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					</table><p>The <a href="https://powermin.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minister of Power</a> R.K. Singh told the Parliament that the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) program has benefited over 200,000 farmers as of February 28.</p>
<p>Solar capacity of 89.45 MW has been installed under Component-A of the program. Additionally, approximately 209,000 pumps have been reported as installed or solarized under Component-B and Component-C.</p>
<p>Rajasthan has the highest number of beneficiaries among states, with 57,692 farmers enrolled in the program.</p>
<p>Other states with a significant number of beneficiaries include Maharashtra with 47,978, Haryana with 44,325, and Punjab with 12,459.</p>
<p>However, states like West Bengal and Kerala have underperformed, with 20 and 51 farmers as beneficiaries, respectively.</p>
<p>In all, the program has benefitted 208,648 farmers across the country.</p>
<p>The total installed solar capacity under the program stands at 1.14 GW.</p>
<p><strong>The PM-KUSUM Scheme comprises three distinct components:</strong></p>
<p>Component-A involves the installation of small solar power plants, with a combined capacity of up to 10,000 MW, on barren, fallow, pasture, marshy, or cultivable land owned by farmers. Each plant will have a capacity of up to 2 MW.</p>
<p>Component-B focuses on installing 2 million standalone solar water pumps, which will be used to irrigate farmland.</p>
<p>Component-C is dedicated to the solarization of 1.5 million existing grid-connected agriculture pumps, with the possibility of implementing feeder-level solarization.</p>
<p>In November 2020, the program&#8217;s scope was expanded to include a higher target of 30,800 MW of solar power capacity.</p>
<p>The Covid-19 pandemic adversely impacted the implementation of the PM-KUSUM Scheme.</p>
<p>Consequently, the state implementing agencies requested an extension of the timeline for executing the projects under the program.</p>
<p>In response, the Ministry of New &amp; Renewable Energy (<a href="https://mnre.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MNRE</a>) conducted a third-party evaluation of the program, and following its recommendations, the program has been extended until March 31, 2026.</p>
<p>Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/government-final-extension-solar-kusum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> a final extension to solar projects pending installation under Component A of program to September 30, 2023, citing the difficulties faced by farmers in accessing finance during the initial phase.</p>
<p>In May last year, in order to support the projects under the KUSUM program, the MNRE <a href="https://mercomindia.com/separate-bank-guarantee-not-needed-for-kusum-projects/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scrapped</a> the need for a separate performance bank guarantee for solar projects to be set up under Component A of the program.</p>
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