Maharashtra has launched Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana 2020. Under Mukhyamantri Solar Krushi Pump Yojana Maharashtra, the state govt. has decided to provide 1,00,000 solar water pumps to farmers.
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These off grid solar powered agricultural pumps would be deployed in phase wise manner under Mukhyamantri Solar Pump Yojana Maharashtra.
The target of distributing solar water pumps to farmers under the scheme is 1 lakh for the next 3 years starting from January 2020.
The complete procedure to apply online for solar water pumps by filling Atal Saur Krushi Pump Yojana application form in Maharashtra has been described in the previous section.
The objectives of this Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Yojana:
- Availability of electricity to agricultural pumps during the day.
- Separation of agricultural irrigation from electricity subsidy.
- Minimizing cross subsidy burden on commercial, industrial and household electricity consumers.
- Zero circulation cost compared to diesel pump.
- Exemption from electricity bill.
- Replacement of diesel pumps in order to reduce pollution.
- Environmental complementary circulation.
