Farmers benefited from PM Kusum Yojana in Kuchaman City (ETV Bharat Kuchaman City)
Kuchaman City: To fulfill the target of selling inexperienced power, the federal government is making farmers part of this marketing campaign. Under this initiative, farmers are being inspired to put in photo voltaic vegetation of their fields. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Maha Abhiyan Yojana i.e. PM Kusum Yojana C, farmers are additionally being given subsidy to generate photo voltaic power by putting in photo voltaic vegetation of their fields.
Kalp Verma, Deputy Director, Horticulture, Agriculture Department, Didwana Kuchaman, stated that the PM Kusum scheme of the Central Government has been divided into three classes. Under the primary class (PM Kusum A), mini grids will be put in on barren land. Under the second class (PM Kusum B), diesel irrigation pumps will be transformed into off-grid photo voltaic pumps and underneath the third class (PM Kusum C), mini grids will be put in for agricultural photo voltaic. Farmers can set up photo voltaic vegetation of their fields and irrigate with that power. Not solely this, the additional electrical energy generated will be offered to the grid.
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He stated that underneath the Pradhan Mantri Kusum Yojana, farmers will rise up to 60 p.c subsidy on photo voltaic power pumps. This scheme has been carried out with the intention of constructing farmers self-reliant within the discipline of electrical energy. Deputy Director, Horticulture Kalp Verma stated that farmers can apply on the Raj-Kisan Sathi portal via e-mitra or on their very own. For utility, it’s necessary for the farmer to have a minimum of 0.40 hectares of land.
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He stated that whereas making use of, Jagabandi, affidavit of not having electrical energy connection and self-declaration affidavit of irrigation water supply is critical. General class farmers will get 60 p.c subsidy, whereas Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers will get extra subsidy of Rs 45 thousand. Farmers who had earlier benefited from this scheme of the Central Government stated that after becoming a member of the Kusum scheme, they’re irrigating their fields via photo voltaic power and they’re getting plenty of profit from it in irrigation.
