There are 20 million water pumps running in India for irrigation. Half of them are running with grid power and remaining are diesel operated. All these pumps can be converted to solar power in 4 to 5 years only. Farmers can not afford to buy heavily expensive diesel. Government is not very keen to switch on to solar power. Subsidy scheme is illusive and it is given to a few hundred farmers only. It can not cover even 1% farmers. In fact, Government policy is not farmers friendly. They do not need subsidy. They need loan facility with negligible interest to purchase solar panels and inverters. Solar water pump is nothing but…. Continue reading →