THE FUTURE OF SALT WORKERS AND FINANCING FOR SOLAR PANELS

Abstract

The Agariyas are unable to seek for a bank loan since they lack land rights in the region. NGOs first developed a number of financial plans to promote the use of solar pumps.

Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) developed a loan from their own bank, while the Vikas Centre for Development (VCD) coordinated loans for Agariyas from various financing agencies and businesses under its corporate social responsibility project.

"So far, we have erected 3,000 pumps in the Rann with the aid of a SEWA Bank plan that is just for our female members. According to Heena Dave, the SEWA district coordinator for Surendranagar, "We made sure that the EMI does not exceed the savings the Agariyas save on diesel. Later, SEWA collaborated with Bank of Baroda, NABARD, and Agariyas to provide financial aid.