Agriculture provides the primary source of income for majority of the rural population in India. Around 38% of the net-sown area of our country remains un-irrigated due to lack of irrigation infrastructure. Lack of access to reliable electricity supply is one of the major barriers for developing effective agricultural pumping infrastructure in the country. On the other hand, majority of the electricity distribution companies (DISCOMS) in India are reluctant to help in popularising solar pumps for agriculture, in fear of loss of their revenue. In addition, the distribution companies are suffering from very high aggregate technical and commercial losses. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL), the largest DISCOM in West Bengal, plans to reduce the AT&C loss to 22.5% within its operational area. This paper argues that, the quantum of AT&C losses that can be reduced by providing solar agricultural pumps which could be channelized as a lucrative Feed in Tariff (FIT) to the agriculture consumers. © 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.