This scheme was developed by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to provide subsidies to farmers to allow them to switch from fossil fuel-powered pumps to new solar-powered machines.
Prime Minister's Farmer Energy Security and Upliftment Campaign (PM-KUSUM scheme)
Summary
Documents
Document
About this policy
Year
2020
Most recent update
13/11/2020
Geography
Response areas
Mitigation
Sectors
Energy, Rural
TargetsĀ Ā 2
India has committed to increase installed capacity of non-fossil fuel sources to 40% by 2030.
Energy, Target year: 2030The PM-KUSUM scheme aims to ensure energy security for farmers across India by increasing the installed capacity of electric power from non-fossil fuel sources to 40% by 2030. This is part of India's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). There are three main aspects. A. 10,000MW of Decentralized GRound Grid Connected Renewable Power Plants and each plant size up to 2MW. B. Install 17.5 lakh solar powered agriculture pumps and C. Solarisation of 10 Lakh Grid connected agriculture pumps.
Energy, Target year: 2030Note
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