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Rs 1.4 lakh crore solar power scheme to be implemented from July: RK Singh

06 Jun 2018 Evaluate

Renewable energy minister R K Singh has said that the government is all set to launch a big ticket Rs 1.4 lakh crore Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme from July 2018. He noted that under the scheme, the government has planned to provide 27.5 lakh solar pumps (17.50 lakh standalone + 10 lakh Grid-connected). He said that it will help farmers install total 10 GW of Solar Power Plants of intermediate capacity of 0.5 to 2 MW each. It also envisages 50,000 Grid-connected tube-wells/lift irrigation and drinking water projects. He also gave assurance about bringing the hydro power policy and expressed hope to roll out the Rs 16,000 crore plan for beleaguered hydro power capacities in the country.

Recounting the achievements of the government in the last four years, Singh exuded confidence that 4 crore families targeted under the SAUBHAGYA scheme would get electricity connections by December, ahead of the March 2019 deadline. Moreover, he said that in the 48 years before 2014, the pace of capacity addition in generation was about 4,800 MW per year. He noted that in 4 years, the pace of capacity addition was about 24000 MW per year. That is 4.8 times more. He added that during the past four year, India has emerged as one nation, one grid and one market.

Talking about transmission capacity, the minister said that 100,000 MW of power generation capacity and one lakh circuit km (ckm) of inter-state transmission capacity had been added in the last 4 years. He pointed out that till 2014 the pace of capacity addition of transmission lines was only four thousand few hundred CKM. In the 4 years, it was 25,000 ckm per year. Further, he stated that India’s renewable energy capacity has been doubled to 70 GW in last four years and the country is poised to achieve 225 GW renewable energy capacity addition by March 2022, as against the current target of 175 GW.



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