ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar Saturday said 30,000 solar-powered tube-wells would be distributed among the farmers having less than 12.5 acre agricultural land across the country.
Addressing a post-budget press conference here, he said tube-wells would be distributed through an open balloting for ensuring transparency in the process.
He said farmers would be given bank loans for solar-powered pumps with the government bearing the mark-up.
The minister said that farmers using diesel-run pumps and electricity-run pumps would be able to save Rs 1,600 and Rs 500 respectively.
