Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has granted contracts for the provision, installation, and commissioning of 24,484 solar water pumping systems as part of Component B of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan Yojana (PM-KUSUM).
Companies which are awarded contracts for over 1,000 pumps each included Oswal Pumps – 6,471, Shakti Pumps – 4,573, AVI Appliances – 3,360, Himalayan Solar – 1,748, and Rotomag Motors and Controls – 1,086, and Alpex Solar – 1,434. The remaining successful bidders, with capacities fewer than 1,000 solar pumps, consist of a total of 19 companies, collectively securing contracts for 5,812 solar pumps.
Component B centers on the installation of two million independent solar water pumps, intended for agricultural irrigation purposes. The project targets a range of beneficiaries, such as individual farmers, water user associations, cattle shelters, farmer producer organisations, primary agricultural credit societies, and community-based irrigation systems. Preference is given to small and marginal farmers.
Recently, in March 2024, Alpex Solar Limited announced that it received orders for the supply, installation and commissioning of 1,434 solar water pumping systems from the Department of New & Renewable Energy, Government of Haryana.
