✔️What is the KUSUM scheme in full form?

Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan is the full form of KUSUM.

✔️How much is the subsidy for KUSUM Yojana?

The state government will pay a 30% subsidy, while the farmer will be responsible for the remaining 40%.

PM KUSUM Scheme

Q: ✔️What is the PM KUSUM Scheme?

The Indian government has created a new programme called KUSUM to help farmers install solar irrigation pumps on their properties. This scheme will provide farmers with a 60% subsidy for installing pump sets and tube wells on their land.

Q: ✔️Who launched the KUSUM Scheme?

In the country, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has created the PM KUSUM Scheme for farmers to install solar pumps and grid-connected solar and other renewable energy facilities.

Q: ✔️When was the KUSUM scheme launched?

In March 2019, the PM-KUSUM plan received administrative clearance, and rules were prepared in July 2019.

PM KUSUM Yojana: Know its Launch Date & Full Details

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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme in 2019 to enhance the solar capacity of Indian farmers and encourage renewable energy. This is being done by installing solar pumps and other renewable energy plants across the country.

Features of PM KUSUM Yojana

Farmers, farmer organisations, panchayats, and cooperative societies can apply to set up small solar power plants and install solar pumps under the Pradhan Mantri KUSUM Yojana. The overall cost of this scheme is broken down into three areas, each of which the government will assist farmers with.

For north-eastern States, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir/Ladakh and Island UTs subsidy of 50% will be provided by the Central Government and at least 30% will be provided by the State Government for installations of solar pumps. Farmers would have to invest the balance of 20%.

For all other states, farmers would receive a 60% subsidy from the Central and State Governments and would only be required to contribute 40% of the project's overall cost. Farmers can sell the electricity generated by solar panels by connecting it to the existing grid. Money earned from the sale of power might be utilised to launch a new business.

Key Benefits of KUSUM Yojana

The following are the PM KUSUM scheme benefits:

Provides farmers with a risk-free source of revenue
Ensures that farmers have access to power at all times
Aids in the decrease of agriculture's carbon footprint
Reduces the burden of farm power subsidies on farmers
Can be availed of by farmers through bank finance, resulting in initially paying only 10% of the cost.

Components of PM KUSUM Yojana

There are 3 components of the scheme each of which is detailed below:

Component A

Under this concept, construction of 10,000 MW of grid-connected decentralised renewable energy power plants on barren land is planned
DISCOM would be eligible to get PBI @ ₹0.40 per unit purchased or ₹6.6 Lakh per MW of capacity installed, whichever is less, for 5 years
Power projects are built within a 5-kilometre radius of the substation

Component B

Farmers would be helped to install stand-alone solar agriculture pumps worth ₹17.50 Lakhs under this scheme
The pumps up to 7.5 HP will be utilised to upgrade current diesel farming pumps in off-grid areas.

Component C

This part of the scheme aims to solarize 10 Lakh grid-connected agriculture pumps, with individual farmers receiving assistance to solarize pumps that are already linked to the grid
Extrasolar power would be sold to India's distribution companies (DISCOMs) at a predetermined price
Solar PV capacity of up to 15 HP of pump capacity in kW is allowed under the scheme
Solar energy would be used to meet the irrigation needs of farmers
The farmers would get day-time reliable power for irrigation free of cost or at a tariff fixed by their respective state

PM KUSUM — State-wise Implementing Agencies of Components A, B and C

The following is a tabular depiction of component-by-component specifics of sanctions and state implementing agencies:

