PM KUSUM, which promotes solar energy in agriculture, was launched in which month and year?

The correct answer is February 2019. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan, shortened to PM KUSUM, was launched in that month to encourage the use of solar energy on farms. It envisages central financial assistance of about Rs 34,422 crore, enables decentralised solar generation and pays for the solarisation of agricultural pumps, which cuts the dependence of farmers on diesel and opens a way for them to earn from surplus power. Option B names a month and year with no connection to the scheme's launch. Option C, February 2023, picks the year in which the India Agrivoltaics Alliance was launched, anchored by the National Solar Energy Federation of India and now carrying more than 40 members, so the year is real but belongs to a different body. Option D is far too early for the scheme. Keep the scheme's name, its launch month, and its assistance figure of about Rs 34,422 crore together, since any of the three can be asked on its own.