Question

Which is the agency engaged in providing solar lightning to villages in Madhya Pradesh?
1. Madhya Pradesh Rajya Bijli Board
2. Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited
3. Madhya Pradesh Rural Electrification Corporation
4. Madhya Pradesh Solar Energy Development Corporation

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited.

• Online applications are invited for the installation of solar pump, in which grant is being given by the Government of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh.
• Under this scheme, the benefit of the solar pump will be given to the farmer on the condition that no subsidy will be payable on electricity supply to the farmer if the electric pump is installed on that khasra/distributed khasra of his agricultural land in the future.
  • Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited is the agency engaged in providing solar lighting
  • to villages in Madhya Pradesh.
• Self-certification will also be given by the farmer that at present the electric pump is not operated/connected on that khasra/distributed khasra land of the farmer.
• If the concerned farmer disconnects the connection of the said electric pump or leaves the grant received on it, then he can be given a grant on the installation of the solar pump.

• Renewable energy is abundantly available in India and the world's largest program for the use of renewable energy products and systems is in place.
• The use of renewable energy resources, energy conservation, and promotion of energy efficiency devices is a big step taken by the state government in this direction.
• Therefore all four renewable energy resources (solar, wind, to promote power generation from biomass and small hydroelectric energy), policies, and Madhya Pradesh Energy Conservation Fund rules and other guidelines have been implemented by the state government.