The Farmer Who Has Always Fed the Nation is Now also Lighting it up, with the Annadata Becoming an Urjadata: Union Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi

India, Sept. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The farmer who has always fed this nation is now also lighting it up with the Annadata becoming an Urjadata, said Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Education and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Pralhad Joshi, while addressing the curtain-raiser event ahead of the 7th Agrivoltaics World Conference 2026 in New Delhi today.

The Union Minister said the next phase of PM-KUSUM will carry a dedicated component for agrivoltaics, enabling farmers to continue farming while also earning from electricity. He said the focus will be on small and marginal farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations, cooperatives and panchayats, while ensuring that land ownership r...