Kusum schemes: Raj crosses 1k MW solar power milestone

Jaipur: Rajasthan became a leading state in the country to install 1,000MW capacity of solar plants aimed at solarising agriculture connections and improving the income of farmers under PM-Kusum schemes. With the increasing installation of solar plants, 1.70 lakh farmers are now getting power during the day, increasing their efficiency and reducing the difficulties of irrigating farms at night.

Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma celebrated the moment with a post on ‘X'. "To make Rajasthan self-reliant in the field of energy, a new record of 1,000MW solar energy production capacity has been set in the state under the "Kusum Yojana" of the BJP govt."

"This golden achievement will not only ensure the fulfilment of the increasing energy needs of the state but will also provide a permanent source of additional income and uninterrupted power supply to the farmers," he added in the tweet.

Under Component-A and Component-C of PM Kusum Yojana, more than 70,000 agricultural consumers are already getting electricity during the day by installing 560 grid-connected decentralised solar power plants. At the same time, in Component-B of this scheme, agricultural pumps of about 1 lakh farmers were connected to solar energy.