(The Gist of PIB) Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme [MARCH-2019]

Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme

• The Government of India is formulating a Scheme ‘Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM)’ which aims to promote use of solar energy among the farmers.

Key highlights about the proposed scheme

• Setting up of grid-connected renewable power plants each of 500 KW to 2 MW in the rural area.
• Installation of standalone off-grid solar water pumps to fulfil irrigation needs of farmers not connected to grid.
• Solarization of existing gridconnected agriculture pumps to make farmers independent of grid supply and also sell surplus solar power generated to Discom and get extra income.
• The farmers will have to tolerate only 10% of the total expenditure to acquire an install a solar pumps.
• The Central Govt. will provide 60% cost while the remaining 30% will be taken care of by bank as credit.

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