Summary:
Today, a 5-HP pumpset costs ?3.5 lakh; a 7.5 HP set ?5.5 lakh and a 10 HP pumpset, ?6.7 lakh. “For the last two years, I have been using a solar-powered pumpset of 10 horsepower (HP) capacity without any hitch. During 2013-14 and 2016-17, when the subsidy component was at 80%, 2,826 solar pumpsets were installed at a subsidy of ? 101.4 crore. sets riderDuring 2017-18, the State government decided to increase its share of subsidy to 40% of each solar pumpset. Like the Valathur farmer, Mr.
Premkumar too does not have any issue with the solar pumpset..