Lok Sabha Question No. 697 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Solar Energy System to Farmers
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 697

ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM TO FARMERS

## +697. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN

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

- (a) whether the Government has decided to provide solar energy system to farmers on subsidy for irrigation;
- (b)   if so, the details along with the present status thereof;
- (c)    whether any target was fixed by the Government to provide solar energy system to the farmers in the country on subsidy for irrigation during the last two years and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan;
- (d) whether after approval of the applications of the consumers through this scheme, due to non-deposit of farmer's share amount by the farmers during the stipulated time period, the Government has set any guidelines and action plan to extend the period of cancellation of their application/keep them included in the selection list; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

(a) to (c)The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), which inter-alia includes providing standalone solar pumps and solarization of the existing grid-connected agriculture pumps. 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 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  is  providing  central  financial  assistance (CFA) of 30% of the benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower. In case of North-Eastern States including Sikkim, hilly States of Himachal and Uttarakhand, UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep a higher CFA of 50% of benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower, is provided.

As PM-KUSUM is a demand-driven scheme, targets are not fixed by the Central Government. Allocations under the Scheme are made to states based on demands received. State-wise and component-wise capacities sanctioned and capacity achieved under Component-B  and Component-C, including for the State of Rajasthan, are placed at Annexure.

(d) & (e) In view of the challenges faced on account of COVID-19 pandemic, completion period under all three components of PM-KUSUM has been increased to 24 months from the date of sanction. Further, PM-KUSUM Guidelines do not provide any specific time period within which farmers have to submit their share. Also, in order to ease implementation, Ministry is regularly monitoring  the  progress  of  implementation  in  the  States  and  making  the  efforts  to  remove constraints identified from time to time.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 697 to be answered on 21.07.2022

Details of Pumps Sanctioned and Installed/ Solarized under PM-KUSUM Scheme as on 30.06.2022

| S. No.   | State             | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Sanctioned          | Installed           | Sanctioned (IPS)*   | Sanctioned (FLS)#   | Installed           |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 50                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 2        | Assam             | 1000                | 0                   | 603                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 43265               | 0                   |
| 4        | Gujarat           | 2459                | 459                 | 7000                | 39832               | 0                   |
| 5        | Goa               | 200                 | 0                   | 11000               | 0                   | 0                   |
| 6        | Haryana           | 39326               | 36793               | 0                   | 37142               | 0                   |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1180                | 359                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 5000                | 323                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 9        | Jharkhand         | 16717               | 6717                | 208                 | 10000               | 0                   |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 10314               | 314                 | 0                   | 250000              | 0                   |
| 11       | Kerala            | 100                 | 0                   | 9448                | 2000                | 21^                 |
| 12       | Ladakh            | 600                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 57000               | 7234                | 0                   | 187455              | 0                   |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 100000              | 5822                | 0                   | 250000              | 0                   |
| 15       | Manipur           | 78                  | 28                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 35                  | 35                  | 0                   | 10000               | 0                   |
| 17       | Nagaland          | 50                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18       | Odisha            | 5741                | 997                 | 8310                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 19       | Punjab            | 12000               | 10131               | 39                  | 38111               | 0                   |
| 20       | Rajasthan         | 76210               | 44340               | 10764               | 25000               | 1026^               |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu        | 6200                | 1766                | 20000               | 1311                | 0                   |
| 22       | Tripura           | 3021                | 947                 | 2600                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh     | 21842               | 6842                | 0                   | 30000               | 0                   |
| 24       | Uttarakhand       | 338                 | 73                  | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 25       | West Bengal       | 0                   | 0                   | 5478                | 0                   | 0                   |
|          | Total             | 359461              | 123180              | 75650               | 925427              | 1047                |

* IPS : Solarization of individual grid connected agriculture pumps

# FLS: Solarization of agriculture feeders

^ Installed under Individual Pump Solarization (IPS)