Telangana state government in India has launched a one-week trial giving free, 24-hour electricity to all farmers, with a permanent scheme to be rolled out by March next year.
Devulapalli Prabhakar Rao, Telangana Power Transmission Corporation chairman, said the trial was to test how much power would be needed for the full roll out.
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