Parliament Question: Solarisation of Agriculture Feeders under PM-KUSUM

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3911 ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026 SOLARISATION OF AGRICULTURE FEEDERS UNDER PM-KUSUM

3911. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT

Will the minister of new and renewable energy be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of agricultural feeders solarised under Component-C Feeder Level Solarisation (FLS) of Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan

(PMKUSUM) as of February, 2026 and the resultant increase in the average hours of daytime power supply available to farmers;

(b) the details of status of the transition to PM-KUSUM 2.0 specifically the proposed 45 percent increase in funding to incorporate Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for night- time irrigation support; and

(c) the progress in achieving the target of 34.8 GW of decentralised solar capacity and the measures taken by the Government to address the low uptake in States with high technical losses, State-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) PM-KUSUM a demand-driven scheme and the capacities are allocated based on proposals received from States/UTs and their implementation progress. As reported by the State Implementing Agencies, total of 14,39,415 agriculture pumps are solarized through installation of 7261 MW across agriculture feeders till February 2026.

Due to the implementation of FLS, the states have reported shifting of their night time supply to day time power supply from 7 to 8 hrs to farmers. As reported by Ministry of Power, total of 5,655 feeders were solarized till Feb 2026.

(b) The Expenditure Finance Committee for PM KUSUM 2.0 was held on 21.04.2026.

(c) The state wise progress under PM KUSUM is placed at Annexure I.

The Ministry has simplified the procedures and issued comprehensive revised guidelines on

17.01.2024 for ease of implementation of the scheme. To increase the reach of PM KUSUM scheme, extensive outreach and capacity-building workshops are conducted by the Ministry from time to time. This also includes periodic review and handholding meetings with the implementing states.

*****Annexure I referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3911 for

12.08.2026 Progress under the PM KUSUM scheme till 31.07.2026 Component-A (MW) Component-B (Nos) Component-C (Nos) NS o. . State Name Sanctione Installed Sanctioned Installed Sanctioned Insta lled Sanctioned Insta lled Insta lled d (IPS) (FLS)

(IPS) (FLS) (Total) Arunachal 1 0 0 700 699 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh 2 Assam 2 0 4000 1695 0 0 0 0 0 3 Chhattisgarh 366 19 0 0 0 0 10523 622 622 4 Bihar 0 0 0 0 0 0 140300 6070 6070 5 Gujarat 175 0 22792 22792 0 0 467114 304948 304948 6 Goa 24 4 900 200 0 0 11000 700 700 7 Haryana 158 75.21 197655 195521 0 0 2899 0 0 Himachal 8 100 100 1270 1103 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh Jammu & 9 0 0 5000 4873 0 0 0 0 0 Kashmir 10 Jharkhand 0 0 86985 74201 0 0 0 0 0 11 Karnataka 0 0 41365 29513 0 0 763588 150490 150490 12 Kerala 0 0 8 8 9448 4063 22368 11809 15872 13 Ladakh 0 0 1400 315 0 0 0 0 0 14 Madhya Pradesh 1401 230.66 59400 26478 0 0 175000 71934 71934 15 Maharashtra 260 21 575000 559409 0 0 875000 875000 875000 16 Manipur 0 0 450 160 0 0 0 0 0 17 Meghalaya 0 0 2735 98 0 0 0 0 0 18 Mizoram 0 0 1700 613 0 0 0 0 0 19 Nagaland 0 0 265 265 0 0 0 0 0 20 Odisha 90 6 18441 16052 0 0 5223 0 0 21 Puducherry 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Punjab 0 0 18048 17928 186 25 0 0 25 23 Rajasthan 5618 1442.43 134752 127639 2138 2138 400000 229994 232132 24 Tamil Nadu 3 3 5187 5186 0 0 0 0 0 25 Telangana 1797 84 7000 0 28000 0 0 0 0 26 Tripura 5 0 11114 9401 3600 1375 0 0 1375 27 Uttar Pradesh 1 1 107266 71538 12000 8654 370000 2477 11131 28 Uttarakhand 0 0 3685 2980 0 0 0 0 0 29 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 20 4 0 0 4 Andaman & 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nicobar Islands 31 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 293587 0 0 Total 10000 1986.30 1307190 1168667 55392 16259 3536602 1654044 1670303