Component A - State-wise Implementing Agency
State Name	State Implementing Agency	Sanctioned Quantity	Website / Contact Details
Assam	Assam Power Distribution Company Limited	10	Please visit the website: www.rodalee.com
Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited	30	Please visit the website:cspdcl.co.in
Delhi	Concerned electricity distribution company	0	Please contact BSES Radhani and Tata Power by sending an email to ceo.sectt@relianceada.com or calling 011-39999838 for BSES Power Ltd., or md.office@tatapower-ddl.com for Tata Power or call at 011-66112202.
Goa	Goa Energy Development Agency	50	Please visit the website www.geda.goa.gov.in
Gujarat	Gujarat Energy Development Agency	500	Please visit the website https://geda.gujarat.gov.in/
Haryana	Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) & Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN)	65	Please visit the website:- https://pmkusum.uhbvn.org.in/
Himachal Pradesh	HIMURJA	30	Please send an email to himurja-hp@nic.in
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu And Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA)	20	Please contact JAKEDA at pathakb@ias.nic.in or ceojakeda2@gmail.com or call 0194-2490269
Jharkhand	Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL)	50	Please visit the website:-https://jbvnl.co.in/ or visit the local office of JBVNL
Kerala	Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)	40	Please visit the website: https://ws.kseb.in/pmkusum/ksebpss/pss/interface/public/index.php
Ladakh	-	5	-
Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVNL)	500	Please the website:- mprenewable.nic.in
Maharashtra	Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited	500	Please visit the website:-https://www.mahadiscom.in/pm-kusum/A/index.php
Meghalaya	Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL)	5	Please contact Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) at rv.suchiang@nic.in or call 0364 2590367
Odisha	Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA)	500	Please visit the website:- https://oredaodisha.com/kisan-urja-suraksha-evam-utthan-mahabhiyan-kusum-scheme/
Puducherry	Puducherry Electricity Department	7	Please contact the Puducherry Electricity Department at se1ped.pon@nic.in or call 0413 2334277
Punjab	Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)	220	Please visit the website www.eproc.punjab.gov.in
Rajasthan	Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL)	1200	Please visit the website:- www.energy.rajasthan.gov.in/rrecl
Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TANGEDCO)	424	Please contact TANGEDCO at chairman@tnebnet.org or call 044 28520131
Telangana	Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd. (TSREDCO)	500	Please visit the website www.pmkusum.telangana.gov.in
Tripura	Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (TSECL)	5	Please contact the office of Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd. At cmdtsecl@rediffmail.com Or call 0381 2228001
Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA)	225	Please visit the website http://upneda.org.in/

Component B - State-wise Implementing Agency
State Name	State Implementing Agency	Sanctioned Pumps	Website / Contact Details	Central Subsidy
Arunachal Pradesh	Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency	200	Please contact the office of Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency at loyamarki@gmail.com.	50%
Assam	Assam Energy Development Agency	5000	Please visit the website http://aedaassam.org/register	50%
Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency	25000	Please contact the office of Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency at contact.creda@gov.in	30%
Goa	Goa Energy Development Agency	200	Please visit the website www.geda.goa.gov.in	30%
Gujarat	Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited	8082	Please visit the website https://pmkusum.guvnl.com	30%
Haryana	Department of New & Renewable Energy	197655	Please visit the website www.saralharyana.gov.in	30%
Himachal Pradesh	Agriculture Department	1180	Please contact the Agriculture Department of Himachal Pradesh at krishibhawan-hp@gov.in	50%
Jammu And Kashmir	Jammu And Kashmir Energy Development Agency	5000	Please contact the JAKEDA at pathakb@ias.nic.in or ceojakeda2@gmail.com or call 0194-2490269	50%
Jharkhand	Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency	16717	Please contact the JREDA at info@jreda.com or call 0651-2491164	30%
Karnataka	Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited	10314	Please contact the KREDL at chairmankredl5@gmail.com or 080 22252373	30%
Kerala	Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology	100	Please contact the ANERT at ceo@anert.in or call 0471-2338077	30%
Ladakh	Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency	1600	Please contact the office of Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency at cpekargil@gmail.com	50%
Madhya Pradesh	M.P. Urja Vikas Nigam Limited	57000	Please visit the website www.cmsolarpump.mp.gov.in	30%
Maharashtra	Maharashtra Energy Development Agency	200000	Please visit the website https://kusum.mahaurja.com/solar/benefi ciary/register/Kusum-Yojana	30%
Manipur	Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency	150	Please contact the Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency at mlou_singh@yahoo.com	50%
Meghalaya	Meghalaya Non-Conventional & Rural Energy Development Agency	235	Please contact the Meghalaya Non-Conventional & Rural Energy Development Agency at mnreda.dir@gmail.com or 0364-2537343	50%
Nagaland	Department of New & Renewable Energy, Nagaland	65	Please contact the office of New and Renewable Department, Nagaland at dirdnre-ngl@gov.in	50%
Odisha	Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency	5741	Please contact the OREDA at ceooreda@oredaorissa.com or call 0674-2588260	30%
Punjab	Punjab Energy Development Agency	63000	Please visit the website www.pedasolarpumps.com	30%
Rajasthan	RHDS (Department of Horticulture) Rajasthan	158884	Please visit the E-mitra portal at https://emitra.rajasthan.gov.in/	30%
Tamil Nadu	Agricultural Engineering Department	6200	Please contact the office of the Agricultural Engineering Department at aedcewrm@gmail.com or call 044-29510722	30%
Telangana	Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd. (TSREDCO)	400	-	30%
Tripura	Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency	4021	Please contact the office of Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency at tredaagartala@gmail.com	50%
Uttar Pradesh	Agriculture Department	36842	Please visit the website https://pmkusum.upagriculture.com/	30%
Uttarakhand	Minor Irrigation Department	1838	Please contact the office of Minor Irrigation Department at cemiduk@gmail.com	50%

