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|August 19, 2025
Scaling up PM-KUSUM is smart climate and energy strategy
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India's agricultural sector consumes nearly a fifth of its electricity and a hefty portion of diesel for irrigation. By replacing diesel pumps with solar-powered ones and solarising grid-connected pumps, the PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) scheme is playing a crucial role in reducing emission, lowering subsidies, and protecting farmers from volatile input costs.
Phase 1 of the scheme, running through 2025-26, aims to achieve an additional 34.8 gigawatt (Gw) of solar power for irrigation through standalone solar pumps, grid-connected pump solarisation, and small solar projects on barren land. With about ₹34,000 crore earmarked, the scheme envisages the setting up of 1.4 million standalone solar agricultural pumps and the solarisation of 3.5 million grid-connected agriculture pumps, including feeder-level solarisation.
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