Under this component, solar or other renewable energy based power plants of capacity 500 kW to 2 MW can be installed on barren or uncultivable agriculture land mainly. Agriculture land is also permitted under this scheme provided that solar plants are installed in slit fashion (i.e. raised structure for installation of solar panels) and with adequate spacing between panel rows for ensuring that farming activity is not affected.

Individual farmers/ group of farmers/ cooperatives/panchayats/ Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO)/Water User associations (WUA). Land on which the project is proposed to be installed should be within 5 km from the nearest electricity sub-station.

Power generated will be purchased by the local electricity distribution companies (Discoms).

Yes, Farmers can lease out their land for the project under PM-KUSUSM-A ?

1MW plant need around 2 hectare of land. The solar power plants will be preferably installed within five km radius of the notified sub-stations in order to avoid high cost of transmission lines and losses. DISCOMs will notify sub-station wise surplus capacity upto which generation from solar power plants can be added.