“…The initiative has been led by the Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Authority (CREDA), a state-level government agency in charge of deploying renewable energy on the utility and residential scale. This uptake of distributed solar water pumps marks a departure for this fossil fuel-rich state which produces and exports coal, steel, and coal-generated electricity . The successful adoption of solar water pumps helps achieve multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), as it can both promote affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) and support sustainable agriculture and water management (SDG 2 and SDG 6).…”