for implementation to 24 months from the date of initial sanction.
- Tender conditions have been revised to increase the installer base in order to expedite extending benefit under the Scheme.
- Scheme included under Priority Sector Lending (PSL) Guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enable ease of accessing finance. Further, a number of banks have issued lending guidelines for the Scheme.
- Specifications & testing procedure of the solar pumps have been revised from time to time to promote quality of installations.
- Web-Portals  at  Central  and  at  State  levels  have  been  developed  for  monitoring  of Scheme.
- Creating publicity and awareness including through CPSUs.
- Toll free number provided for ease of getting information on the Scheme.
- Regular monitoring of the progress and issuance of clarifications and amendments to the  scheme  guidelines  based  on  lessons  learnt  during  implementation  and  feedback from stakeholders.