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PM-KUSUM: Driving Solar Revolution
at the Ground Level

The Government of India Government. He said, “After
launched PM-KUSUM with the knowing about the PM-KUSUM
objective of providing energy scheme, I bought a solar water
and water security to farmers, pump. The solar water pump
enhance their income, de- benefitted me as it cut out the
dieselise the farm sector and expense of diesel for the pump
reduce environmental pollution. It and I could utilise that saving for
is one of largest initiatives in the my farm. By doing this we are able
world to provide clean energy to protect the environment and
to more than 35 lakh farmers by also save electricity. With the help
solarising their agriculture pump. of solar water pump, the water
In his ‘Mann ki Baat’, Prime Minister supply has increased and so I
Narendra Modi talked about the have changed my farm’s crops cleaner energy consumption but people will also get their work
people who improved their lives from dryland crops to wetland has also given employment to done. The biggest boon of this
with the help of this scheme and crops.” Further expressing his other people as a result of this. scheme is that earlier, we could
are using solar energy in farming. happiness on being praised Encouraging other farmers to only run the motor through solar
Our Doordarshan team by the Prime Minister he said also use the scheme to reap its energy but now through USPC,
talked to these beneficiaries of that such recognition of the benefits, he said, “I want to tell good business can be done by
PM-KUSUM. small efforts made by him helps the farmers that you can begin installing many equipments
Thiru K. Ezilon, a farmer from motivate many other farmers like a startup utilising cow dung along with the motor of the USPC
Thamal village in Kancheepuram, him. and solar energy. This will not controller.”
Tamil Nadu has been doing Another farmer, Kamal only improve the income of the
organic farming, cultivating crop, Meena from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, farmers by lowering the cost Scan the QR code and know
fruit and fish farming in his village. was thankful to Prime Minister burden but also improve their how farmers are benefiting
Intially, he used diesel pumps but Modi for mentioning his name health and the environment, and from PM-KUSUM.
now he has installed solar pump on the national platform. He has
under KUSUM scheme of Central not only contributed towards

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