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Maharashtra 1 lakh solar pumps for farmers will reduce cross-subsidy burden for high-end power usersBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 1, 2020
The burden of cross-subsidy on high-end electricity users will be reduced to some extent, with the state planning to provide a total one lakh solar agri pumps to... Read more.. |
160 subsidised solar pumps for Pilibhit farmers on first-come-first-served basisBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 27, 2020
The Pilibhit agriculture department is set to provide 160 solar pumps to farmers... Read more.. Subject Tags: KUSUM Scheme , solar pumps |
CEL invites bids to install off-grid solar pump systems in Madhya PradeshBy : Sustainability ..., May 7, 2020
The Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has invited bids to install and commission standalone off-grid solar water pumping systems in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The successful bidder shall supply the balance-of-system (BOS) components, and install and commission the solar... Read more.. |
MNRE Issues Draft Guidelines for Installation of Innovative Stand-Alone Solar PumpsBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 7, 2020
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had issued updated specifications for stand-alone solar pumps in July last year. And since then it claims to have received representations from innovators claiming that by using different design/software for the stand-alone... Read more.. |
Nashik zone gets 1840 solar power pumps, relief for farmersBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 9, 2020
The Nashik division of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has installed 1,840 solar power pumps to enable the farmers to pump out groundwater during the daytime. The solar pumps have been allotted to the farmers, who paid for the new... Read more.. |
Farm sector booster dose through Kusum scheme for solar pumpsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 17, 2020
The UP government is likely to lend a budgetary push to the ambitious PM Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahaabhiyan (PM-Kusum) scheme envisaging solarisation of agricultural pumps up to a capacity of 7.5 horse power. Power officials confirmed that the energy department would... Read more.. |
Tamil Nadu: Manufacturers raise concerns over central govt’s announcement on solar pumpsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 12, 2020
Pump manufacturers from the city say they have little to cheer about the announcement in Union Budget that the central government would provide funds to 20 lakh farmers to set up solar pumps. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in the Union Budget on February 1... Read more.. |
Solar pump scheme to now cover 20 lakh farmersBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 3, 2020
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) scheme has been expanded to cover 20 lakh farmers, up from 17.5 lakh farmers it was initially intended to cover. The scheme was initially announced in Budget 2019 to provide a parallel source of income... Read more.. |
Tamil Nadu: Bright spot eludes solar powered agri income planBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 15, 2020
Solar farms of private companies have been sprouting up on arid lands in Tamil Nadu to generate power, but ‘solar panels’ on fertile agricultural lands too may soon come up if the Tamil Nadu Energy Agency (TEDA) has its way. TEDA has drawn up a plan to enlist farmers from... Read more.. Subject Tags: farmers , Power Generation , solar panels , solar pumps , Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency |
India installed 181,000 solar power pumps for irrigation in three years under PM-KUSUM schemeBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 31, 2019
More than 181,000 solar power pumps have been installed in the country over the past three years for meeting the electricity demand for irrigation under the Pradhan-Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) scheme being implemented by the Ministry of New... Read more.. |