Solar Pump Subsidy Scheme 2025 started Up to 90% subsidy to small farmers and up to 80% to big farmers
Solar Pump Subsidy Yojana: The Government of India has launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahabhiyan to make the farmers of the country economically strong and to protect the environment This scheme encourages farmers to get rid of the expensive cost of diesel for irrigation and use clean energy. This scheme, operated under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, aims to bring a new revolution in the agricultural sector of India. This ambitious scheme is based on three main components. The first component is to set up decentralized solar power plants on barren lands. The second component is to provide independent solar pumps to farmers. The third component is to solarise existing grid-connected agricultural pumps.
Current subsidy regime and benefits
Under this scheme of the Central Government, farmers get subsidy up to sixty percent of the total cost of the solar pump. In this, the Central Government contributes thirty percent and the State Government contributes a minimum of thirty percent. The farmer has to pay only forty percent of the amount. If the facility of bank loan is available, the farmer has to pay only ten percent of the amount immediately. This subsidy increases to eighty percent in the North Eastern states, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In these states, the central government gives fifty percent subsidy and the state government gives thirty percent subsidy. The farmer has to pay only twenty percent amount.
Technical Features and Capacity
Solar pumps with capacity ranging from two horsepower to ten horsepower are available under this scheme. Pumps with low capacity are sufficient for small farmers while larger farms require higher capacity. The estimated cost of a two horsepower pump is one and a half to two lakh rupees, out of which the farmer has to pay only twenty to thirty thousand rupees after subsidy.
The cost of a 5 horsepower pump is 4 to 5 lakh rupees. After subsidy, the farmer has to pay around 1 to 1.5 lakh rupees.This amount can also be repaid in easy installments through bank loan.
