What is Kisan Suryoday Yojana?

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Asked: October 11, 20212021-10-11T00:58:52+05:30 2021-10-11T00:58:52+05:30In: Law

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PM Modi has launched the ‘Kisan Suryoday Yojana’ in Gujar:at with the aim of providing 16 hours of power supply to farmers in the state every day.

Under this scheme, farmers will be able to avail power supply from 5 AM to 9 PM.
The state government has allocated a budget of Rs 3500 crore for installing transmission infrastructure under this scheme by 2023.
234 ‘66-Kilowatt’ transmission lines, with a total length of 3490 circuit kilometers (CKM) will be established under the project, in addition to 220 KV substations.