Made in Humane Club
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 district has a relatively high 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.
Deployment Approaches
| Approaches | Feasibility |
|---|---|
| Individually owned off-grid solar pumps | Limited Suitability |
| Solarisation of feeders | Not Suitable |
| Solar based water as a service | Limited Suitability |
| Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps | Limited Suitability |
| Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps | Not suitable |
Individually owned off-grid solar pumps
Limited Suitability
The district has ground water available within the safe limit and a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users. However, low crop revenue per holding, and the relatively low disbursement of institutional credit would make it difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here without significant government subsidy support.
| Parameter | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps | 196,302 | 94 |
| Water Availability Index | 0.84 | 72 |
| Crop revenue per holding (INR) | 82,080 | 50 |
| Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) | 21.9 | 47 |
Solarisation of feeders
Not Suitable
The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps. But, a rather low cost of power supply for the respective DISCOM and a comparatively low extent of feeder segregation make it very difficult to solarise the feeders here.
| Parameter | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) | 5.5 | 28 |
| Extent of feeder segregation | ||
| Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps | 12% | 58 |
Solar based water as a service
Limited Suitability
Groundwater availability in the district is within safe limit and the concentration of small and marginal farmers is comparatively high, but the proportion of unirrigated area is relatively low. A solar-based water service will have to compete with existing sources of irrigation.
| Parameter | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Water Availability Index | 0.84 | 72 |
| Proportion of small and marginal cultivators | 91% | 64 |
| Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area | 37% | 32 |
Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps
Limited Suitability
The district has a relatively high proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, high concentration of marginal farmers and groundwater availability within the safe limit, but disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers is comparatively low. Greater support, either through subsidies or credit, would be required to enable marginal farmers to adopt solar pumps.
| Parameter | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area | 14% | 69 |
| Water Availability Index | 0.84 | 72 |
| Proportion of marginal cultivators | 73% | 65 |
| Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) | 21.9 | 47 |
Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps
Not suitable
The district has a relatively high penetration of electric pumps and ground water available within the safe limits. But, a relatively low power subsidy for agriculture consumers and a comparatively low extent of feeder segregation make it very difficult to solarise individual grid-connected pumps here.
| Parameter | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Water Availability Index | 0.84 | 72 |
| Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) | 5.5 | 28 |
| Extent of feeder segregation |
Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives
If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.