Component C - State-wise Implementing Agency
State Name	State Implementing Agency	Sanctioned Pumps	Website / Contact Details	Central Subsidy
Assam	Assam Energy Development Agency	1000	Please contact the office of Assam Energy Development Agency (AEDA) at assamrenewable@gmail.com or aedakusum@gmail.com	20%
Delhi	BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd	0	Please visit the website:- www.solarbses.com or visit the respective division office of the BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.	30%
Gujarat	Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited	7000	Please visit the website https://pmkusum.guvnl.com	30%
Jharkhand	Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency	1000	-	-
Kerala	Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) & Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT)	45100	Please visit the website www.buymysun.com or visit the district offices of ANERT	30%
Odisha	Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency	40000	-	-
Punjab	Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)	186	-	-
Rajasthan	Concerned Electricity Distribution Company	10764	Please visit the office of the Superintendent Engineer of the concerned implementing agency	30%
Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency	20000	Please visit the website:-https://www.tangedco.gov.in/	30%
Tripura	Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency	2600	Please contact the office of Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency at tredaagartala@gmail.com	50%
Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd	200	Please contact the office of Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. at md@upcl.org or call 0135-2768895	50%
West Bengal	West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL)	23700	Please visit the website www.wbsedcl.in or visit the Customer Care Center of WBSEDCL in the respective area	30%

*Disclaimer: Please visit the official websites to get more details about the respective state body that implements the scheme.

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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has created a scheme called KUSUM to help farmers install solar irrigation pumps on their properties. This scheme will provide farmers with a 60% subsidy for installing pump sets and tube wells on their land.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched the PM KUSUM Scheme for farmers to install solar pumps and grid-connected solar and other renewable energy facilities.

KUSUM stands for Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan.

In March 2019, the KUSUM plan received administrative clearance, and rules were prepared in July 2019.

This programme intends to supply Indian farmers with low-cost solar irrigation pumps, allowing them to reduce their reliance on diesel-powered grids.

The state and central government will pay a 30% subsidy each, while the farmer will be responsible for the remaining 40%.

It will make daytime power available to you and generate a steady source of income by selling power to DISCOM at a predetermined tariff. As the solar water pumps do not require any additional fuel source such as diesel, kerosene or electricity, your recurring costs of fuel or electricity will go down, too. Solar water pumps are easier to operate and maintain than diesel pumps. With proper and cost-effective irrigation, you will be able to harvest additional crops and increase your income as well.