Lok Sabha Question No. 234 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: Farmer Beneficiaries Registered under PM-KUSUM
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Saumitra Khan, Shri K Gopinath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 234

ANSWERED ON 11/12/2024

## FARMER BENEFICIARIES REGISTERED UNDER PM-KUSUM

## *234. SHRI K GOPINATH SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN

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

- (a) the number of farmers, groups of farmer's collectives, Farmer Producing Organisations (FPOs) and other beneficiaries registered under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), State and district-wise especially for the States of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal;
- (b) the number of stand-alone solar agricultural pumps installed under Component B and C of scheme, State and district-wise for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal along with the details of the total installed generation capacity of these pumps;
- (c) the details of the excess solar power generated under Component C and the total revenue generated through it, State-wise and particularly for Tamil Nadu, district-wise; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government to increase the reach of this programme?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, & FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION

## NO. 234 FOR ANSWER ON 11.12.2024

- (a) PM-KUSUM is a demand driven scheme. The capacities are allocated based on demand received from the States/UTs. The State/UT wise progress under PM KUSUM, including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) The details of installation under Component B and Component C in the states of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are as follows:
- (c)  Not  Applicable,  as  no  grid-connected  pumps  are  solarized  so  far,  in  the  state  under Component C of the PM KUSUM scheme.
- (d) To increase the reach of PM KUSUM scheme, extensive outreach and capacity-building workshops are conducted by the Ministry from time to time. This also includes periodic review and handholding meetings with the implementing states.

| State       | Number of Districts having pump installations   | Districts              | Total installed capacity in PMKUSUM   |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu  | 37 districts                                    | Details at Annexure II | 23.84MW                               |
| West Bengal | 1 district                                      | Purba Bardhman         | 0.15MW                                |

## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 234 for 11.12.2024

## State/UT-wise progress under PM-KUSUM Scheme

| S. No.   | State Name          | Component-A (MW)   | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)   |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | State Name          | Sanctioned         | Installed          | Sanctioned          | Installed           | Sanctioned (IPS)    | Sanctioned (FLS)    | Installed (Total)   |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                  | 0                  | 700                 | 394                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 2        | Assam               | 10                 | 0                  | 4000                | 0                   | 1000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3        | Chattisgarh         | 30                 | 4                  | 10000               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 4        | Bihar               | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 136812              | 0                   |
| 5        | Gujarat             | 500                | 0                  | 12382               | 7705                | 0                   | 725000              | 30158               |
| 6        | Goa                 | 150                | 0                  | 900                 | 80                  | 0                   | 11000               | 700                 |
| 7        | Haryana             | 85                 | 6.65               | 197655              | 137594              | 0                   | 45519               | 0                   |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh    | 100                | 25.95              | 1270                | 685                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 9        | Jammu& Kashmir      | 20                 | 0                  | 5000                | 1937                | 4000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 10       | Jharkhand           | 20                 | 0                  | 42985               | 23999               | 1000                | 0                   | 0                   |
| 11       | Karnataka           | 0                  | 0                  | 41360               | 1674                | 0                   | 766588              | 1713                |
| 12       | Kerala              | 40                 | 0                  | 8                   | 8                   | 45100               | 25387               | 7402                |
| 13       | Ladakh              | 0                  | 0                  | 1400                | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      | 1490               | 39.63              | 59400               | 7325                | 0                   | 445000              | 7417                |
| 15       | Maharashtra         | 700                | 6                  | 505000              | 222933              | 0                   | 775000              | 31428               |
| 16       | Manipur             | 0                  | 0                  | 150                 | 78                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 17       | Meghalaya           | 0                  | 0                  | 3035                | 96                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18       | Mizoram             | 0                  | 0                  | 1700                | 40                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 19       | Nagaland            | 5                  | 0                  | 265                 | 65                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 20       | Odisha              | 500                | 0                  | 16441               | 5478                | 25000               | 10000               | 0                   |
| 21       | Puducherry          | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 22       | Punjab              | 220                | 0                  | 53000               | 12952               | 186                 | 75000               | 0                   |
| 23       | Rajasthan           | 1550               | 244                | 212914              | 89245               | 6418                | 350000              | 5476                |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu          | 424                | 1                  | 5200                | 3909                | 5000                | 6000                | 0                   |
| 25       | Telangana           | 4000               | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 28000               | 0                   | 0                   |
| 26       | Tripura             | 5                  | 0                  | 10895               | 3537                | 2600                | 0                   | 50                  |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh       | 151                | 0                  | 110948              | 54117               | 12000               | 94000               | 2000                |
| 28       | Uttarakhand         | 0                  | 0                  | 5685                | 473                 | 200                 | 0                   | 0                   |
| 29       | West Bengal         | 0                  | 0                  | 0                   | 0                   | 700                 | 0                   | 20                  |
| 30       | Andaman and Nicobar | 0                  | 0                  | 34                  | 0                   | 436                 | 0                   | 0                   |
|          | Total               | 10000              | 327.23             | 1302327             | 574324              | 131640              | 3465306             | 86364               |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 234 for 11.12.2024

## District-wise progress under PM-KUSUM Scheme in Tamil Nadu (as on 06.12.2024)

|   S. No. | District Name   |   No. of Solar Pumps Installed under Component-B (Nos) |
|----------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Ariyalur        |                                                    170 |
|        2 | Chengalpet      |                                                     64 |
|        3 | Coimbatore      |                                                     46 |
|        4 | Cuddalore       |                                                     71 |
|        5 | Dharmapuri      |                                                     71 |
|        6 | Dindugal        |                                                    145 |
|        7 | Erode           |                                                     89 |
|        8 | Kallakurichi    |                                                     68 |
|        9 | Kancheepuram    |                                                     54 |
|       10 | Kanniyakumari   |                                                    102 |
|       11 | Karur           |                                                     83 |
|       12 | Krishnagiri     |                                                     82 |
|       13 | Madurai         |                                                    125 |
|       14 | Mayiladuthurai  |                                                     29 |
|       15 | Nagapattinam    |                                                     27 |
|       16 | Namakkal        |                                                     78 |
|       17 | Perambalur      |                                                     82 |
|       18 | Pudukottai      |                                                    153 |
|       19 | Ramnad          |                                                     86 |
|       20 | Ranipet         |                                                     50 |
|       21 | Salem           |                                                    179 |
|       22 | Sivagangai      |                                                    172 |
|       23 | Tenkasi         |                                                     92 |
|       24 | Thanjavur       |                                                    161 |
|       25 | The Nilgiris    |                                                    145 |
|       26 | Theni           |                                                    118 |
|       27 | Thiruvallur     |                                                    107 |
|       28 | Thiruvarur      |                                                    139 |
|       29 | Thoothukudi     |                                                    217 |

| 30    | Tirunelveli    |   202 |
|-------|----------------|-------|
| 31    | Tirupattur     |    38 |
| 32    | Tiruppur       |    50 |
| 33    | Tiruvannamalai |    49 |
| 34    | Trichy         |   144 |
| 35    | Vellore        |   108 |
| 36    | Villupuram     |   102 |
| 37    | Virudhunagar   |   216 |
| Total | Total          |  3914 |