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A subsidy of 80% volition beryllium extended to farmers availing of star irrigation pump sets nether the ambitious PM KUSUM-B scheme, which aims to supply energy for irrigation during daytime.
Inviting applications from farmers to get the star irrigation pump sets, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) said the Government of Karnataka is implementing the KUSUM-B strategy to alteration farmers to instal pump sets astatine subsidised rates.
The usage of star vigor for irrigation pump sets volition importantly trim dependence connected accepted electricity.
“The KUSUM-B strategy has been designed to trim reliance connected accepted powerfulness sources for irrigation and alteration farmers to go self-reliant by utilizing star energy. To marque agriculture much profitable and to beforehand the usage of star power, an 80% subsidy is being provided. Under this scheme, precedence is fixed to installing off-grid star cultivation pump sets. Farmers volition person to carnivore lone 20% of the cost, portion 50% is provided by the State authorities and 30% by the Union government,” the CESC said successful a connection present connected December 3.
December deadline
K.M. Munigopal Raju, CESC managing director, said the KUSUM-B scheme, which plays an important relation successful providing daytime irrigation facilities to farmers done star pump sets, is acceptable to reason successful December.
He urged farmers to marque usage of the installation immediately.
With the enactment of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL), farmers successful Karnataka tin use online to instal star pump sets connected their borewells/open wells done the website www.souramitra.com.
“Through this portal, farmers indispensable register, prime a vendor/agency, and wage their 20% stock for the installation of the star pump set,” CESC said.
Farmers person been informed that lone the notifications/information issued on www.kredl.karnataka.gov.in regarding the PM KUSUM-B strategy should beryllium considered authentic.
For registration and outgo related to star pump sets, farmers tin visit www.souramitra.com, telephone KREDL’s helpline 080-22202100/8095132100, oregon interaction the nearest CESC bureau oregon officials.
“Farmers are strictly advised not to stock OTPs with anyone and to implicit their ain registration personally,” the CESC connection said.
For much information, farmers tin interaction the CESC astatine 9449598669.
