{"id":2562,"date":"2022-02-24T16:13:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.ceew.in\/punjab\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T16:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:43:28","slug":"punjab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><h1 class=\"hc-col-16 hc-mx-auto hc-brand-header-xl hc-mb-20 wp-block-heading\" id=\"methods\">Punjab<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"hc-mt-20 hc-mx-auto hc-col-16\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-humane-blocks-container hc-width-full hc-max-width-unset hc-block-container-96hdlhq-f7bkbdu-vr311dp\" id=\"hc-block-container-96hdlhq-f7bkbdu-vr311dp\"><div class=\"hc-brand-reading hc-user-hidden\"><\/div><div class=\"hc-inner-container hc-brand-reading\"><div class=\"hc-mx-auto 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class=\"title-description-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"main-title\">Filters<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"filter-title-container syncscroll\" name=\"syncme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-tab=\"0\" class=\"filter-tab\" style=\"z-index: 5;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"filter-tab-name\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"filter-tab-description\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"perspectives-playlist-24-filter-start_date-title\" class=\"filter-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label\">Start date<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"perspectives-playlist-24-filter-end_date-title\" class=\"filter-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label\">End date<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"filter-container syncscroll hc-fy hc-filter-container\" 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data-id=\"0\" class=\"view-container \">\n                                    <div class=\"inner-view-container\">\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid dashboard-grid1\">\n                            <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/tarn-taran-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Tarn-Taran-1.png\" alt=\"Punjab Tarn Taran 1\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Tarn Taran, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">16 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/shahid-bhagat-singh-nagar-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Shahid-Bhagat-Singh-Nagar.png\" alt=\"Punjab Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/sangrur-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Sangrur-2.png\" alt=\"Punjab Sangrur 2\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Sangrur, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/sahibzada-ajit-singh-nagar-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Sahibzada-Ajit-Singh-Nagar-1.png\" alt=\"Punjab Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 1\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">16 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/rupnagar-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Rupnagar.png\" alt=\"Punjab Rupnagar\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Rupnagar, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/patiala-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Patiala-1.png\" alt=\"Punjab Patiala 1\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Patiala, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/muktsar-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Muktsar.png\" alt=\"Punjab Muktsar\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Muktsar, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/moga-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Moga.png\" alt=\"Punjab Moga\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Moga, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/mansa-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Mansa.png\" alt=\"Punjab Mansa\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Mansa, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/ludhiana-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Ludhiana.png\" alt=\"Punjab Ludhiana\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Ludhiana, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/kapurthala-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Kapurthala.png\" alt=\"Punjab Kapurthala\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Kapurthala, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">15 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/jalandhar-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Jalandhar.png\" alt=\"Punjab Jalandhar\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Jalandhar, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/hoshiarpur-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Hoshiarpur.png\" alt=\"Punjab Hoshiarpur\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Hoshiarpur, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/gurdaspur-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Gurdaspur.png\" alt=\"Punjab Gurdaspur\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Gurdaspur, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/firozpur-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Firozpur.png\" alt=\"Punjab Firozpur\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Firozpur, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/fatehgarh-sahib-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Fatehgarh-Sahib.png\" alt=\"Punjab Fatehgarh Sahib\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">16 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/faridkot-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Faridkot-1.png\" alt=\"Punjab Faridkot 1\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Faridkot, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/bathinda-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Bathinda.png\" alt=\"Punjab Bathinda\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Bathinda, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/barnala-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Barnala.png\" alt=\"Punjab Barnala\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Barnala, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">16 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/datastory\/amritsar-punjab\/\">\n                               <div class=\"hc-card-automated-gallery hc-border-rounded-12 modal-card hc-bg-brightness-97\">\t\n                    <div class=\"automate-grid-element hc-border-rounded-top-12 pykslice-image-container hc-row-4\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"automate-grid-element-img hc-border-rounded-top-12 hc-width-fit-container hc-cover hc-border-top-brightness-86 hc-border-bottom-brightness-86\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceew.in\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/Punjab_Amritsar.png\" alt=\"Punjab Amritsar\">\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gallery-info hc-m-12\">\n            <div data-lines=\"3\" class=\"gallery_card_headline hc-truncate pykslice-card-title hc-mb-16\">\n                Amritsar, Punjab            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gallery_sub-title-container sub-title-container hc-sub-title-container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"gallery_date_time\">\n                                    <div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">17 min<\/div>  \n                <\/div><div class=\"hc-card-footer aggregations_icon_and_domain\"><div class=\"hc-author-and-cat hc-card-bottom\"><div class=\"hc-one-line hc-supernormal-xs\">in Solar Pumps Tool<\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n                    window.perspectives[\"playlist-24\"] = {};\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.perspectives[\"playlist-24\"].perspectives_json = {\"id\":\"playlist-24\",\"controller_class\":\"Humane_Sites\\\\Controller_Dashboard::build_perspective_json\",\"data\":[{\"ID\":\"1083\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:48\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:48\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,146<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">20<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">372,465<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">94<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">73.9<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">64<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">72%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">13%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">73.9<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">64<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Tarn Taran, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"tarn-taran-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:46\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:46\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/tarn-taran-punjab-2\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Tarn-Taran-1.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1078\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:44\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:44\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>It has a relatively small proportion of its net sown area unirrigated, indicating poor irrigation demand. Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has high crop revenue per holding overall. But, ground water availability is below the safe limit, the concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, and disbursement of institutional credit is also relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">11,503<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">44<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.4<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">31<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">386,528<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">94<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">61%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">94<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.4<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">31<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">43%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.4<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">31<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">18%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.4<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">31<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">21<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"shahid-bhagat-singh-nagar-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:44\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:44\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/shahid-bhagat-singh-nagar-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Shahid-Bhagat-Singh-Nagar.