Paying for solar irrigation without breaking the bank

For states that want to move farmers from erratic, subsidised grid power and diesel to cleaner solar irrigation, the hardest question is often not technical but financial: Who pays, when, and how do you keep the solution affordable without blowing a hole in the budget? Free or heavily subsidised electricity has become politically sticky; at the same time, distribution companies are under growing stress, and farmers still need reliable water. Any credible plan has to square these realities.