Gujarat govt to cover 4000 villages under Kisan Suryoday Yojana by January end
- Indian Prime Minister launched the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana in Gujarat.
- Under the scheme, 16 hours of power supply shall be provided to farmers.
- Gujarat Government has planned to cover all the villages under this scheme by the end of 2022.
- 1 lakh farmers have been covered under this scheme in the first phase while the second phase will cover 1 lakh 90 thousand farmers.
- Under this scheme, the state government is going to install new transmission lines and sub-stations at an estimated cost of Rs. 35 thousand crore in three years.
- The aim of this scheme is to protect the farmers from snakes and other wild animals during the night time.


