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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy today issued a fresh advisory against fraudulent websites claiming registration under PM-KUSUM Scheme.
The scheme provides for installation of solar pumps, solarization of existing grid-connected agricultural pumps and installation of grid connected renewable power plants.
The Ministry said, it is recently noticed that two new websites have recently cropped up illegally claiming registration portal for PM-KUSUM Scheme. The Web addresses of these fraud websites are www.kusum-yojana.co.in and www.onlinekusumyojana.co.in.
The Ministry further said, the miscreants behind these websites are potentially duping general public and misusing data captured through these fake portals. It said, government is taking action against the miscreants behind these websites. PM-KUSUM Scheme is being implemented through implementation agencies in the respective states. The Ministry said, details of such agencies are available on MNRE’s website www.mnre.gov.in.