PM-KUSUM Scheme in Transforming the Farmers Irrigation Status in Odisha
Ankhila R.H.*
ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 023), India
Ranu Rani Sethi
ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 023), India
O.P. Verma
ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 023), India
Debabrata Sethi
ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 023), India
Roomesh Kumar Jena
ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 023), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: OLIC, OREDA, PM-KUSUM, Solar pump
Abstract
This study is carried out in Odisha’s Keonjhar and Sambalpur districts, to anlayse the spread of PM-KUSUM scheme in Odisha. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan scheme (PM-KUSUM) which is launched in the year 2019, is an ambitious scheme of GoI, its goal is to support the unelectrified farmers with renewable solar energy in place of electricity for irrigating the fields. The districts of Odisha have no grid connection for electricity and many of the farmers in the area still remain unelectrified depending on the Kharif rains for cropping. Else the supply of electricity is poor enough that they are not able to rely on it and hence have to depend on diesel pumps for their irrigation needs. The study tries to bring out the new hope that the farmers can see with the solar pumps via PM-KUSUM scheme. The adoption and acceptance level of the scheme with the farmers is measured by perception analysis of the farmers.
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