Hyderabad, May 16 -- In a major step towards empowering tribal farmers, the Telangana government has unveiled its new flagship initiative - the Indira Solar Giri Jal Vikasam scheme.

Announced on Thursday, the scheme aims to provide solar-powered irrigation across six lakh acres over five years, benefiting over 2.1 lakh tribal farmers who received land under the Forest Rights Act (RoFR).

With a total budget of Rs 12,600 crore, the project will begin in the 2025-26 fiscal year and run till 2029-30. The official launch is set for May 18 at Macharam village, located in Amrabad mandal of Achampet constituency, and will be led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka.

The scheme offers 100 per cent subsidy for instal...