--- title: "In the Union Budget 2018, the Central Government has allocated Rs 48,000 crore for which scheme to encourage farmers for solar farming?" description: "In the Union Budget 2018, the Central Government has allocated Rs 48,000 crore for which scheme to encourage farmers for solar farming?" author: "Samar Singh" published: 2018-02-06 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34152/in-the-union-budget-2018-the-central-government-has-allocated-rs-48-000-crore-for-which-scheme-to-encourage-farmers-for-solar-farming category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # In the Union Budget 2018, the Central Government has allocated Rs 48,000 crore for which scheme to encourage farmers for solar farming? In the [Union](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80895/european-union-heading-towards-recession) [Budget 2018](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11750/budget-2018-here-s-an-income-tax-calculator-for-2018-19), the [Central Government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32096/which-union-minister-has-launched-e-hrms-for-central-government-employees-to-access-all-service-details) has allocated Rs 48,000 [crore for which scheme](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39360/in-the-union-budget-2018-the-central-government-has-allocated-rs-48-000-crore-for-which-scheme-to-encourage-farmers-for-solar-farming) to [encourage](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11812/4-ways-to-encourage-friendships-at-work) farmers for solar [farming](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12390/foodfarm-best-farming-agriculture-wordpress-theme-2017)? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap ## Union [Budget](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167458/5-business-innovations-on-a-budget) 2018! ![In the Union Budget 2018, the Central Government has allocated Rs 48,000 crore for which scheme to encourage farmers for solar farming?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/e184338a-3570-45b0-a5b3-9a077b0eb47d/images/e05d8480-ae49-48a6-a550-b76e2394efe9.png)\ The **Central Government** has declared a **Rs 1.4 lac-crore KUSUM Scheme** to advance decentralized **solar-based power generation of up to 28,250 MW** to help **ranchers**. The acronym **KUSUM** remains for "**Kisan Urja Suraksha Utthaan Maha Abhiyaan**". In the **Union Budget 2018-19,** the Center has distributed **Rs 48,000** **Crore** on the 10-year KUSUM conspire. The plan would give an additional salary to agriculturists by giving them a choice to pitch extra energy to the framework through sun based power ventures set up on their desolate terrains. It would help in de-dieselizing the area as likewise the **DISCOMS**. Under the plan, the Central [Government](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80900/digvijay-singh-is-the-man-behind-kamal-nath-government-downfall) will give an endowment to ranchers on setting up of solar-based power plants on their infertile land. The **60% sponsorship** of the solar based pumps gave to ranchers will be shared between the Center and the States while ***30% would be given through bank advances***. The balance cost must be borne by the agriculturists. Thus, *Kusum Scheme will solarize agrarian draw sets to twofold the salary of agriculturists by 2022*. \ ## You can hit on the below link for brief detail: ## Report on KUSUM Scheme ## \ **Cheers!\**\ ### Answer by Himani Tiwari To get you answer do check ap epds and you will get answer all your query ### Answer by Himani Tiwari This yojana is very helpful for needy same as e dharti rajasthan which is launched for providing you all information about your farming land check more at e bhoomi ### Answer by user State Government of Rajasthan has released huge number of schemes for poor people. you can now check online. e dharti rajasthan ### Answer by user State Government of Rajasthan has released huge number of schemes for poor people. you can now check online. e dharti rajasthan --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34152/in-the-union-budget-2018-the-central-government-has-allocated-rs-48-000-crore-for-which-scheme-to-encourage-farmers-for-solar-farming Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.