Lok Sabha Question No. 1872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Solar Pumps
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil, Goddeti Madhavi, Kotagiri Sridhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1872

ANSWERED ON 14/12/2023

## SOLAR PUMPS

1872. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI SHRIMATI GODDETI MADHAVI

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

- ( a) the details of the number of units of solar pumps installed across the country at present;
- (b) the details of the profit being made by the farmers with these units;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide grid connected solar pumps to the farmers; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The number of solar pumps installed under Components 'B' and 'C' of PM-KUSUM Scheme are furnished in Annexure-I.
- (b) to (d) The Component 'C' of PM KUSUM Scheme allows Solarisation of Grid Connected Agriculture  Pumps  through  Individual  Pump  Solarisation  (IPS)  and  through  Feeder  Level Solarization (FLS).

IPS  provides  farmers  an  opportunity  to  earn  additional  income  by  selling  of  power  to  the Distribution Companies. The additional income earned by farmers would vary from State to State and within a State depending on factors such a solar insolation, electricity price offered by the Distribution  Company  and  capacity  of  solar  panels  installed.  Most  of  the  projects  under  this component of the Scheme have been commissioned during the recent years only and therefore, details  related  to  profit  made  by  farmers  are  yet  to  be  reported  by  the  State  Implementation Agencies.

The number of pumps sanctioned and installed under IPS are also shown in Annexure I.

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## Annexure -I referred in reply to part (a) of the Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.1872 to be answered on 14.12.2023

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

|         |                   | 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 (IPS+ FLS) |
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh | 400                 | 199                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 2       | Assam             | 4000                | 0                   | 1000                | 0                   | 0                    |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 330500              | 0                    |
| 4       | Bihar             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 160000              | 0                    |
| 5       | Gujarat           | 8082                | 2459                | 2000                | 425500              | 0                    |
| 6       | Goa               | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   | 11000               | 700                  |
| 7       | Haryana           | 252655              | 67435               | 0                   | 65079               | 0                    |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1580                | 501                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 5000                | 838                 | 4000                | 0                   | 0                    |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 36717               | 12985               | 1000                | 0                   | 0                    |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 35314               | 314                 | 0                   | 337000              | 0                    |
| 12      | Kerala            | 100                 | 8                   | 45100               | 25387               | 2449                 |
| 13      | Ladakh            | 2000                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 17000               | 7134                | 0                   | 295000              | 0                    |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 225000              | 74575               | 0                   | 575000              | 0                    |
| 16      | Manipur           | 150                 | 78                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 2535                | 54                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 1700                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 265                 | 65                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 20      | Odisha            | 5741                | 1411                | 40000               | 10000               | 0                    |
| 21      | Puducherry        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 22      | Punjab            | 78000               | 12952               | 186                 | 100000              | 0                    |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 198884              | 59732               | 12500               | 200000              | 1375                 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 7200                | 3187                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                    |
| 25      | Telangana         | 400                 | 0                   | 0                   | 8000                | 0                    |
| 26      | Tripura           | 8021                | 2117                | 2600                | 0                   | 50                   |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 66842               | 31752               | 2000                | 370000              | 0                    |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       | 3685                | 318                 | 200                 | 0                   | 0                    |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 10000               | 0                   | 23700               | 0                   | 20                   |