| Fact Sheet on Agriculture Demand Side Management (AgDSM)
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Upgrading
of existing pumping systems presents an immediate need and an unprecedented
opportunity. Implementation of this program is crucial as energy bills for
agricultural pump sets are being paid by Govt. in the form of subsidy. Low or
free electricity coupled with high inefficiencies contributes to adoption of
local made inefficient & unreliable pump sets, results in massive water
wastage & higher energy consumption. The average efficiency of existing
in-efficient pump sets is in the range of 20% - 30% whereas efficiency range of
new star rated Energy Efficient Pump sets (EEPS) is 40% - 50%. Therefore, there
is a need to tap the huge energy savings potential promised in agriculture
pumping sector
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Disaster Management support Programme - ISRO
India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and landslides have been recurrent phenomena. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; close to 5,700 km long coastline out of the 7,516 km, is prone to cyclones; about 68% of the cultivable area is susceptible to drought. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the East and part of West coast are vulnerable to Tsunami. The deciduous/ dry-deciduous forests in different parts of the country experience forest fires. The Himalayan region and the Western Ghats are prone to landslides. Satellite images showing the damages at Kedarnath village caused by the flash floods in June 2013 Under the DMS programme, the services emanating from aerospace infrastructure, set up by ISRO, are op...
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