Article Title: PM-KUSUM Scheme
19-09-2022
Agriculture Prelims Plus
Why is in news? Union Minister Jitendra Singh to lead Joint Indian Ministerial official delegation in Global Clean
- Energy Action Forum
- The PM KUSUM Yojana (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyaan) was launched on 08 March 2019.
- This scheme led by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy aims at ensuring energy security for Indian farmers along with cutback dependency of farmers on fossil fuels.
- It is a scheme for farmers for installation of solar pumps and grid connected solar and other renewable power plants in the country.
- Under this scheme, the government will provide a 60% subsidy to a farmer for setting up of pump sets and tube wells on their land.
- Approved in February 2019, the objective of the scheme is to provide financial and water security.
- The scheme aims to add solar and other renewable capacity of 25,750 MW by 2022.
- State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) of MNRE will coordinate with States/UTs, Discoms and farmers for implementation of the scheme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE & IR HYBRID BATCH ORIENTATION : 20-11-2024