Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Patel has made an important announcement today. Good news for farmers. Let’s find out what he has to say
Suryashakti Kisan Yojana is a farmer oriented scheme of Gujarat Government. The scheme was launched by the Gujarat government on Saturday, June 8, 2018, under which farmers can generate electricity for their farm consumption as well as sell the surplus electricity to the grid and earn extra income.
Announcing the pilot project of the scheme in Gandhinagar, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani termed it as a revolutionary step towards empowering farmers to generate electricity using solar energy and double their income.
Plan
Under the scheme, farmers with existing electricity connection will be provided solar panels as per their load requirement. The state and central governments will provide 50 per cent subsidy on the cost of the project. The farmer will have to spend 5 per cent, while the remaining 35 per cent will be provided by the state government as a loan at a cheaper interest rate of 7.5-8 per cent. The duration of this scheme is 3 years, which is divided between a period of 5 years and a period of 15 years.
For the first 3 years, farmers are given Rs. 2 (Rs. 2.5 by GUVNL + Rs. 2.5 by government). For the next 15 years, they paid Rs. Will get a price of 2.5. This is the first scheme in the country where a farmer will generate his electricity and sell the surplus electricity to the state power companies. The work of this scheme will start from 5th July 2018. The plan is to install different feeders (SKY feeders) for agricultural solar energy consumption. Under the pilot project, which is likely to start from July 8, 2018, about 15 feeders will be installed.
About 15,200 farmers in 9 districts of the state will be covered under the pilot project, which will generate a total of 15 MW of electricity. The cost of the project is around Rs 50 crore. Today, 4,303 MU or 5% of the total electricity consumption in the state is used by the agricultural sector. This is a step towards doubling the target of farmer’s income and under it 12 hours power supply will be provided for agriculture during the day which is currently 8-10 hours.
The best news ever for Gujarat farmers
Now farmers will get electricity even during the day.
State Energy Minister Saurabh Patel made this important announcement
Cabinet Minister Saurabh Patel held a press conference and gave important news to the farmers. “Farmers will now get electricity during the day,” he said.
17.25 lakh farmers in the state will get electricity on a daily basis.
Has announced to provide electricity to farmers during the day.
An important plan has been announced to provide electricity for farming during the day. 17.25 lakh farmers have electricity connection. There was a demand from farmers to provide electricity during the day. PM will inaugurate Kisan Sarvodaya Yojana. 17.25 lakh farmers in the state will get electricity during the day. The scheme will be completed in two or three years.
Which villages will get how many hours of electricity
The power will be provided from 5 am to 9 pm, the energy minister added. 11 to 13 thousand mega watts of electricity is required for electricity during the day. Electricity will be provided to 220 villages of Junagadh during the day. Electricity will be provided to 143 villages of Gir Somnath during the day. It will provide electricity to 692 villages of Dahod during the day.
How far is the electricity during the day?
It will take 3 years to set up a structure to provide electricity to farmers on a daily basis
The government is to set up a new structure for the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana
The Gujarat government has provided Rs 3500 crore in the 2020-21 budget
Rs 3500 crore is to be spent in the next 3 years to build the structure
The government plans to implement the scheme in phases in 3 years
The government has yet to come up with a system that can carry electricity
The scheme does not fit into the existing power carrying structure
The government will have to replace 20 lines of 220 KV transmission Work progresses after laying 1 line of 132 KV transmission
233 lines have to be laid in the state of 66 KV transmission 3817 circuit kilometer line will have to be constructed from 254 transmission
220 KV substation 10 and 132 KV substation 1M will have to build a total of 11 substations
The government has already announced the scheme
The government will have to work on the land effectively for 3 years to provide electricity to the farmers on a daily