Agricultural DSM in India: Overview and Way Forward
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چکیده
India is gifted with a rich and vast diversity of natural resources and water is one of them. It plays a vital role in agriculture production. The pumping of ground water to irrigate crops consumes about 50% of the ground water resources and around 35% of the electricity generated in the country. In order to meet the growth target for power availability, its entire requirement cannot come solely from generation augments. A major contribution will have to come from savings through better demand side management and improvement in the end use efficiency. As agriculture sector is one of the unorganized sector and inefficient power users in India, it may provide immense opportunity to save energy through better demand side management techniques. The paper is mainly focussed on the importance of the agricultural demand side management and different businesses models for energy efficiency improvement in this sector.
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