<h2 style="text-align:justify">About PM-KUSUM:</h2>

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	<li style="list-style-type:disc">PM-KUSUM Scheme was launched in 2019.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">The scheme envisages income generation for farmers from their infertile land with the establishment of solar power plants.</li>
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	<li style="list-style-type:disc">Aim: To help farmers access reliable daytime solar power for irrigation, reduce power subsidies, and decarbonise agriculture.</li>
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	<li style="list-style-type:disc">The Scheme consists of three components</li>
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	<li style="list-style-type:disc">Component A: 10,000 MW of solar capacity through the installation of small Solar Power Plants of individual plants of capacity up to 2 MW.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">Component B: Installation of 20 lakhs standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps.</li>
	<li style="list-style-type:disc">Component C: Solarisation of 15 Lakh Grid-connected Agriculture Pumps</li>
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	<li style="list-style-type:disc">Nodal Ministry: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) </li>
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<h3>Q1) What is Renewable Energy?</h3>

Renewable energy is energy derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed.

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What is PM-KUSUM?

Overview:

Recently, the deadline of the PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uttham Mahabhiyan) to install 30,000 MW solar power capacity in rural India by 2022, has been pushed to March 2026.

About PM-KUSUM:

Q1) What is Renewable Energy?

What is PM-KUSUM?

Overview:

Recently, the deadline of the PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uttham Mahabhiyan) to install 30,000 MW solar power capacity in rural India by 2022, has been pushed to March 2026.

About PM-KUSUM:

Q1) What is Renewable Energy?

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