Name of the scheme -KUSUM Scheme
Full Form of the Scheme -Kisan Urja Suraksha Utthan
Mahabhiyan Scheme
kusum yojana official website- https://kusum.online/
First Announced on -February 1
First Announced by -Arun Jaitley
Second Announced on -February 2,
Second Announced by- Power Ministry
Years to Initiate- 2018 to 2019
Year to End -2021
Kusum Scheme under which Ministry -Indian Power
Ministry headed by R. K. Singh
Targeted Beneficiaries -The agricultural laborers or
farmers
Amount invested- Rs. 48000 crore for a decade
Main Motto -To offer further technological advancement
for
Features of the KUSUM Yojana
1. For the betterment of the
farmers – The successful operation of this program will
be able to help the
farmers not only in meeting their power related requirements, but will also be
able to earn some extra
cash by selling excess energy.
2. Construction of plants on
infertile lands only – The government has also announced
that it will
take initiative to construct plants, which will generate solar power. As per
the draft, these plants will only
be erected on infertile areas, capable of generating a total of 28, 250 MW
power.
3. Distribution of solar powered
pumps – One of the primary aims of this program is to
provide
interested farmers with solar pumps. The government states that 17.5 lakh solar
powered pumps will be
provided to agricultural labors.
4. Power production on small scale
– Apart from the solar power plants, government will work towards
the installation of new solar pumps in farms, which have diesel pumps. The
capacity of these pumps will
be 720 MW.
5. Power generation from
tube-wells – The government will also work toward the
installation of
unique tube-wells. Each of these pumps will be able to generate power of 8250
MW
6. Sale of excess power – Apart from distribution, the scheme also provides all farmers
with the chance to
earn more money by installing the solar pumps. The excess amount of energy that
the farmers generate
can be sold to the grid.
7. Duration of the scheme – Current estimates state that for the successful completion of
this elaborate
scheme, the central government will have to work for at least 10 years.
8. Subsidy structure of the scheme
– As per the draft, each farmer will get huge subsidy on new and
improved solar powered pumps. They agricultural labors will have to tolerate
only 10% of the total
expenditure to acquire an install a solar pump. The central government will
provide 60% cost while the
remaining 30% will be taken care of by bank as credit.
9. Good for the overall
environment – The increased use of solar power
and electricity generated from
the solar plants, will lower the level of pupation in the area. Dependence on
fossil fuel will go down
considerably as well
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