By Nidhi Jamwal
There is a need to reinvent the PM-KUSUM scheme by bringing in equity and gender into India’s ambitious plan to solarise the agriculture sector. Solar irrigation pump sets must enable farmers to earn by selling 60-70 per cent of their solar generation.
There is a need to reinvent the PM-KUSUM scheme by bringing in equity and gender into India’s ambitious plan to solarise the agriculture sector. Solar irrigation pump sets must enable farmers to earn by selling 60-70 per cent of their solar generation.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Farmers in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh are switching from traditional diesel pumpsets to solar-powered ones. These pumpsets are helping farmers irrigate their land at the press of a button, grow three crops a year and save thousands of rupees in diesel costs. A ground report.
Farmers in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh are switching from traditional diesel pumpsets to solar-powered ones. These pumpsets are helping farmers irrigate their land at the press of a button, grow three crops a year and save thousands of rupees in diesel costs. A ground report.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Solar irrigation pumps installed under the PM-KUSUM scheme are meant to end dependence on diesel pumps, reduce pollution, save costs to farmers, and help reach India’s goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. But to what extent is the scheme including small and marginal farmers, who make up 82% of farmers in India? Gaon Connection tries to find out.
Solar irrigation pumps installed under the PM-KUSUM scheme are meant to end dependence on diesel pumps, reduce pollution, save costs to farmers, and help reach India’s goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. But to what extent is the scheme including small and marginal farmers, who make up 82% of farmers in India? Gaon Connection tries to find out.