A large area of the country faces water shortage due to less rainfall. Due to this, farmers in these areas face huge problems in farming. Here farmers have to depend on groundwater for irrigation of crops. Extraction of groundwater requires expensive irrigation equipment, which not every farmer can buy. Diesel is used in these equipment, the rising prices of which create obstacles for farmers in using it. Because of these problems of farmers, the central and state governments are running many types of irrigation-related schemes. With the help of these schemes, farmers are given financial assistance. “Pradhanmantri Kusum Yojana” is one such important scheme. Let us know about this scheme in detail.
The objective of Pradhan Mantri Kusum Yojana is to promote solar pumps among the farmers and for this, the government gives subsidies on solar pumps through the fund of this scheme. With its help, farmers irrigate their fields using solar energy.
It is noteworthy that Pradhan Mantri Kusum Yojana was started by the Ministry of Energy in 2019. Under this, the central government and the state government give subsidy of 30-30%. This means that farmers get a total subsidy of up to 60%. In some states, even a 90% subsidy is given to farmers through this scheme.
Source: Krishi Jagran
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