Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that the state is leading in the country as regard to the installation of solar water pumps to promote micro-Irrigation under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Utthaan Mahabhiyan(PM-KUSUM).
The Chief Minister provided solar pumps to the farmers during a digital inauguration programme held through video conferencing here. Khattar also released a booklet of the Solar Water Pumping Programme and a utility booklet for the farmers. He said that the government is giving 75 percent subsidy on these solar pumps.
The Chief Minister directed that the tubewells of less than 50 hp which are running on electricity and are being used for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture purposes should be shifted to in the state.