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).
The 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.