Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana Scheme

The Government of Maharashtra has introduced the Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana to promote solar energy. Under this scheme, the Maharashtra Government will provide a 95% subsidy to the farmers for setting up of solar pump sets.The Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana scheme focuses on lessening the burden of farmers expending on irrigation pumps and to minimise the subsidy burden.

Benefits

The benefits of Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana scheme are;

• Day time availability for agriculture pumping

• No interruption during day time.

• No electricity bills.

• Zero operational cost compared to Diesel pumps.

• Environment friendly operation

Eligibility Criteria

The following are the criteria to be satisfied by the applicant while applying for the Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana scheme:

• The farmers must be the residents of Maharashtra State.

• The farmers holding farmland with an assured source of water are eligible.

• Farmers from remote and tribal areas.

• Farmers from area which are not electrified through conventional source of energy (ie. by MSEDCL)

• Beneficiary farmers of "Dhadak Sinchan Yojana"

• Farmers from villages which are not electrified yet due to NOC from forest Department

• Paid pending list of applicants, applied for new electricity connections for AG Pump

• However, farmers having conventional electricity connections would not be eligible to get benefits of the Solar AG pump from this scheme.

Beneficiary Contribution

Documents Required

Following documents are required for Saur Krushi Pump Yojana are,

• 7/12 details of the land

• Copy of Aadhaar card

• Copy of caste certificate

• No objection Certificate (NOC) from the concerned department.

Application Procedure

To apply for the Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana, follow the below procedure:

• The applicant has to submit the application form online by accessing the official portal of MSEDCL.

• In the case of existing applicants, fill the mandatory details such as Aadhaar card number, and email id, paid pending application number, fee payment details, sanction number, source of irrigation and its depth, capacity demanded.

• In case of the new user, Part II of the application form has to be filled with the details such as name, address, type of land, are of land, Aadhaar number, email id, mobile number, residential address, type of applicant, irrigation type and its depth.

• After filling the form, the applicant is required to take the print out of the signed application form, and the same has to be uploaded online along with the required documents.