Lok Sabha Question No. 1978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: PM-KUSUM Scheme
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1978

ANSWERED ON 14/12/2023

## PM - KUSUM SCHEME

## 1978. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH

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

- ( a) whether the Government has been able to meet its objective under the PM-KUSUM scheme to install off-grid solar pumps in rural India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has data on the number of farmers that have set up solar power generating capacity and sell it to the grid;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details of the funds utilised under the PM-KUSUM scheme during the last five financial years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  &  (b)  The  main  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. The Scheme has three components targeted to achieve solar power capacity addition of 34.8 GW by 31.3.2026 with total central financial support of Rs. 34,422 Cr.

The progress of the Scheme is given at Annexure-I.

- (c) & (d) As on 30.11.2023, 2047 farmers have set up solar power generating capacity and sell it to the grid, under Component 'A' and Component 'C' of PM-KUSUM Scheme.
- (e)  The  details  of  the  funds  utilized  under  the  PM-KUSUM  Scheme  during  the  last  five financial years are furnished at Annexure -II.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1978 to be answered on 14.12.2023

## Progress under PM-KUSUM (as on 30.11.2023)

|        |                   | Component-A (MW)   | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No. | State             | Sanctione d        | Installed          | Sanctione d         | Installed           | Sanctione d (IPS)   | Sanctione d (FLS)   | Installed           |
| 1      | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                  | 0                  | 400                 | 199                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 2      | Assam             | 10                 | 0                  | 4000                | 0                   | 1000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh      | 30                 | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 330500              | 0                   |
| 4      | Bihar             | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 160000              | 0                   |
| 5      | Gujarat           | 500                | 0                  | 8082                | 2459                | 2000                | 425500              | 0                   |
| 6      | Goa               | 150                | 0                  | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   | 11000               | 700                 |
| 7      | Haryana           | 85                 | 2.25               | 252655              | 67435               | 0                   | 65079               | 0                   |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh  | 100                | 22.45              | 1580                | 501                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 9      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 20                 | 0                  | 5000                | 838                 | 4000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 10     | Jharkhand         | 20                 | 0                  | 36717               | 12985               | 1000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 11     | Karnataka         | 0                  | 0                  | 35314               | 314                 | 0                   | 337000              | 0                   |
| 12     | Kerala            | 40                 | 0                  | 100                 | 8                   | 45100               | 25387               | 2449                |
| 13     | Ladakh            | 0                  | 0                  | 2000                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 600                | 12.13              | 17000               | 7134                | 0                   | 295000              | 0                   |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 700                | 2                  | 225000              | 74575               | 0                   | 575000              | 0                   |
| 16     | Manipur           | 0                  | 0                  | 150                 | 78                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 17     | Meghalaya         | 0                  | 0                  | 2535                | 54                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18     | Mizoram           | 0                  | 0                  | 1700                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 19     | Nagaland          | 5                  | 0                  | 265                 | 65                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 20     | Odisha            | 500                | 0                  | 5741                | 1411                | 40000               | 10000               | 0                   |
| 21     | Puducherry        | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 22     | Punjab            | 220                | 0                  | 78000               | 12952               | 186                 | 100000              | 0                   |
| 23     | Rajasthan         | 1200               | 102.5              | 198884              | 59732               | 12500               | 200000              | 1375                |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        | 424                | 0                  | 7200                | 3187                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 25     | Telangana         | 0                  | 0                  | 400                 | 0                   | 0                   | 8000                | 0                   |
| 26     | Tripura           | 5                  | 0                  | 8021                | 2117                | 2600                | 0                   | 50                  |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh     | 155                | 0                  | 66842               | 31752               | 2000                | 370000              | 0                   |
| 28     | Uttarakhand       | 0                  | 0                  | 3685                | 318                 | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 29     | West Bengal       | 0                  | 0                  | 10000               | 0                   | 23700               | 0                   | 20                  |
|        | Total             | 4766               | 141.33             | 971471              | 278114              | 134286              | 2912466             | 4594                |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1978 to be answered on 14.12.2023

## Funds Released Under PM- KUSUM Scheme (till 30.11.2023)

## (Amounted released in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.       | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.82 |     0.61  |
| 2.       | Assam             |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |
| 3.       | Gujarat           |      0    |      3.95 |      0    |      7.83 |     5.35  |
| 4.       | Haryana           |      0    |     51.33 |    161.12 |    137.95 |   169.96  |
| 5.       | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |      2.8  |      0    |      5.85 |     0     |
| 6.       | Jammu &Kashmir    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     15.69 |     0     |
| 7.       | Jharkhand         |      0    |     16.05 |      0    |     20.03 |     0     |
| 8.       | Karnataka         |      0    |      1.26 |      0    |      0    |     2.38  |
| 9        | Kerala            |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |    23.84  |
| 10.      | Madhya Pradesh    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |
| 11.      | Maharashtra       |     71.07 |      0    |      9.6  |    247.6  |   147.56  |
| 12.      | Manipur           |      0    |      0.36 |      0    |      0.23 |     0     |
| 13.      | Meghalaya         |      0    |      0.28 |      0    |      0    |     0.31  |
| 14.      | Nagaland          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.2  |     0     |
| 15.      | Odisha            |      0    |      0.77 |      0    |      0    |     7.69  |
| 16.      | Punjab            |      0    |      8.28 |     23.7  |     31.11 |     5.41  |
| 17.      | Rajasthan         |      0    |     52.06 |    153.49 |    247.64 |    12.4   |
| 18.      | Tamil Nadu        |     68.98 |      0    |     20.3  |      0    |     0     |
| 19.      | Tripura           |     11.21 |      3.96 |      7.36 |      0.12 |     0     |
| 20.      | Uttarakhand       |      0    |      0    |      0    |      4    |     0     |
| 21.      | Uttar Pradesh     |      0    |     15.34 |     13.73 |     82.29 |    35.615 |
| 22.      | Others            |      0    |      0    |     16.75 |      0    |     0     |
| Total    | Total             |    151.26 |    156.43 |    406.04 |    801.36 |   411.12  |