By Punjabnewswire4u
NEW DELHI, MAY 1
Union Minister of
New and Renewable energy Dr Farooq Abdullah today assured the Punjab Chief
Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal that their Ministry would sympathetically
consider the proposal of the state government to enhance the existing subsidy
on the solar irrigation pump sets from 30% to 70% for optimum utilization of
the Solar energy in various Agricultural operations.
The Chief
Minister, who called on Dr Abdullah here at his office, apprised him that the
state government was committed to promote Renewable and Clean energy in a big
way for benefitting the farmers for which fulsome support and co-operation of
the Government of India (GoI) was required. During the deliberations Mr Badal
said that the judicious use of Solar energy in Agriculture,
Horticulture and floriculture could do miracles in the state as it was not only
cost effective but environmental friendly also. He impressed upon the Union Minister
that for it the need of the hour was to promote the utilization of Renewable
sources of energy in agricultural activities by creating awareness
amongst the farmers besides incentivizing them.
The Chief
Minister informed Dr Abdullah that though the Union government was already
providing subsidy to the farmers for encouraging them to
adopt solar energy for agriculture but this subsidy was meager
due to which the farmers were hesitating to adopt it. Mr Badal urged the Union
Minister that if the subsidy was raised from existing 30% to 70% then it would
give the much needed impetus to the use of Solar energy which
would not only help in reducing the power consumption in the state but it would
also go a long way in benefitting the farmers in supplying reliable power.
Responding to the
issues raised by the Chief Minister, Dr Abdullah appreciated the efforts made
by the state government to promote new and renewable energy with a twin
objective of benefitting the farmers by ensuring uninterrupted supply of
quality power on one hand and saving abundant electricity on the other.
Assuring all possible assistance and co-operation to the state government on
behalf of the GoI, Union Minister said that they would make concerted efforts
to make this mission a huge success. Dr Abdullah said that he would soon
convene a meeting of his ministry to sympathetically consider the proposal of
the state government to enhance the existing subsidy on the solar irrigation
pump sets from 30% to 70%.
The Chief
Minister was accompanied by his Special Principal Secretary Mr Gaggandip Singh
Brar.
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