Get solar pumps installed in the fields at 75 percent subsidy

Haryana Government has invited applications for the purpose of providing solar pumps on subsidy to the farmers under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Abhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme. Applications can be made under the scheme till July 12.

Under the Kusum Yojana, farmers can get 75% subsidy for solar pumps ranging from 3 HP to 10 HP for installing solar pumps in their fields. Preference will be given to the farmers having electricity-based connections for the scheme. It will be necessary to surrender your existing electricity connection.

For the solar pump grants, farmers will have to submit a Jamabandi, Fard, family identity card of agricultural land. The applicant’s family should not already have a solar connection or an electricity-based pump. Interested farmers can select the pump according to their farm size, water level, and water requirement. To install the pump, the farmers will have to get the bore done, the rest of the pump work will be done by the firm.

Online applications for grants on solar pumps will have to be made on “Saral Haryana Portal”. The farmer has to apply by visiting the website along with the required documents. This year’s beneficiaries will be selected on the basis of annual income and land holdings of the family. Selected beneficiaries will have to visit the website https://pmkusum.mnre.gov.in/landing.html and select the company empaneled by the government and their information will be received on the registered mobile number.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

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