All Gujarat Villages To Get Day-Time Agri Energy Provide By means of 2022-Finish
“Now, farmers can paintings right through the day and leisure at evening,” Vijay Rupani mentioned. (Representational)
Ahmedabad:
Farmers of all 18,000-odd villages in Gujarat gets energy provide right through the day time for agriculture functions by way of the tip of the yr 2022, Leader Minister Vijay Rupani introduced on Thursday.
The BJP executive within the state has allotted Rs 3,500 crore to create the important infrastructure for this bold “Kisan Suryoday Yojna” (KSY), Mr Rupani mentioned addressing a meeting Tilakwada the city in Narmada whilst launching the mission for 39 villages of the district.
In October final yr, Top Minister Narendra Modi introduced the scheme, aimed toward offering electrical energy right through the day time to farmers for irrigation and farming functions, for all of the state, and villages of various districts are being coated in a phase-wise way, Rupani mentioned.
“Farmers were difficult that they be given agricultural energy provide right through the day, as going to fields within the evening to irrigate the crop is bad. This is the reason we’ve licensed this scheme having the cheap of Rs 3,500 crore,” the manager minister mentioned in his deal with.
He mentioned his executive’s goal is to offer electrical energy for agricultural functions right through the day to 4,000 villages by way of January 20 and to the entire 18,000 villages by way of the tip of yr 2022.
“Now, farmers can paintings right through the day and leisure at evening,” he mentioned.
Mr Rupani mentioned in contrast to the previous Congress rule, the BJP-led dispensation in Gujarat is the “farmers’ executive”.
He alleged that some protesting farmers had been shot lifeless right through Congress rule over 25 years again in Gujarat.
Gujarat Power Minister Saurabh Patel at the instance mentioned the state executive will give a subsidy of Rs 7,500 crore this yr by way of offering affordable electrical energy for agriculture.
“Since lengthy, we’ve now not larger the ability tariff for farmers. Even though the fee is expanding, we’ve saved the tariff at most effective Rs 60 paise consistent with unit,” he mentioned.
“On behalf of farmers, the federal government pays the adaptation of Rs 7,500 crore to GUVNL (state energy entity) as subsidy this yr,” Mr Patel mentioned.
He mentioned all of the state can be coated underneath the Kisan Suryoday Yojna in 3 years.