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1073\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:40\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:40\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. Overall, the water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is critical since the resource is overexploited, jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4,991<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">519,839<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">301.7<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">87<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">86%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">99<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">12<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">16%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">301.7<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">87<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">12<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Sangrur, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"sangrur-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:43\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:43\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/sangrur-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Sangrur-2.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1070\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:35\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:35\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3,462<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">28<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">227,001<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">87<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">136.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">73<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">90%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">99<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">37%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">45<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">15%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">136.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">73<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">45<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">16<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"sahibzada-ajit-singh-nagar-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:42\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:42\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/sahibzada-ajit-singh-nagar-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Sahibzada-Ajit-Singh-Nagar-1.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1067\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:31\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:31\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>It has a relatively small proportion of its net sown area unirrigated, indicating poor irrigation demand. Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has high crop revenue per holding overall. But, ground water availability is below the safe limit, the concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, and disbursement of institutional credit is also relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8,836<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">39<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">22<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">249,217<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">89<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">30.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">51<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">30%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">78<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">22<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">17<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">10<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">22<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">37%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">19<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">30.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">51<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">22<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Rupnagar, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"rupnagar-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:41\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:41\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/rupnagar-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Rupnagar.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1064\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:26\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:26\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. Overall, the water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is critical since the resource is overexploited, jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">11,449<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">43<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">516,868<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">111.6<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">69<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">76%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">30%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">30<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">12%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">111.6<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">69<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">30<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Patiala, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"patiala-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:40\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:40\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/patiala-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Patiala-1.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1061\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:22\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:22\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. Overall, water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is within the safe limit, enhancing long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. There is a comparatively low level of farm mechanization, possibly due to low awareness or poor outlook towards progressive technologies amongst the farmers here. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has ground water available within the safe limit, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit, but has a comparatively low concentration of diesel pump users, indicating potentially low demand for the private ownership of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">17,010<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">50<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,174,933<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">695.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">89%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">99<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is within the safe limit. But, a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area make it difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is within the safe limit. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a comparatively low disbursement of institutional credit to them and a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area limit the demand for 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">695.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation. But the relatively low power subsidy for agriculural consumers make solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps an inefficient way of enhancing solar pumps in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Muktsar, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"muktsar-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:39\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:39\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/muktsar-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Muktsar.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1059\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:18\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:18\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which are (very) highly vulnerable towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32,363<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">468,619<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">202.9<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">82<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">61%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">94<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">38%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">17%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">202.9<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">82<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Moga, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"moga-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:38\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:38\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/moga-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Moga.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1057\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:14\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:14\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. Overall, the water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is critical since the resource is overexploited, jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which are (very) highly vulnerable towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">18,609<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">53<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.05<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">847,484<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">99<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">59.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">60<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">47%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">91<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.05<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">10<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.05<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">11%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">59.3<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">60<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.05<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">10<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">11<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Mansa, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"mansa-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:37\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:37\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/mansa-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Mansa.