OREANDA-NEWS.The Government implements renewable energy programmes in conjunction with National Rural Drinking Water Programme and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) as per details given below:

- Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation along with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy have initiated a new Scheme for installation of 20,000 Solar Pumping Systems in habitations with populations between 150 to 250. The said pumps are to be installed in remote areas of the country where there is no supply of electricity.

- The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) {SBM(G)} which aims at attaining a Open Defecation Free India by 2nd October, 2019, by providing access to toilet facilities to all rural house-holds and initiating Solid and Liquid Waste Management is a main component of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). Under this component, activities like compost pits, vermin composting, biogas plants, low cost drainage, soakage channels/ pits, reuse of waste water and system for collection, menstrual hygiene management, segregation and disposal of household garbage etc can be taken up. Convergence of SBM (G) with MNRE can be taken in the construction of biogas plants for solid waste management of bio-degradable wastes.

This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.