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Under which component of the PM-KUSUM scheme was the 3,517 MW feeder-level solarization inaugurated in Rajasthan on September 25, 2025?

Correct answer: (C) Component-C (Feeder Level Solarization).

The 3,517 MW feeder-level solarisation inaugurated on September 25, 2025 was under PM-KUSUM Component C.

  1. (A)

    Component-A (Standalone Solar Pumps)

  2. (B)

    Component-B (Solarization of Grid-connected Pumps)

  3. (C)

    Component-C (Feeder Level Solarization)

  4. (D)

    Component-D (Agricultural Solar Parks)

Explanation

PM-KUSUM Component C covers feeder-level solarisation, where agricultural feeders are solarised to provide affordable, reliable and sustainable irrigation power to farm pumps. The PIB release for the Banswara event states that the Prime Minister inaugurated Feeder Level Solarization projects of 3517 MW, worth over Rs 16,050 crore, in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka under PM-KUSUM Component C. The project was not merely about installing individual solar pumps or solarising grid-connected pumps, but about solarising the feeder that supplies agricultural consumers. That is why the answer is Component C.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Component A refers to standalone solar pumps, while the project was explicitly feeder-level solarisation under Component C.
  • (B) Component B concerns solarisation of grid-connected pumps, not the solarisation of agricultural feeders described in the PIB release.
  • (D) PM-KUSUM has no Component D in its scheme structure, and the project was identified as Component C.

Concept

This tests the component-wise structure of PM-KUSUM within Rajasthan current affairs and energy-policy schemes. RAS often asks such items because the same scheme appears as a welfare, agriculture, renewable-energy and state-development topic.

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