New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday chaired a high-level review meeting to assess budget expenditure of various departments and the progress of key departmental schemes. Senior administrative officials of the concerned departments were present.

Reviewing the Energy (Power) Department's schemes, the Chief Minister directed officials to accelerate the solarisation of agricultural pumps across the state. He emphasised that the PM-KUSUM scheme must be implemented in a time-bound manner so that the maximum number of farmers can benefit from it, according to the release.

According to an official release, he stated that surplus power generated through solar pumps should be fed back into the government grid,...