Lok Sabha Question No. 214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi, Sanjay Seth, Kripanath Mallah, Jaskaur Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 214

ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023

## PM-KUSUM

## 214. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY

SHRI SANJAY SETH SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH

SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

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

- (a) the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyaan (PMKUSUM);
- (b) the quantum of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under PM-KUSUM during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu, Assam and Jharkhand;
- (c) the details of the targets set thereunder;
- (d) the details of the achievements made so far, State/UT-wise;
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to achieve the target timely under PMKUSUM;
- (f) whether the Government has launched a new plan to augment renewable energy capacity annually for next few years to achieve the target under PM-KUSUM; and (g) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  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 30.8 GW by 31.3.2026 with total central financial support of Rs. 34422 Cr. Other salient features of the Scheme are given at Annexure-I.
- (b) to (d) State-wise targets or fund allocation is not made under PM-KUSUM, as it is a demand driven scheme. The capacities are allocated based on demand received from the states/ UTs. Further, the funds are released to States/UTs on achieving certain milestones.

State/UT-wise standalone solar  pumps allocated  and  installations  achieved  so  far  are placed at Annexure-II .

The state-wise and year-wise details of the funds released under the Scheme during the last three years and the current year, including Tamil Nadu, Assam and Jharkhand are placed at Annexure III.

(e) to (g) Major steps, including new initiatives, taken by the Government to achieve PM KUSUM targets in timely manner are furnished at Annexure IV.

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## Other salient features of PM- KUSUM Scheme

| Components, Targets &Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Financial Assistance available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| The Scheme is demand driven and open for all farmers of the country for implementation as per guidelines issued for the Scheme ComponentA : Setting up of 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground/Stilt Mounted Solar Power Plants on barren/fallow/pasture/marshy/ cultivable land of farmers. Such plants can be installed by individual farmer, Solar Power Developer, Cooperatives, Panchayats and Farmers Producer Organisations. Component B : Installation of 20 Lakh Stand-alone Solar Pumps in off-grid areas. Component C: Solarisation of 15 | Procurement Based Incentive (PBI) to the DISCOMs @ 40 paise/kWh or Rs.6.60 lakhs/MW/year, whichever is lower, for buying solar/ other renewable power under this scheme. The PBI is given to the DISCOMs for a period of five years from the Commercial Operation Date of the plant. Therefore, the total PBI payable to DISCOMs is Rs. 33 Lakh per MW. For Component-B and individual pump solarisation under Component-C: CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost issued by MNREorthe prices of the systems discovered in the tender, whichever is lower is provided. |

## Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (b)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  unstarred question no. 214 to be answered on 20.07.2023

## Progress under PM-KUSUM (as on 30.06.2023)

| S. No.   | State             | Component-A (MW)   | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Sanctioned         | Installed          | Sanctioned          | Installed           | Sanctioned (IPS)    | Sanctioned (FLS)    | Installed           |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                  | 0                  | 400                 | 179                 | 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                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 500                | 0                  | 8082                | 2459                | 2000                | 300500              | 0                   |
| 6        | Goa               | 150                | 0                  | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   | 11000               | 0                   |
| 7        | Haryana           | 85                 | 2.25               | 252655              | 55749               | 0                   | 65079               | 0                   |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 50                 | 20.2               | 1580                | 501                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 20                 | 0                  | 5000                | 632                 | 4000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 20                 | 0                  | 36717               | 12844               | 1000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 0                  | 0                  | 10314               | 314                 | 0                   | 337000              | 0                   |
| 12       | Kerala            | 40                 | 0                  | 100                 | 8                   | 45100               | 3200                | 74                  |
| 13       | Ladakh            | 0                  | 0                  | 2000                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 600                | 10.13              | 17000               | 7325                | 0                   | 295000              | 0                   |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 700                | 0                  | 225000              | 61514               | 0                   | 275000              | 0                   |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0                  | 0                  | 150                 | 78                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 0                  | 0                  | 1035                | 35                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0                  | 0                  | 4700                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 5                  | 0                  | 265                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 20       | Odisha            | 500                | 0                  | 5741                | 1393                | 40000               | 10000               | 0                   |
| 21       | Puducherry        | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 22       | Punjab            | 220                | 0                  | 78000               | 12864               | 186                 | 100000              | 0                   |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 1200               | 80.5               | 198884              | 59234               | 1144                | 100000              | 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                | 1896                | 2600                | 0                   | 50                  |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 155                | 0                  | 66842               | 23843               | 1000                | 370000              | 0                   |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0                  | 0                  | 3705                | 318                 | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 0                  | 0                  | 10000               | 0                   | 23700               | 0                   | 20                  |
|          | Total             | 4716               | 113.08             | 947991              | 244373              | 121930              | 2205279             | 1519                |

