Installation of Solar Irrigation Pumps in Rajasthan

Installation of Solar Irrigation Pumps in Rajasthan Last Modified: 04-Mar-2020 6:03 PM
  • 29,667
    Number of solar power agri pumps installed in the state at the end of fiscal 2016-17. The installation of solar powered pumps was started in the year 2010-11.
  • 74,167 hectares
    Approximate area that is being irrigated by water drawn from the agri pumps.
  • 113 MW
    Combined generation capacity of the pumps.
  • 10,000
    Number of pumps the state government aims to install in 2017-18 at a cost ₹395 crore as per agriculture and animal husbandry minister Prabhu Lal Saini announcement on 27 Mar 2017.
  • 0
    Number of pumps installed in 2017-18. Not a single solar water pump out of the target of 10,000, was installed in Rajasthan in 2017-18 due to a glitch in the tender floated previously and has forced the state horticulture department to re-issue it tender.
  • 7,500
    Number of pumps the state government aims to install in 2018-19. 17,000 applications have been received by the horticulture department that has been entrusted the job of installing the pumps.
  • Oct 2019
    The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) of Jaipur floats tender for 61 solar energy-based borewell water pumps to be installed in various villages of Jaipur region II at an estimated cost of Rs. 4.85 crore.
  • The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) of Jaipur floats 3 tender for installation and maintenance of 520 solar pumping stations in Kota, Bharatpur, and Jodhpur regions of the state at an estimated cost of Rs. ? crore.
    Dec 2019
    The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) of Jaipur floats 3 tender for installation and maintenance of 520 solar pumping stations in Kota, Bharatpur, and Jodhpur regions of the state at an estimated cost of Rs. ? crore.
  • The Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) floats tender for solarization of 6,367 grid-connected water pumps under Component-C of the government’s KUSUM Program at an estimated cost of Rs. 245 crore.
    Feb 2020
    The Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) floats tender for solarization of 6,367 grid-connected water pumps under Component-C of the government’s KUSUM Program at an estimated cost of Rs. 245 crore.
  • Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (AVVNL) floats tender for solarizing 5,874 water pumps distributed on 92 selected feeders at an estimated cost of Rs. 139 crore.
    Feb 2020
    Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (AVVNL) floats tender for solarizing 5,874 water pumps distributed on 92 selected feeders at an estimated cost of Rs. 139 crore.
  • Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) floats tender for solarizing 504 water pumps distributed on 17 selected feeders at an estimated cost of Rs. 139 crore.
    Feb 2020
    Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) floats tender for solarizing 504 water pumps distributed on 17 selected feeders at an estimated cost of Rs. 139 crore.