Ranchi, 18th October, 2021: Solar will now shine and bring prosperity amongst women farmers across Jharkhand. Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA), Government of Jharkhand is promoting the PM KUSUM Scheme in the state of Jharkhand to support activities that encourage women empowerment. JREDA has been promoting solar pumps for many years and Jharkhand has been a leading state to ensure that maximum beneficiaries reap the benefits.
Mr. K.K Verma, Director, JREDA said “As a state nodal agency, we are committed to promote renewable energy solutions in every spheres of economy including agriculture sector. The PM KUSUM scheme is being promoted to increase the farmer’s income through sustainable irrigation support to farmlands and enhancing agro output. The scheme is also expanded for women farmers which can bring in a range of benefits including qualitative changes in their lives with augmenting local enterprises activities in rural landscapes”.
Speaking of this initiative, Mr. Udit Mathur, Energy Advisor, British High Commission said “We look forward to working in partnership with JREDA to pilot gender focused interventions through the PM KUSUM scheme. By focussing on women’s awareness of the scheme and access to finance we can make the programme more inclusive, thereby increasing uptake and unlocking multiple developmental co-benefits for women farmers”
The field level mobilization is carried out by regional partner – SwitchON Foundation. The key activities include awareness creation among women about the potential of solar pumps, helping them filling and submitting the application at JREDA office, focused training of women farmers for maintenance of solar pumps and encouraging gender centric measures for women empowerment.
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