Punjab: pilot implementation of DBTE (Direct Benefit Transfer for Electricity) to agriculture

The project aims to address and provide solutions towards three-dimensional interlinked challenge of declining ground water, increasing electricity consumption and rising fiscal burden of power subsidy on agriculture. In order to achieve the said objective, the project intends to help the Government of Punjab and the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) pilot the DBTE scheme in three selected feeders in Punjab and refine the scheme on the basis of the learnings from this pilot project for its wider implementation across Punjab.