Under the ‘Manohar Jyoti’ scheme launched by the Haryana Government, one lakh solar lighting systems would be installed in the state.
For this, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has approved a financial assistance of Rs 23.65 crore for the installation of 50,000 solar lighting systems in the year 2017-18, said a spokesman of Haryana New and Renewable Energy Department.
Apart from this, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has also approved a financial assistance of Rs 45.89 crore for making available 3,050 solar water pumps to the farmers, he said.
The spokesman said the Haryana New and Renewable Energy Department has prepared a scheme of providing ten per cent subsidy to the farmers on the installation of solar water pumps.
With a view to tackle the problem of stubble burning in the state, the Department has invited proposals for the setting up of straw based biomass power projects of 50 MW capacity in paddy dominant districts of Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Jind and Fatehabad. The electricity produced from these projects would be purchased by the Government on the rates fixed by HERC, he added.