NAGPUR: Union minister for transport Nitin Gadkari has mooted a proposal before the state government to subsidize the cost of solar-powered agriculture pumps by 90%. This will make the pumps, which are now available for 5 lakh, cost 50,000 to a farmer. Central assistance has already reduced rates of the pumps by 3 lakh, bringing it to 5 lakh. As many as a lakh pumps have been...
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