Components of PM-KUSUM
- Component-A: Under this component, decentralized Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Power Plants of the capacity of 10,000MW is to be made, and for this goal, small renewable energy power plants of capacity 500KW-2MW will be set up by individual farmers/group of farmers/panchayats/cooperatives/Water User Association/Farmer Producer Association in their barren lands and they can sell the generated power to local DISCOM at a pre-determined rate. They can set up these plants in cultivated lands also, in cultivated lands plants will be set up above crops. To reduce the loss of power while transmission and the cost of transmission, plants will be set up in a 5KM radius of sub-stations.
- Component-B: Under this component, standalone solar pumps of capacity up to 7.5HP will be installed in place of diesel-powered pumps in areas where the grid power supply is not there. The government will help in the installation of 17.5 lakhs such pumps.
- Component-C: Under this component existing grid connected water pumps will be converted to solar pumps and government will help farmers in doing so. Government will help in converting 10 lakhs existing grid connected pumps to solar pumps. Farmers can use the electricity for their irrigation purposes and then sell the surplus power to local DISCOMs at pre-determined rates.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM)
In the budget of 2018-19 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced a new scheme for farmers of the country, named Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan commonly known as the PM-KUSUM scheme. This scheme focuses on the decentralized solar power plant for the production of electricity, it will also help our farmers. The final approval for this scheme was given on 8th March 2019. Under this scheme, individual farmers, groups of farmers, panchayats, cooperatives, Water User Association, and farmer producer associations can set up small renewable energy-based power plants on their barren or cultivated lands.