Jaipur: Due to the efforts of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has elevated the allocation goal for Rajasthan beneath Component-A and C of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan PM-KUSUM.
With this choice, photo voltaic vitality will likely be used on a big scale within the rural areas of the state and farmers will be capable to get enough electrical energy even through the day. Chief Minister Sharma had written a letter to Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi requesting to extend the goal of 550 MW of allotted capability beneath Component-A of PM-KUSUM scheme. Sharma had met the Union Minister throughout his New Delhi go to and mentioned this matter intimately.
In the identical sequence, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has issued an order to allocate a further goal of 1 thousand MW capability to Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited. This allocation is along with the already accepted 550 MW. The Chief Minister had additionally requested Joshi to extend the allocation beneath Component-C FLS of PM-Kusum Yojana.
The Central Ministry has taken immediate motion on this request and has issued a further allocation of 1 lakh agricultural pumps to the state. This allocation is along with the two lakh pumps already issued to the state. With the rise within the stated element beneath the PM-Kusum scheme, massive scale work will likely be executed within the discipline of photo voltaic vitality within the rural areas of the state.
This will present enough electrical energy to farmers even through the day and also will result in their financial empowerment. It is price noting that there was no vital progress beneath the PM-Kusum scheme through the tenure of the earlier authorities. But in his eight-month tenure, the Chief Minister has ensured the speedy implementation of the PM-Kusum scheme to make Rajasthan self-reliant within the vitality sector.
Under his steering, PPAs of 602 MW have been signed beneath PM-Kusum Yojana Component-A and a capability of 227 MW has additionally been put in. Apart from this, LOIs of about 4 thousand 500 MW have been issued in feeder stage solarization beneath Component-C.
