About ‘Mukhyanmantri Kissan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna’:
Under the scheme, any farmer can rent out not more than one-third of his land to a private firm to set up solar panels at a rate of Rs one lakh per annum per acre. The panels will be set up at a height of 3.5 metres, so that the land can also be used for agriculture.
The Delhi Government departments will buy solar power from the companies participating in the scheme.
Benefits of the scheme:
The annual income of the beneficiary farmers, which is estimated at present to be between Rs 30,000 and Rs 50,000 per acre per year, will increase to between Rs 1.30 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh following the implementation of this scheme.
Besides getting additional income, the farmers will also get 1,000 units of free solar power without any investment.
The departments currently buy electricity at Rs 9 per unit but with the implementation of the scheme, the expense will come down to Rs 5 per unit, saving the department Rs 400 crore to Rs 500 crore annually.
