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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme for de-dieselisation of farm sector and enhancing the income of farmers.
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The PM-KUSUM scheme of the Government of India is one of the largest initiatives in the world to provide clean energy to more than 3.5 million farmers. It solarizes agricultural pumps and provides up 10 GW distributed solar projects to the farmers.
PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) Scheme is aimed at ensuring energy security for farmers in India, along with honouring India’s commitment to increase the share of installed capacity of electric power from non-fossil-fuel sources to 40% by 2030 as part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs).
- Objectives of Pm-Kusum Yojana
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- Three Components of Pm-Kusum Yojana
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Under PM-KUSUM Yojana, farmers, groups of farmers, panchayat, and co-operative societies can apply to plant a solar pump. The total cost involved in this scheme is divided into three categories in which the Government will help farmers. The government will provide a subsidy of 60% to farmers and 30% of the cost will be given by Government in form o...
Below mentioned are the scheme benefits of PM KUSUM Yojana: 1. Provides risk-free income for farmers 2. Ability to check groundwater overexploitation 3. Provides uninterrupted power supply to farmers 4. Helps in the reduction of carbon footprint in agriculture 5. Reduces farmer’s burden of farm power subsidy
Under this scheme, workers will set up 10,000 MW of decentralized renewable energy power plants which are grid-connected on barren landThese grids will be set up by farmers, cooperatives, groups of farmers, panchayats, Water User Associations (WUA), and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO)Power projects will be set up within a radius of 5 km of the sub-stationThe first thing to be implemented is the pilot run of Component A and Component C for a capacity of 1000 MW and 1 lakh pumpsAfter the successful implementation of a pilot run of Components A and C, these components will be used for greater capacity and pumpsBased on received demand, capacities have been sanctioned to various State Government AgenciesUnder Components A and C, tender or allocation will be performed by the implementation agency nominated by the State Governments for respective componentsPM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan)1 scheme was launched on February 19, 2019 2 with the objective of providing energy and water security to farmers, enhance their income, de-dieselise the farm sector and reduce environmental
Aug 25, 2022 · PM KUSUM Yojana is a central government scheme to support farmers. This scheme allows farmers to install solar irrigation systems and other power grids at a minimum of 10% cost of the...
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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM KUSUM) Objective. The scheme aims to add solar capacity of 30,800 MW by 2022 with total central financial support of Rs. 34,422 Crore including service charges to the implementing agencies. The Scheme consists of three components: