The government is planning to set aside Rs 20,000 crore under a new scheme for solarising agricultural feeders, power and renewable energy minister R K Singh said at The Economic Times Energy Leadership Summit 2021 on Thursday.
“In the new scheme we are coming out with, which will be put before the cabinet soon, we are setting aside Rs 20,000 crore for agricultural feeders which we will solarise,” he said. “The cost of solarisation will be met by agricultural subsidy by states.”
