New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Centre plans to support installation of agrivoltaic capacity in the country under the second phase of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM KUSUM), the flagship scheme to solarize irrigation, said Santosh Kumar Sarangi, secretary, union ministry of new and renewable energy.

Agrivoltaics, also known as agrisolar, is the practice of using a piece of land for both agricultural production and solar power generation. Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the AgriVoltaics World Conference 2026, said that the government plans to add about 5 GW of agrivoltaic capacity in about three years.

"It will be part of the PM KUSUM 2.0. The current Component A may be replaced with this (agrivoltaics). Th...