The Punjab Government has scrapped the scheme to turn farmers into solar power producers and then buy the power generated by them.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/punjab-scraps-%E2%80%98solar-power-fields%E2%80%99-project-cites-cost-factor
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ruchika-m-khanna-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-energy
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy