Chief Minister’s Scheme of Solar Powered Pumpsets
Objectives
- ✴ To ensure electricity requirement of the farmers for pumping water for irrigation.
Funding Pattern
- ✴ Union Government- MNRE Fund - 30%
- ✴ State fund - 40%
Benefits offered (Subsidy)
- ✴ 80% subsidy - Provided to small and marginal farmers belonging to Adi Dravidar and Tribal categories
- ✴ 70% subsidy - Provided to small, marginal, Adi Dravidar and Tribal farmers
- ✴ 60% subsidy - Provided to other farmers
Project Area
- ✴ All districts (Except Chennai)
Details of Works
- ✴ Provision of Off-grid Standalone Solar Powered Pumping System with subsidy assistance to the farmers for irrigation purpose.
Eligibility
- ✴ All farmers
- ✴ Farmers group
Officer to be approached
- ✴ Assistant Executive Engineer(AE), Agricultural Engineering Department at revenue division level.
