Resource detail

PM-KUSUM Scheme consists of following three components: Component-A: installation of aggregated 10,000 MW capacity of small solar power plants, each of capacity up to 2 MW on the barren/fallow/pasture/marshy/ cultivable land of farmers. Component-B: installation of 20 lakh standalone solar water pumps; and Component-C: solarization of 15 lakh existing grid-connected agriculture pumps including through feeder level solarisation. The Scheme was expanded in November, 2020 with an increased target of 30,800 MW of solar power capacity. As on 28.02.2023, a total of 89.45 MW capacity has been installed under Component-A and around 2.09 lakh pumps have been reported installed/ solarized under Component-B and Component-C combined. This is equivalent to about 1,140 MW of installed solar capacity. State/UT-wise details of the farmers benefitted under the Scheme, including the State of Rajasthan, are given in Annexure.