With the help of Kusum Yojana, farmers can put solar panels on their land and use the electricity generated from it for irrigation of fields.
The Central Government had started the Kusum Yojana keeping in view the irrigation and farmer energy security in the areas facing the power crisis. The budget session starts today. The session began with President Ram Nath Kovind’s address. In his address, the President told about the benefits to the people of the country from the schemes of the Modi government. Referring to the Prime Minister Kusum Yojana, President Ramnath Kovind said that under this, 20 lakh solar pumps are being given to the farmers. The Kusum scheme was announced in the Union Government’s General Budget 2018-19. The Kusum scheme was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Let’s know what Kusum scheme is…
In order to eliminate the problem of irrigation to farmers in India, the Center launched this scheme. Farmers in India have to face a lot of problems in irrigation. Due to less rain, the crops of farmers get spoiled. Under the Kusum scheme of the central government, farmers can irrigate their fields by installing solar energy equipment and pumps in their land.
प्रधानमंत्री कुसुम योजना के तहत किसानों को 20 लाख सोलर पंप दिए जा रहे हैं। सरकार द्वारा गन्ने के सीरे, मक्का, धान इत्यादि से एथनॉल के उत्पादन को भी बढ़ावा दिया है। पिछले 6 वर्षों में सरकार की सकारात्मक नीतियों के कारण एथनॉल का उत्पादन 38 करोड़ लीटर से बढ़कर 190 करोड़ लीटर हुआ है।
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) January 29, 2021
How to earn
With the help of Kusum Yojana, farmers can put solar panels on their land and use the electricity generated from it for irrigation of fields.
Uninterrupted power supply can be started in the village with the electricity generated on the farmer’s land. Through this scheme, the government will benefit the farmers in two ways.
Farmers will get electricity free for irrigation and if they make additional power and send it to the grid, then they will also earn it.
If a farmer has barren land, then with the help of Kusum scheme, he can also earn good income from solar power generation. Under the Kusum scheme, the central government is giving 27.5 lakh solar pump sets free of cost throughout the country in the first phase.
Special features of Kusum scheme
1. Farmers will have to pay only 10 percent of the amount for installing solar energy equipment.
2. The central government will give subsidy amount to the farmers in the bank account.
3. In Kusum Yojana, banks will give 30 percent amount as loan to farmers.
4. Plants will be set up on barren land for solar energy.