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1055\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:08\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:27:08\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Overall, the water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is critical since the resource is overexploited, jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">39,531<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">70<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.08<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">547,191<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">565.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">67%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.08<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.08<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">13%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">565.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.08<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Ludhiana, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"ludhiana-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:36\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:36\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/ludhiana-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Ludhiana.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1053\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:24\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:24\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which are (very) highly vulnerable towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">14,330<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">47<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">452,895<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">143.7<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">75<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">83%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">99<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">33%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers and a relatively high proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area. But groundwater availability below safe limit and a rather low concentration of marginal farmers limits the demand for 1 HP and sub-HP pumps in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">55<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">15%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">143.7<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">75<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Kapurthala, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"kapurthala-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:35\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:35\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/kapurthala-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Kapurthala.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1051\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:20\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:20\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Overall, the water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is critical since the resource is overexploited, jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">13,324<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">46<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.09<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">469,512<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">808.2<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">64%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.09<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">23%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">48<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.09<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">808.2<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.09<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">48<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Jalandhar, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"jalandhar-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:34\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:34\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/jalandhar-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Jalandhar.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1049\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:16\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:16\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>It has a relatively small proportion of its net sown area unirrigated, indicating poor irrigation demand. Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">20,265<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">54<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">289,319<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">91<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,181.40<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">49%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">92<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">50%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">10<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">27%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">12<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,181.40<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.5<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Hoshiarpur, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"hoshiarpur-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:32\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:32\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/hoshiarpur-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Hoshiarpur.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1047\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:12\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:12\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>It has a relatively small proportion of its net sown area unirrigated, indicating poor irrigation demand. Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">27,925<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">61<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.46<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">317,277<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">92<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,333.70<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">53%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">93<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.46<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">49%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">13<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.46<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">11<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,333.70<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.46<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">35<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">13<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">14<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Gurdaspur, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"gurdaspur-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:31\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:31\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/gurdaspur-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Gurdaspur.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1045\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:08\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:08\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. There is a comparatively low level of farm mechanization, possibly due to low awareness or poor outlook towards progressive technologies amongst the farmers here. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which are (very) highly vulnerable towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">31,686<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">64<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.36<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">837,486<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,039.00<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">55%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">93<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.36<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">22%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.36<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,039.00<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.36<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">14<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Firozpur, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"firozpur-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:30\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:30\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/firozpur-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Firozpur.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1043\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:04\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:21:04\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">10,277<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">42<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">522,398<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">66<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">61<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">79%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">29%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">13%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">66<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">61<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">3%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"fatehgarh-sahib-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:29\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:29\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/fatehgarh-sahib-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Fatehgarh-Sahib.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1041\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:59\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:59\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which are (very) highly vulnerable towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25,645<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">59<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">491,740<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">69.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">63<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">75%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">98<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">18<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">15%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">69.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">63<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.33<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">18<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Faridkot, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"faridkot-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:28\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:28\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/faridkot-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Faridkot-1.