Think of a farm where a pumping machine never runs out of power, while the sun pays you to grow your crops. This is the reality that the PM Kusum Solar Yojana is bringing to millions of farmers across India.
What is PM Kusum Yojana?
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM Kusum) Yojana is a revolutionary scheme launched by the Indian government in 2019, aimed at providing farmers with affordable, dependable, and green energy for irrigation and agriculture.
Its primary objective: Decreasing farmers’ dependence on diesel and cutting irrigation costs to raise farmers’ incomes, while encouraging renewable energy all over rural India.
How does it help farmers?
- No reliance on fossil fuels: Replace costly diesel pumps with solar pumps. So no more fuel bills, blackouts.
- Double the income: use what you need for irrigation, sell the rest to the electricity board. Money from the sun and your crops.
- Upside to government support: up to 60% subsidy direct from the government, extremely low interest loans where you just pay 10% of the whole cost.
- Eco-friendly Farming: No pollution, just clean and green energy; good for the land; good for your community.
- Reliable power: You operate your pump as per your time, waiting and worrying about load shedding.
Who can join?
Any Indian farmer, a group of farmers, a Panchayat, a Water Users Association, or a Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) can apply. Even if you have an old electricity pump, you qualify!
How does a farmer apply?
It’s super simple:
- Visit the official website (your state’s KUSUM portal or pmkusum.mnre.gov.in).
- Register with your Aadhaar, land details, and bank info.
- Wait for verification by officials.
- Once approved, pay your share (as low as 10%), and the solar system will be installed by an authorised vendor.
What do you need?
Aadhaar, ownership of land with proof, a bank passbook, and an image.
The PM Kusum Yojana is much more than a solar scheme – it is a lifesaving scheme for millions of farmers in India, transforming barren land into vitality and income. Across every field that the sun beats down on in rural India, every pump can be made to run, every crop made to prosper, and every farmer made to flourish, dream, and hope.
The future of farming in India is bright—literally!