GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 110
ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

PM-KUSUM SCHEME

*110. SHRI BALAK NATH

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

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

(a) the details of Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-
KUSUM) scheme;
(b) the salient features of the said scheme and the criteria fixed therein;
(c) the amount provided to the farmers for installation of solar pumps by the Government
during the last two years, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;
(d) the positive results/achievements of the said scheme, till date;
(e) whether the Government has made efforts to review the said scheme and if so, the details
thereof;
(f) whether the officials of the Government are coordinating with the farmers to bring better
results and if so, the details thereof; and
(g) if not, the efforts being made by the Government to provide more benefits to the farmers
under the said scheme?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

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

*****
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (g) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.110
to be answered on 09.02.2023 regarding PM-KUSUM Scheme

(a) to (g) 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.

The amount provided by the Government under the Scheme to States/UTs, including
Rajasthan, for installation of standalone solar pumps and solarization of existing agriculture
pumps during the last two years and the current year, till 31.12.2022, is placed at Annexure-
II. State-wise achievements under the three components of the Scheme are placed at
Annexure-III.
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is continuously engaged with stakeholders,
including the farmers, to review and monitor the implementation of the Scheme. In addition,
third party evaluation of the Scheme has been carried out during FY 2020-21. To ease
implementation of the Scheme, MNRE has taken various steps which are provided at
Annexure-IV.
Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) to (g) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.
110 for 09.02.2023
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. The Scheme
is implemented through the state
government agencies.

Component A: Setting up of 10,000 Procurement Based Incentive (PBI) to the

MW of Decentralized Ground/Stilt DISCOMs @ 40 paise/kWh or Rs.6.60
Mounted Solar Power Plants on lakhs/MW/year, whichever is lower, for buying
barren/fallow/pasture/marshy/ solar/ other renewable power under this scheme.
cultivable land of farmers. Such The PBI is given to the DISCOMs for a period
plants can be installed by individual of five years from the Commercial Operation
farmer, Solar Power Developer, Date of the plant. Therefore, the total PBI
Cooperatives, Panchayats and payable to DISCOMs is Rs. 33 Lakh per MW.
Farmers Producer Organisations.

Component B: Installation of 20 For Component-B and individual pump

Lakh Stand-alone Solar Pumps in solarisation under Component-C:
off-grid areas. CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost issued by
MNRE or the prices of the systems discovered in
Component C: Solarisation of 15 the tender, whichever is lower is provided.
Lakh Grid Connected Agriculture However, in North Eastern States including
Pumps through (i) Individual Pump Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal
Solarisation and (ii) Feeder Level Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and
Solarisation. A&N Islands, CFA of 50% of the benchmark
cost issued by MNRE or the prices of the
The beneficiaries under systems discovered in the tender, whichever is
Component-B and Component-C lower, is provided. In addition, the respective
could be individual farmer, Water state/UT has to provide at least 30% financial
User Associations, Primary support. Balance cost is to be contributed by
Agriculture Credit Societies and beneficiary.
Communities/Cluster Based
Irrigation Systems.
For agriculture feeder solarization, CFA of Rs
1.05 Crore per MW is provided. There is no
mandatory requirement of financial support from
participating State/UT. The feeder solarisation
can be implemented in CAPEX or RESCO
mode.
Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (a) to (g) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.
110 for 09.02.2023
Funds Released Under PM- KUSUM Scheme (till 31.12.2022)

(Amounted released in Rs. Crore)

S. No. States/UTs 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23*

Arunachal
1. 0 0 0.81
Pradesh
2. Gujarat 3.95 0 6.18
3. Haryana 51.33 161.12 102.25
4. Himachal Pradesh 2.8 0 5.85
Jammu &
5. 0 0 15.69
Kashmir
6. Jharkhand 16.05 0 19.97
7. Karnataka 1.26 0 0
8. Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0
9. Maharashtra 0 9.6 210.46
10. Manipur 0.36 0 0
11. Meghalaya 0.28 0 0
12. Odisha 0.77 0 0
13. Punjab 8.28 23.7 28.31
14. Rajasthan 52.06 153.49 193.61
15. Tamil Nadu 0 20.3 0.3
16. Tripura 3.96 7.36 0.12
17. Uttarakhand 0 0 3.31
18. Uttar Pradesh 15.34 13.73 36.38
19. Others 0 16.75 0
Total 156.43 406.04 623.24
* For FY 2022-23 data available till 31.12.2022
 Annexure-III referred to in reply to part (a) to (g) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.
110 for 09.02.2023
Achievements under PM-KUSUM Scheme (till 31.12.2022)

Component-A Component-B
Component-C (Nos)
S. (MW) (Nos)
States/UTs
No. Sanctioned Sanctioned
Sanctioned Installed Sanctioned Installed
(IPS) (FLS) Installed
Arunachal
1 2 0 200 0 0 0 0
Pradesh
2 Assam 10 0 5000 0 1000 0 0
3 Chhattisgarh 30 0 25000 0 0 330500 0
4 Bihar 0 0 0 0 0 160000 0
5 Gujarat 500 0 8082 1283 7000 300500 0
6 Goa 50 0 200 0 0 11000 0
7 Haryana 65 2.25 252655 40216 0 65079 0
Himachal
8 50 19.7 1580 478 0 0 0
Pradesh
Jammu &
9 20 0 5000 462 4000 0 0
Kashmir
10 Jharkhand 50 0 36717 8922 1000 10000 0
11 Karnataka 0 0 10314 314 0 337000 0
12 Kerala 40 0 100 0 45100 3200 30
13 Ladakh 5 0 1600 0 0 0 0
Madhya
14 500 4 12000 6787 0 270000 0
Pradesh
15 Maharashtra 500 0 225000 37721 0 250000 0
16 Manipur 0 0 150 28 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 5 0 535 35 0 10000 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 2700 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 5 0 165 0 0 0 0
20 Odisha 500 0 5741 1138 40000 10000 0
21 Puducherry 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Punjab 220 0 78000 12128 186 125000 0
23 Rajasthan 1200 62.5 198884 54195 1144 100000 1144
24 Tamil Nadu 424 0 7200 2468 20000 10000 0
25 Telangana 500 0 400 0 0 8000 0
26 Tripura 5 0 6021 1174 2600 0 0
Uttar
27 225 0 66842 12773 0 400000 0
Pradesh
28 Uttarakhand 0 0 3705 307 200 0 0
29 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 23700 0 0
Total 4913 88.45 953791 180429 145930 2400279 1174
• The capacity installed till 31.12.2022 under the three components would result in reduction of
124 million liters in diesel consumption per annum and reduction of around 0.64 million
tonnes per annum in Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions.
 Annexure-IV referred to in reply to part (a) to (g) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.
110 for 09.02.2023

Steps taken by Ministry to ease implementation of the PM-KUSUM Scheme inter-alia

include:

• PM-KUSUM Scheme has been extended till 31.03.2026.

• Central Financial Assistance (CFA) 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/Financial Institutions (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 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 from 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.