Overview
- Guinness World Records certified the state for installing 45,911 off-grid solar agricultural pumps in one month under PM-KUSUM and the Magel Tyala scheme.
- At the same event, MSEDCL signed a $1 billion financing agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to expand the farmer-focused solar push.
- The government announced plans to create a separate electricity company dedicated to supplying farmers with solar power.
- Officials report roughly 7.47 lakh pumps installed to date and have opened an MSEDCL online portal for farmers to register and apply for installations.
- Leaders project wider consumer benefits, citing a planned shift to 16,000 MW of low-cost solar for farm feeders and a proposed 3% annual reduction in power tariffs.