Parliament Question: Subsidy for Solar Pumps under PM-KUSUM

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1822 ANSWERED ON 29.07.2026 SUBSIDY FOR SOLAR PUMPS UNDER PM-KUSUM

1822. SHRI BHARAT SINGH KUSHWAH

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

(a) the date on which the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan

(PMKUSUM) scheme was launched and the number of farmers benefited under its various components so far in the State of Madhya Pradesh specifically in Gwalior district;

(b) the details of the solar pumps and other projects sanctioned, installed and operational under the scheme, component-wise;

(c) whether there is a provision for grant/subsidy for solar agricultural pumps of 5 HP and 10 HP capacity under the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, whether the Government is considering making special provisions to incentivize solar pumps of 5 HP and 10 HP capacity and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) & (b) PM-KUSUM Scheme was launched by the Government on 8th March 2019. The component wise progress under PM KUSUM in the country, including Madhya Pradesh, is placed at Annexure I.

As reported by State Implementing Agency, the component wise progress in Gwalior district is as

follow:

Installation (till 30.06.2026) Component A 2

(MW) Component B 67 (no. of pumps) Component C NIL (no. of pumps)

(c) & (d) Under Component ‘B’ of PM-KUSUM scheme, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) of 30% (or 50% for North Eastern Region/Hilly region/Islands) of the benchmark cost or tender rates, whichever is lower, is provided up to 7.5 HP. Installation of capacity higher than 7.5 HP up to 15 HP is allowed for farmers in the NER, Hilly region and Islands, however the CFA for pumps up to 15 HP is restricted to 10% of total installations.

*****Annexure I referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.

1822 for 29.07.2026 State/ UT-wise and Component wise progress under PM-KUSUM scheme (as on 30.06.2026) 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 0 0 700 699 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pradesh 2 Assam 2 0 4000 1595 0 0 0 0 0 3 Chhattisgarh 366 19 0 0 0 0 10523 0 0 4 Bihar 0 0 0 0 0 0 140300 4570 4570 5 Gujarat 175 0 22792 22787 0 0 467114 303256 303256 6 Goa 24 4 900 200 0 0 11000 700 700 7 Haryana 158 60.21 197655 194969 0 0 2899 0 0 Himachal 100 100 1270 1103 0 0 0 0 0 8 Pradesh Jammu & 0 0 5000 4871 0 0 0 0 0 9 Kashmir 10 Jharkhand 0 0 86985 68787 0 0 0 0 0 11 Karnataka 0 0 41365 26806 0 0 763588 134375 134375 12 Kerala 0 0 8 8 9448 4063 22368 11809 15872 13 Ladakh 0 0 1400 265 0 0 0 0 0 Madhya 1401 201.66 59400 24682 0 0 175000 62378 62378 14 Pradesh 15 Maharashtra 260 21 575000 551971 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 592 0 0 0 0 0 19 Nagaland 0 0 265 265 0 0 0 0 0 20 Odisha 90 2 18441 15780 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 1236.05 134752 127639 2138 2138 400000 222853 224991 24 Tamil Nadu 3 3 5187 5186 0 0 0 0 0 25 Telangana 1797 79 7000 0 28000 0 0 0 0 26 Tripura 5 0 11114 9190 3600 1311 0 0 1311 27 Uttar Pradesh 1 1 107266 71538 12000 8281 370000 2117 10398 28 Uttarakhand 0 0 3685 2869 0 0 0 0 0 29 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 20 4 0 0 4 Andaman & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Nicobar Islands 31 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 293587 0 0 Total 10000 1726.92 1307190 1149988 55392 15822 3536602 1617058 1632880