New Delhi: The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme was launched in March 2019 (scaled up final in September 2023) to supply reasonably priced and accessible energy to the farmers all through the nation.
Right here Are 10 Issues About PM-KUSUM Scheme And How It Is Empowering Indian Farmers
1. The primary goals of the PM KUSUM Scheme embrace to de-dieselize the farm sector, to supply power and water safety to farmers and improve their revenue, and cut back environmental air pollution.
2. The PM-KUSUM Scheme scheme has the next Elements:
(i) Element ‘A’: Organising of 10,000 MW of Decentralized Floor/ Stilt Mounted Grid Related Photo voltaic or different Renewable Vitality primarily based Energy Crops by the farmers on their land;
(ii) Element ‘B’: Set up of 14 lakh standalone off-grid photo voltaic water pumps; and
(iii) Element ‘C’: Solarization of 35 lakh present grid-connected agriculture pumps and thru feeder stage solarization (FLS).
3. The beneficiaries beneath Element-B and Element-C may very well be particular person farmer, Water Person Associations, Main Agriculture Credit score Societies and Communities/Cluster Primarily based Irrigation Methods.
4. Monetary Help Is offered beneath the PM-KUSUM Scheme scheme
5. Procurement Primarily based Incentive (PBI) to the DISCOMs @ 40 paise/kWh or Rs.6.60 lakhs/MW/yr, whichever is decrease, for getting photo voltaic/ different renewable energy beneath this scheme.
6. The PBI is given to the DISCOMs for a interval of 5 years from the Business Operation Date of the plant. Subsequently, the whole PBI payable to DISCOMs is Rs. 33 Lakh per MW.
7. For Element-B and particular person pump solarisation beneath Element-C: CFA of 30% of the benchmark price issued by MNRE or the costs of the techniques found within the tender, whichever is decrease is supplied. Nonetheless, in North Jap States together with Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands, CFA of fifty% of the benchmark price issued by MNRE or the costs of the techniques found within the tender, whichever is decrease, is supplied.
8. As well as, the respective state/UT has to supply at the very least 30% monetary help. Stability price is to be contributed by beneficiary. Element B and Element C (IPS) of PM KUSUM scheme may also be carried out with out State share of 30%. The Central Monetary Help will proceed to stay 30% and relaxation 70% can be borne by the farmer.
9. For agriculture feeder solarization, CFA of Rs 1.05 Crore per MW is supplied. There is no such thing as a necessary requirement of economic help from taking part State/UT. The feeder solarisation might be carried out in CAPEX or RESCO mode.
10. As of 8 February 2024, greater than 2.95 lakh standalone off-grid photo voltaic water pumps have been put in beneath PM-KUSUM Scheme, Union Energy and New & Renewable Vitality Minister had knowledgeable in a written reply to a query, in Lok Sabha
