MCQ
1.
India's first farm-based "KUSUM" solar power project was commissioned in which village of Rajasthan?
Correct Answer: D
The correct answer is Bhaloji.
Key Points
KUSUM" solar power project -
- India's first farm-based "KUSUM" solar power project was commissioned in the Bhaloji village of Rajasthan.
- The 1 MW project has been established on 3.50 acres of farmland in Kotputli’s Bhaloji village. Hence option 4 is correct.
- The first farm-based solar power plant under the Prime Minister’s Kisan Urja Suraksha Evum Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme has come up in Jaipur district’s Kotputli tehsil with a provision for the production of 17 lakh units of electricity every year.
- The new plant is also the first of the 623 farm-based solar power projects selected by the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL),
- For generating 722 MW capacity in the State under the scheme’s first phase.
- The project has been commissioned following a 25-year contract signed between the RRECL and farmland owner Devkaran Yadav in September 2020.
- Developed at a cost of ₹3.70 crores, the plant is expected to generate an annual income of ₹50 lakh for Mr Yadav, as the discom will be purchasing electricity at the rate of ₹3.40 per unit.