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1037\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:54\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:54\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users, high crop revenue per holding, and a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit. However, groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of solar pumps.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">22,967<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">57<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.61<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">48<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1,181,068<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">345.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">89<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">70%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">97<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.61<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">48<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">25%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">4<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.61<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">48<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">12%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">345.1<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">89<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.61<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">48<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">24<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">10<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Bathinda, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"bathinda-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:27\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:27\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/bathinda-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Bathinda.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1034\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:50\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:50\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7,943<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">37<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">464,226<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">68.4<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">62<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">59%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">94<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">32%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>Groundwater availability in the district is below the safe limit, the concentration of marginal farmers is rather low, disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is also comparatively low, and the proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area is relatively low, making it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">15<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">17%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">9<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">68.4<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">62<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">15<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\"><\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"post_title\":\"Barnala, Punjab\",\"post_excerpt\":\"\",\"post_status\":\"publish\",\"comment_status\":\"closed\",\"ping_status\":\"closed\",\"post_password\":\"\",\"post_name\":\"barnala-punjab\",\"to_ping\":\"\",\"pinged\":\"\",\"post_modified\":\"2021-12-08 12:30:26\",\"post_modified_gmt\":\"2021-12-08 07:00:26\",\"post_content_filtered\":\"\",\"post_parent\":\"0\",\"guid\":\"https:\\\/\\\/solarpumps.pykih.com\\\/wikipost\\\/barnala-punjab\\\/\",\"menu_order\":\"0\",\"post_type\":\"datastory\",\"post_mime_type\":\"\",\"comment_count\":\"0\",\"categories\":\"Solar Pumps Tool\",\"tags\":\"Punjab\",\"format\":\"\",\"featured_image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ceew.in\\\/portal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Punjab_Barnala.png\",\"author_name\":\"Ritvvij P \"},{\"ID\":\"1031\",\"post_author\":\"9001\",\"post_date\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:46\",\"post_date_gmt\":\"2020-08-14 11:20:46\",\"post_content\":\"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>It has a relatively small proportion of its net sown area unirrigated, indicating poor irrigation demand. Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. Overall, the water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is critical since the resource is overexploited, jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The average monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households is relatively high for the district, suggesting higher purchasing capacity of the farmers here. For average crop revenue per holding, the district appears among the top 25 percentile of districts, implying higher investment capacity of the farmers here. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The number of medium and long-term institutional loans disbursed in the district is comparatively large, suggesting the availability of credit amongst farmers for potential investments. It has a relatively low proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Deployment Approaches<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-70-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n    <!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-70-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n    <table>\\r\\n        <thead>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Approaches<\\\/th>\\r\\n                <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Feasibility<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/thead>\\r\\n        <tbody>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n            <tr>\\r\\n                                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n                    <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Not suitable<\\\/td>\\r\\n                            <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n    <\\\/table>\\r\\n    <!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Individually owned off-grid solar pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and high crop revenue per holding. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and  concentration of diesel pump users is comparatively low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">11,068<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">43<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Crop revenue per holding (INR)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">366,382<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">94<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2,047.20<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of feeders<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Limited Suitability<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but its DISCOM incurs a relatively low cost for supplying power. As the power purchase rate of the DISCOM increases going forward, solarisation of the feeders may become economically viable in the district.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">67%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">96<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solar based water as a service<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service  model here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of small and marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">37%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">8<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not Suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">14<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Proportion of marginal cultivators<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">12%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">6<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">2,047.20<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">100<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p class=\\\"hc-brand-reading hc-text-primary-main\\\">Not suitable<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps, ground water available within the safe limits and a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation but agriculture power subsidy is not very significant. Further with the groundwater availability below the safe limits, solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps may not be the right approach for the district<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Water Availability Index<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">0.11<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">7<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Actual cost of power supply (INR\\\/kWh)<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">5.94<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">41<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Extent of feeder segregation<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">95%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">65<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading -->\\r\\n<h2 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-m\\\">Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives<\\\/h2>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">Doubling Farmers' Income - Crop Diversification<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers' incomes.<\\\/p>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:table {\\\"className\\\":\\\"is-style-regular has-60-percent-width\\\"} -->\\r\\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-table has-60-percent-width\\\">\\r\\n<table>\\r\\n    <thead>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Parameter<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Value<\\\/th>\\r\\n            <th class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">Percentile<\\\/th>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/thead>\\r\\n    <tbody>\\r\\n        <tr>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-left\\\" data-align=\\\"left\\\">Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">1%<\\\/td>\\r\\n            <td class=\\\"has-text-align-right\\\" data-align=\\\"right\\\">14<\\\/td>\\r\\n        <\\\/tr>\\r\\n    <\\\/tbody>\\r\\n<\\\/table>\\r\\n<\\\/figure>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:table -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<br>\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:heading {\\\"level\\\":3} -->\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"hc-brand-header-s hc-mb-8\\\">National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)<\\\/h3>\\r\\n<!-- \\\/wp:heading -->\\r\\n\\r\\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\\r\\n<p>The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. 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