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Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh

Horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area in the district, diminishing the economic viability of solar pumps here. It has a relatively low penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, impeding access to institutional credit for farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which are (very) highly vulnerable towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.

Deployment Approaches

Approaches Feasibility
Individually owned off-grid solar pumps Limited Suitability
Solarisation of feeders Limited Suitability
Solar based water as a service Not Suitable
Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps Not Suitable
Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps Limited suitability

Individually owned off-grid solar pumps

Limited Suitability

The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and crop revenue per holding is low, making it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.

Parameter Value Percentile
Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps 80,502 84
Water Availability Index 0.5 35
Crop revenue per holding (INR) 68,203 44
Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) 133.8 73

Solarisation of feeders

Limited Suitability

The district has a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation, and its DISCOM incurs a high cost for supplying power. But, a relatively low penetration of electric pumps means that solarisation of the feeders would not help in increasing the deployment of solar for irrigation.

Parameter Value Percentile
Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) 6.54 80
Extent of feeder segregation 2% 21
Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps 0% 0

Solar based water as a service

Not Suitable

The district has a rather low concentration of small and marginal farmers and a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area. Moreover, groundwater availability is below the safe limit, making it extremely difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service model here.

Parameter Value Percentile
Water Availability Index 0.5 35
Proportion of small and marginal cultivators 80% 39
Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area 8% 11

Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps

Not Suitable

The district has a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, a relatively low proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area, and groundwater availability below the safe limit make it extremely difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.

Parameter Value Percentile
Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area 1% 11
Water Availability Index 0.5 35
Proportion of marginal cultivators 49% 31
Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) 133.8 73

Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps

Limited suitability

The district has a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation and power supply to its agriculture consumerss is heavily subsidised. But, a relatively low penetration of electric pumps and groundwater availability below the safe limits means that solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps would not help in increasing the deployment of solar for irrigation.

Parameter Value Percentile
Water Availability Index 0.5 35
Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) 6.54 80
Extent of feeder segregation 2% 21

Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives

If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.

Doubling Farmers’ Income – Crop Diversification

In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively low proportion of gross cropped area, indicating an opportunity for growing more high value non-staple crops. Solar-powered irrigation could be an alternative source of reliable irrigation, making it easier to achieve crop diversification and enhance farmers’ incomes.

Parameter Value Percentile
Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area 1% 11

Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh
Summary
Number of operational holdings
206,904
Average size of operational holding (Ha)
1.5
No. of cultivators using diesel pumps
80,502
No. of cultivators using electric pumps
740
Parameters (value, percentile)
Unirrigated net sown area ('000 ha)
25
30
Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area
1%
11
Water Availability Index
0.5
35
Monthly per capita expenditure of rural agricultural households (INR)
1,033
32
Crop revenue per holding (INR)
68,203
44
No. of rural and semi-urban bank branches per 10,000 farmers
2.9
4
Medium and long-term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore)
133.8
73
No. of calls made at Kisan Call Centre (between 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2015)
6,738
95
Level of farm mechanisation (tractors, harvesters, threshers per ha)
0.32
56