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MNRE issues guidelines to rollout PM-KUSUM Scheme for farmers
Jul-23-2019

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines for rollout of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme, with a central aid of Rs 34,422 crore to provide financial and water security to farmers through harnessing solar energy capacities of 25.75 gigawatt (GW) by 2022.

In February 2019, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the launch of the scheme with the aim of providing farmers with financial and water security. The scheme has three components. The Component-A provides for setting up of 10,000 megawatt of decentralised ground/ stilt-mounted grid-connected solar or other renewable energy-based power plants. The Component-B of the scheme provides for installation of 17.50 lakh stand-alone solar agriculture pumps, while the Component-C envisages solarisation of 10 lakh grid-connected agriculture pumps.

The guidelines issued stated that the Component-A and Component-C will be implemented initially on a pilot mode for 1,000 megawatt (MW) capacity and one lakh grid-connected agriculture pumps, respectively, while the Component-B will be implemented in full-fledged manner with total central government support of Rs 19,036.5 crore. After the successful implementation of pilot project of Components A and C, the same shall be scaled up with necessary modifications based on the learning from the pilot phase with the total central government support of Rs 15,385.5 crore. These guidelines have been formulated to provide broad implementation framework of the scheme. 

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