Dhaka, March 22 -- The government's guideline for purchasing electricity from solar irrigation pumps failed to draw adequate response from stakeholders thus the government is now thinking of forming a high-powered inter-ministerial committee involving concerned ministries and entities in the sector.

According to official sources, the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda) published a policy guideline titled: "Grid Integration Guideline for Solar Irrigation Pump" in July 2020.

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The main purpose of the guideline was to facilitate solar pump operators to sell their idle electricity to distribution entities and also the distributio...