Agri Machine Subsidy: Central and state governments are providing equipment to the farmers on subsidy. Be it stubble management or management of other crops, the governments give equipment to the farmers with a lot of discount. In Bihar too, a fair amount of subsidy is being given on 90 machines. The good thing is that now the deadline of the scheme has also been extended. Farmers can take advantage of the scheme by applying immediately.
Deadline extended till January 17
To give the benefit of the Agricultural Mechanization Scheme, the Agriculture Department has now extended its deadline. Under the scheme, earlier one could apply to get the equipment till 31st December. Now it has been increased to 17 January. Farmers can apply online till January 17. Machines will be made available to the general category at 40 to 50 percent subsidy, SC-ST at 80 percent subsidy. Up to 10 percent additional subsidy will be given at the departmental level on purchase of equipment from local equipment manufacturers.
Farmers can buy these machines
For crop management, farmers can buy rotary mulcher, super seeder, happy seeder, reaper cum binder and other equipment. There is a crisis of laborers in agriculture. Due to non-availability of laborers on time, neither the crop can be sown nor harvested. In view of this, arrangements have been made to give 9 types of instruments to the farmers. Important equipment like paddy transplanter, padder drum seeder, seed drill are also available on subsidy. In the use of this machine the need of labor is less. At the same time, you can buy mini rice mill, straw feeder and other equipment for harvesting the finished produce. Apart from this, thresher, chap cutter, paddy thresher, irrigation pipe, cultivator and a total of 90 types of equipment used in agriculture are being given to farmers on subsidy.
Equipment will have to be taken in 7 days
Officials say that farmers do not buy machines after the permit is issued. This causes problems for the department. Earlier there was a time of 15 days after the issue of permit i.e. in 15 days the farmer could buy the machine. But the new deadline has increased. In this, the permit time has been reduced to 7 days. The farmer will have to buy the machine within 7 days of the issue of the permit.
These documents are necessary
Farmers will have to search Google and open the portal OFMAS of Agriculture Department and apply online. While applying, farmer’s registration number, name, address, LPC and carat receipt of three years and other types of information will also have to be shared.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Farmer brothers, before implementing any suggestion, do consult the concerned expert.
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