## Annexure-III referred to in reply to parts  (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 214 to be answered on 20.07.2023

## Funds Released Under PM- KUSUM Scheme (till 30.06.2023)

## (Amounted released in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24* |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1.       | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      0.82 |       0    |
| 2.       | Assam             |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0    |
| 3.       | Gujarat           |      3.95 |      0    |      7.83 |       0    |
| 4.       | Haryana           |     51.33 |    161.12 |    137.95 |      25.15 |
| 5.       | Himachal Pradesh  |      2.8  |      0    |      5.85 |       0    |
| 6.       | Jammu &Kashmir    |      0    |      0    |     15.69 |       0    |
| 7.       | Jharkhand         |     16.05 |      0    |     20.03 |       0    |
| 8.       | Karnataka         |      1.26 |      0    |      0    |       2.38 |
| 9.       | Madhya Pradesh    |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0    |
| 10.      | Maharashtra       |      0    |      9.6  |    247.6  |      93.47 |
| 11.      | Manipur           |      0.36 |      0    |      0.23 |       0.31 |
| 12.      | Meghalaya         |      0.28 |      0    |      0    |       0    |
| 13.      | Nagaland          |      0    |      0    |      0.2  |       0    |
| 14.      | Odisha            |      0.77 |      0    |      0    |       0    |
| 15.      | Punjab            |      8.28 |     23.7  |     31.11 |       0    |
| 16.      | Rajasthan         |     52.06 |    153.49 |    247.64 |       0    |
| 17.      | Tamil Nadu        |      0    |     20.3  |      0    |       0    |
| 18.      | Tripura           |      3.96 |      7.36 |      0.12 |       0    |
| 19.      | Uttarakhand       |      0    |      0    |      4    |       9.82 |
| 20.      | Uttar Pradesh     |     15.34 |     13.73 |     82.29 |       0    |
| 21.      | Others            |      0    |     16.75 |      0    |       0    |
| Total    | Total             |    156.43 |    406.04 |    801.36 |     131.13 |

Annexure-IV referred in reply to part (e) to(g) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 214 to be answered on 20.07.2023

## Steps taken by Ministry for proper implementation of the PM-KUSUM Scheme inter-alia include:

- PM-KUSUM Scheme has been extended till 31.03.2026.
- Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  is  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.
- Meetings with Banks/FIs for availability of low cost financing to farmers.
- State level tender allowed for procurement of standalone solar pumps
- Time  period  extended  for  implementation  to  24  months  from  the  date  of  initial sanction.
- Requirement of performance bank guarantees under Component-A and ComponentC (Feeder Level Solarization) relaxed.
- Tender conditions have been revised to increase the installer base in order to expedite extending benefit under the Scheme.
- Solarization of pumps under the Scheme included under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) to provide subsidized loans to farmers.
- 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 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
- Extension  granted  for  projects    sanctioned  during  January,  March  and  June  2021 under Component B till 31.12.2023
- For sanction issued during FY 2019-20, an extension is granted till 31.01.2024 under Component-A. Similar extension is issued for sanction granted under Component A during FY 2020-21 till 30.09.2024.
- The Guidelines of the scheme have been revised on 12.07.2023 to simplify the land aggregation process in Component 'C'.