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and are adopting it with an       rice mills have increased the
          open mind. Our country is so      income of the farmers as well as
          blessed by the Sun God… so why    the glow on their faces.
          not make full use of the energy      Friends,  Devki ji of Bihar
          radiated by him.                  has changed the fate of her
              Friends, solar power is also   village with a solar pump. Devki
          transforming the lives of farmers.   ji, who lives in Ratanpura village
          The same farm, the same hard      of Muzaffarpur, is now lovingly
          work,  the  same  farmer…  but    called “Solar Didi” by people.
          now the result of such hard       Devki ji… her life was not easy.
          work is much more substantial.    She got married at a young age…
          This  change  is  coming  through   a small farm... responsibility
          solar pumps and solar rice mills.   of four children and no clear
          Today hundreds of solar rice      picture of the future. But her spirit
          mills have been set up in many    never dampened. She joined a
          states of the country. These solar   self help group and there she



















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