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Energy Security RE-Invest 2020

Two types of benefits from the KUSUM Scheme

The Scheme will benefit farmers in two ways. One, they will get free electricity for
irrigation and secondly if they make additional electricity and send it to the grid, then
they will also be able to earn some extra money

Highlights of KUSUM Scheme

30%

Subsidy to be given by the Central
Government BENEFITS
30%
Prime Minister The
Narendra Modi Subsidy to be given by the State landowner
with Governments will have an
President of
French 30% income of Rs
Republic 60 thousand
Emmanuel Amount to be sanctioned by banks to to 1 lakh
Macron at farmers as loan per acre
a Solar 10%
Power Plant in per year for
Mirzapur, Uttar Amount to be paid by farmers to install the next 25
Pradesh solar energy equipment years

BIG POWER SAVINGS
With Solar energy not only electricity will be You can avail the benefits… To apply under
saved but 30,800 MW additional power will be KUSUM Yojana, you can go to the official
generated. The Government will allow farmers to website https://Mnre.Gov.in/ and register.
make solar power by installing solar panels.

THREE COMPONENTS OF THE SCHEME allowed but the Central Financial Assistance
COMPONENT A: Connecting 10,000 MW of will be limited to the pump of 7.5 HP.
decentralised grids to renewable power plants. COMPONENT C: Solarisation of 15 Lakh
Solar or other renewable energy-based power grids connected through Solar powered
plants (REPP) of capacity between 500 kilowatts agricultural pumps. Individual farmers with
(KW) and 2 MW will be set up by individual farmer grid-connected agriculture pumps will be
or group of farmers or cooperatives or Panchayats supported.
or Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO). Power
discoms may allow setting up of Solar or other DIESEL PUMPS TO BE REPLACED IN
renewable energy-based power plants of capacity FIRST PHASE
less than 500 KW in specific cases. The first phase of KUSUM Scheme envisages
COMPONENT B: Installation of 20 Lakh solarisation of only those pumps which are
Solar-powered agricultural pumps. Individual running on diesel. Arrangements will be made to
farmers will be supported to install stand alone run such 17.50 Lakh irrigation pumps with Solar
Solar agriculture pumps of capacity up to 7.5 energy. This will help curb diesel consumption,
horsepower (HP) for replacement of existing crude oil imports and ensure protection of
diesel agriculture pumps in off-grid areas. environment. Farmer having barren land can
Pumps of capacity higher than 7.5 HP may be use them to produce Solar energy.

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