Lok Sabha Question No. 1410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Status of PM-KUSUM in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Km. Sudha R

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1410

ANSWERED ON 31/07/2024

## STATUS OF PM-KUSUM IN TAMIL NADU

## 1410. KM. SUDHA R

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

- (a)  the  number  of  farmers,  groups  of  farmer's  collectives,  FPOs  and  other  beneficiaries registered  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan  Mahabhiyan  (PMKUSUM), State and district-wise especially for the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the number of stand-alone solar agricultural pumps installed under Component B, State wise and for Tamil Nadu, district-wise;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries under Component C of the scheme, State-wise and for Tamil Nadu, district-wise;
- (d) 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
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to increase the reach of this programme?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) to (b) The Government launched PM KUSUM scheme in March, 2019, which has been scaled-up in January 2024 and has the following targets:
- i.  Component-A:  Setting  up  of  10,000  MW  of  Decentralized  Ground/  Stilt  Mounted  Grid Connected Solar or other Renewable Energy based Power Plants by the farmers on their land.
- ii. Component-B: Installation of 14 Lakh Stand-alone Solar Agriculture Pumps.

iii.  Component-C:  Solarisation  of  35  Lakh  Grid  Connected  Agriculture  Pumps  including Feeder Level Solarization.

All three components combined aim to add 34.8 GW of additional solar capacity.

Under Component-A of the PM-KUSUM, DISCOMs invite applications for Expression of Interest  from  prospective  farmers,  where  they  submit  their  application  for  setting  up  solar power plant in the prescribed format.

Under  Component-B  and  Individual  Pump  Solarisation  (IPS)  of  Component-C,  the  State Implementing Agencies (SIAs) invite applications for the installation and solarisation of pumps in the prescribed format.

The number of beneficiaries registered under various components of the scheme is maintained by the State Implementing Agencies (SIAs). Only the installation data is reported by SIAs to MNRE. However, for the State of Tamil Nadu as per the information provided by SIA for Component-B there are 4381 registered beneficiaries against which 3187 pumps have been installed. The District-wise details of beneficiaries and installation under Component B of the scheme, in the State of Tamil Nadu.  are enclosed at Annexure - I.

The State-wise details of installations under the PM-KUSUM Scheme is placed at AnnexureII.

(c)&(d) PM-KUSUM Scheme is a demand-driven Scheme and allocations are made based on the demand received from States.  There is no demand from the State of Tamil Nadu under Component 'C' of the scheme.

(e) Measures taken by the Government to achieve PM KUSUM targets and increase in reach of the programme are furnished at Annexure III.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1410 for 31.7.2024

## District-wise details of beneficiaries in the State of Tamil Nadu

| Sl. No.   | Name of District   |   Number of Registered Beneficiaries | Number of pumps installed   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Kancheepuram       |                                   61 | 49                          |
| 2         | Chengalpet         |                                   68 | 51                          |
| 3         | Thiruvallur        |                                  103 | 72                          |
| 4         | Vellore            |                                  107 | 95                          |
| 5         | Tirupattur         |                                   37 | 23                          |
| 6         | Ranipet            |                                   47 | 30                          |
| 7         | Tiruvannamalai     |                                   53 | 39                          |
| 8         | Villupuram         |                                  107 | 82                          |
| 9         | Kallakurichi       |                                   95 | 47                          |
| 10        | Cuddalore          |                                   96 | 63                          |
| 11        | Salem              |                                  228 | 165                         |
| 12        | Namakkal           |                                  105 | 64                          |
| 13        | Dharmapuri         |                                   88 | 46                          |
| 14        | Krishnagiri        |                                   85 | 62                          |
| 15        | Coimbatore         |                                   55 | 37                          |
| 16        | Erode              |                                   91 | 68                          |
| 17        | Tiruppur           |                                   69 | 39                          |
| 18        | Thanjavur          |                                  159 | 127                         |
| 19        | Thiruvarur         |                                  144 | 113                         |
| 20        | Nagapattinam       |                                   39 | 23                          |
| 21        | Mayiladuthurai     |                                   55 | 23                          |
| 22        | Trichy             |                                  165 | 118                         |
| 23        | Karur              |                                   84 | 64                          |
| 24        | Ariyalur           |                                  176 | 151                         |
| 25        | Perambalur         |                                  103 | 71                          |
| 26        | Pudukottai         |                                  160 | 131                         |
| 27        | Madurai            |                                  126 | 106                         |
| 28        | Theni              |                                  136 | 99                          |
| 29        | Dindugal           |                                  156 | 100                         |
| 30        | Virudhunagar       |                                  196 | 170                         |
| 31        | Sivagangai         |                                  214 | 151                         |
| 32        | Ramnad             |                                   88 | 70                          |
| 33        | Tirunelveli        |                                  279 | 185                         |
| 34        | Tenkasi            |                                   96 | 61                          |
| 35        | Thoothukudi        |                                  264 | 207                         |
| 36        | Kanniyakumari      |                                  101 | 86                          |
| 37        | The Nilgiris       |                                  145 | 99                          |
|           | Total              |                                 4381 | 3187*                       |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1410 for 31.7.2024

## Number of installations in the PM KUSUM (as on 30.06.2024)

| S. No.   | State             | Component-A          | Component-A          | Nos. of pumps installed under Component-B   | Nos. of pumps solarised under Component-C   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | No. of Beneficiaries | Installation (in MW) | Nos. of pumps installed under Component-B   | Nos. of pumps solarised under Component-C   |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                    | 0                    | 259                                         | 0                                           |
| 2        | Assam             | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh      | 3                    | 4                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 4        | Bihar             | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 0                    | 0                    | 6399                                        | 0                                           |
| 6        | Goa               | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 700                                         |
| 7        | Haryana           | 2                    | 2.25                 | 102973                                      | 0                                           |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 50                   | 23.4                 | 638                                         | 0                                           |
| 9        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 0                    | 0                    | 1425                                        | 0                                           |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 0                    | 0                    | 15051                                       | 0                                           |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 0                    | 0                    | 1368                                        | 0                                           |
| 12       | Kerala            | 0                    | 0                    | 8                                           | 6135                                        |
| 13       | Ladakh            | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 12                   | 20.13                | 7325                                        | 0                                           |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 2                    | 6                    | 119306                                      | 3650                                        |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0                    | 0                    | 78                                          | 0                                           |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 0                    | 0                    | 96                                          | 0                                           |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0                    | 0                    | 65                                          | 0                                           |
| 20       | Odisha            | 0                    | 0                    | 3766                                        | 0                                           |
| 21       | Puducherry        | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 22       | Punjab            | 0                    | 0                    | 12952                                       | 0                                           |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 154                  | 201                  | 72603                                       | 3007                                        |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 0                    | 0                    | 3236                                        | 0                                           |
| 25       | Telangana         | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 26       | Tripura           | 0                    | 0                    | 2828                                        | 50                                          |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                    | 0                    | 46743                                       | 0                                           |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0                    | 0                    | 318                                         | 0                                           |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 0                    | 0                    | 0                                           | 20                                          |
| 30       | Andaman& Nicobar  | 0                    |                      | 0                                           | 0                                           |
|          | Total (June 2024) | 223                  | 256.78               | 397437                                      | 13562                                       |

## Annexure-III referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1410 for 31.7.2024

## Steps taken by Ministry for implementation and outreach 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  Component-C (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  Component-B  and  C  of  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 the quality of installations.
- Web-Portals at Central and at State levels have been developed for monitoring of Scheme.
- Publicity and awareness conducted 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  learned  during  implementation  and  feedback  from stakeholders.
- A  revised  comprehensive  scheme  guidelines  issued  in  January  2024  to  ease  the implementation of the scheme.
- More than 10 review meeting has been carried out with states during FY 24-25.
- A dedicated agency hired to increase the outreach and carry out the IEC activities.
- One  national-level  Bankers  Conclave  has  been  organized  with  Banks  and  Financial Institutions.
- All the targeted quantities of 49 lakh pumps under Components B and C are allocated to States.
- One National level workshop has been organized with the State Implementing Agencies in May 2024 explaining the simplified process under the scheme.