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
He said the focus will be on small and marginal farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations, cooperatives and panchayats, while ensuring that land ownership remains with the farmer. He said solar income can provide greater income security to farmers whose earnings are otherwise dependent on monsoons and market prices.