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Centre nudges States to view farm solarisation as a route to wiping off ₹2.4 lakh crore subsidy bill

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Indian States collectively spend nearly ₹2.4 lakh crore a year on subsidising electricity for agricultural and domestic consumers, Ministry for New and Renewable Energy Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said, adding that the Centre’s solar programmes are increasingly designed not just to add clean energy…

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DRE schemes to cut states’ ₹2.4 trillion subsidy burden, says MNRE | Industry News

Distributed renewable energy (DRE) initiatives, part of the PM Kusum scheme and PM Surya Ghar Yojana, are accelerating solarisation of agriculture and households, and are likely to reduce states’ ₹2.4 lakh crore electricity subsidy burden over time, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) secretary Santosh Sarangi said. He was addressing the media on…

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