Solutions
- Central and State governments have to work in coordination with each other to make this scheme successful because this deals with a major change in our power sector and if this scheme is implemented successfully then it will be a major milestone in our power sector and rural economy.
- With this scheme government have to encourage farmers to use new techniques of farming to deduce uses of water so that groundwater doesn’t deplete very fastly.
- Government has to focus on the industrial sector also so that the scheme doesn’t face any equipment shortage.
Kusum Scheme
In the budget of 2018-19 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced a new scheme for farmers of the country, named Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha and Utthaan Mahabhiyan commonly known as the PM-KUSUM scheme. This scheme focuses on the decentralized solar power plant for the production of electricity which will help the farmers. The final approval for this scheme was given on 8th March 2019.
Under this scheme, individual farmers/groups of farmers/panchayats/cooperatives/Water User Association/Farmer Producer Association can set up small renewable energy-based power plants on their barren or cultivated lands.