To provide uninterrupted power supply to farmers, the State Government has decided to introduce grid-connected solar power plants and solar pumpset scheme across the State , Rajkumar Patil Telkur, Sedam MLA and chairman of Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, said.
He was speaking after inaugurating a paddy procurement centre at Khanderayan Palli village in Sedam taluk on Saturday.
Mr. Patil said that the solar-powered irrigation pumpset would cost ₹3.5 lakh, of which the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will provide subsidy up to ₹1.5 lakh and farmers will get loans up to ₹2 lakh at an interest of 3% per annum.