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The Union authorities is looking to showcase the PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan) programme to respective African countries and land nations, the Minister for Renewable Energy (MNRE) Pralhad Joshi said connected Wednesday.
“We are looking to showcase some the PM-KUSUM and the PM Surya Ghar (for rooftop star installations) programme successful countries which person problems with connectivity. We are doing this successful Africa and land countries done the ISA (International Solar Alliance) platform,” Mr. Joshi said astatine a curtain-raiser lawsuit for the ISA’s eighth General Assembly, scheduled aboriginal this month.
The ₹34,000-crore PM-KUSUM programme is meant to boost star vigor infrastructure successful agriculture by mounting up 100 GW of star powerfulness plants successful farmer-owned land, installing 14 lakh star pumps, and solarising 35 lakh grid-connected cultivation pumps.
Launched successful 2019, it was to person added a star capableness of 308 GW by 2022, but has missed targets. The Centre past acceptable a caller target, of 348 GW with a deadline of March 2026. As of September 30, 2025 lone 1 portion of the scheme, wherever 17.5 lakh standalone star pumps were to beryllium installed successful husbandman fields, has made notable progress. About 70% of the pumps person been installed.
On the different hand, lone 6% of decentralised grid-connected renewable vigor powerfulness plants, and 16%-25% of grid-connected star pumps person been installed.
On Wednesday, Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Secretary, MNRE told The Hindu that the strategy mightiness beryllium extended beyond 2026. While mounting up grid-connected facilities was taking time, the scheme’s different aspect, of farmers installing standalone pumps, was a success, and helium was assured of targets being met soon, Mr. Sarangi said.
India’s occurrence with star pumps had evoked “considerable interest” successful respective African countries and land nations, Ashish Khanna, Director General, ISA, said. “Only 4% of arable onshore successful Africa is irrigated,” Mr. Khanna said astatine the conference. “So, Africa imports astir $400 cardinal worthy of food, adjacent though immense tracts of arable onshore prevarication available,” helium said. Several leaders successful African countries had enquired astir India’s occurrence with star pumps, and therefore, presented an accidental for star powerfulness companies, Mr. Khanna said.
