Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan

PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) is an MNRE scheme with three components: Component A helps farmers set up small solar power plants and sell the electricity; Component B funds standalone solar irrigation pumps; and Component C solarises pumps already connected to the grid.

Component A lets individual farmers, farmer groups, cooperatives, panchayats, FPOs or water user associations set up decentralised, ground- or stilt-mounted solar (or other renewable) power plants of 500 kW to 2 MW on barren, fallow or cultivable land, and sell the power generated to the local DISCOM under a 25-year agreement at a tariff fixed by the state regulator. The target is 10,000 MW under this component.

Component B funds standalone (off-grid) solar-powered agriculture pumps of up to 7.5 HP, for farmers whose land has no reliable grid electricity connection for irrigation. The scheme target is 14 lakh such pumps.

Component C solarises agriculture pumps that are already connected to the grid, either pump-by-pump (Individual Pump Solarisation) or at the level of an entire agriculture feeder (Feeder Level Solarisation). Farmers use the solar power to irrigate and can sell surplus power back to the DISCOM. The target is 35 lakh pumps.

For most states: 30% Central Financial Assistance (CFA), at least 30% state subsidy, and the farmer pays the remaining amount (up to 40%). In North-Eastern states, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, CFA is 50%, state subsidy is at least 30%, and the farmer's share is capped at 20%.

By selling the power generated by the solar plant to the DISCOM under a Power Purchase Agreement, at a feed-in tariff fixed by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (or discovered through competitive bidding), for 25 years from the date of commissioning.

Central Financial Assistance of 30% of the benchmark cost (up to ₹1.05 crore per MW) is available for regular states, and 50% (up to ₹1.75 crore per MW) for North-Eastern states, hilly states/UTs and island UTs, implemented in CAPEX or RESCO mode over a 25-year project period.

PM-KUSUM is implemented by state renewable energy agencies, not directly by MNRE. Register or check details on the National Portal for PM-KUSUM (pmkusum.mnre.gov.in), which lists the implementing agency for your state, or apply directly through that state agency's office/website.

Aadhaar card, land record (Record of Rights/khasra-khatauni) for the plant or pump site, bank passbook, mobile number, and (for Components B and C) details of the existing pump and power connection. A passport-size photo is typically needed for in-person applications.

The scheme targets 34,800 MW of additional solar capacity by 31 March 2026, with total central financial support of ₹34,422 crore, including service charges to implementing agencies.

Over 20.42 lakh farmers had benefited from PM-KUSUM, as informed by the Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 16 December 2025.

The farmer's share is not covered by the central or state subsidy. State implementing agencies typically help arrange bank financing for this share — check the financing options offered by your state's renewable energy agency at the time of application.

Component A does not give the farmer a capital subsidy on the plant. Instead, the DISCOM receives a Performance-Based Incentive of ₹0.40 per unit purchased, or ₹6.6 lakh per MW of capacity installed (whichever is less), for five years from commissioning, and the farmer/developer earns from the 25-year power sale agreement.

Barren, fallow, marshy, pasture or cultivable land is eligible, preferably within about 5 km of a substation that the DISCOM has notified as having spare capacity, to keep sub-transmission costs and losses low.

Yes — PM-KUSUM is a demand-driven scheme currently extended till 31 March 2026. Availability depends on the capacity or pump quota your state agency has notified for your district at any given time, so check with your state's implementing agency for current openings.

For scheme-level queries, MNRE's Solar Division lists named contacts for PM-KUSUM (available on mnre.gov.in). For application status and local processing, contact your state's renewable energy implementing agency, whose details are listed on the National Portal for PM-KUSUM (pmkusum.mnre.gov.in). Grievances can also be filed on pgportal.gov.in.