Solar Water Pumping Programme

Haryana is an agrarian State and is contributed to national food grains pool, so it needs adequate irrigation facilities for its farmer.     To meet the irrigation requirements of farmers of the State and to reduce input cost of harvesting by replacing existing diesel pump sets, Department of New & renewable Energy is providing solar pumps of 3 HP to 10 HP capacity in the State with total 75 % subsidy (30 % Central Financial Assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Surksha Evam Utthan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) & 45 %   from the State).  These pumps will not provide clean source of power for emerging agriculture pumps but also reduce input cost of farming and thereby help in increase the income of farmers. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Uthan Mahaabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is designed to enhance income of the farmers from that part of the land which is barren/fallow and also to reduce cost of irrigation.

The PM-KUSUM scheme has three Components as detailed below: –