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AP government mulls solar pumps for agriculture to help farmers
AP Government Mulls Solar Pumps for Agriculture to Help Farmers. The government of Andhra Pradesh is making the necessary preparations for the installation of 7,000 solar agricultural pump sets in the state.
The government of Andhra Pradesh is making the necessary preparations for the installation of 7,000 solar agricultural pump sets in the state. A senior official said that government is making the plans for the current financial year to reduce the grid power consumption by farmers.
Vice Chairman and Managing Director of New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) Kamalakar Babu, said that the farmers will be provided withsolar pump sets at a subsidized cost), told reporters here last evening.
According to him, the cost of a 5HP pump set is Rs 4.90 lakhs, out of which a farmer has to pay Rs 55,000 and the remaining cost would be borne jointly by the Union government and the Andhra Pradesh Power Distribution Company, he said. Likewise, the cost of a 3HP pump set is Rs 3.20 lakhs for which farmers have to pay Rs 40,000 as their contribution, he said.
