Guwahati, May 16 -- Reported by Mrinal Banik

Agartala: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Friday asserted that the increasing use of solar energy and its proper utilisation are helping farmers adopt multi-cropping on croplands that generally produce only one or two crops a year.

Speaking after the governing body meeting of the Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency, the Minister said that as many as 4,000 kanis of cropland had been brought under irrigation through the installation of solar-powered pumps.

"So far, we have installed 5,000 solar pumps against a target of 10,000 and covered 4,000 kanis of land under irrigation. This has become possible because of the PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha...