New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is working on a mechanism to bring agrivoltaics under a Centre-supported scheme to encourage states to adopt the model that allows farmers to generate solar power while continuing agricultural activities on the same land, MNRE Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said on Monday.

Speaking to reporters ahead of a conference on agrivoltaics, Sarangi said the ministry was working with the Ministry of Finance to explore ways to provide financial support, either through an existing scheme such as PM-KUSUM or a standalone scheme.

"To nudge all the states and to provide them with some kind of an initial incentive, we are planning for a central sector scheme which will support it. ...