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Govt working on dedicated floating solar scheme to ease land constraint, says MNRE secretary

01 May 2026

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The govt is preparing a scheme to promote larger floating solar projects as land availability remains a constraint, MNRE Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said

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