Sub-mission On Agriculture Mechanization

About Sub-mission On Agriculture Mechanization

Agricultural machinery plays a vital role in raising productivity through timely, precise fieldwork. To boost farm mechanization and push the farm-power-to-cultivable-area ratio up to 2.5 kW/ha, this scheme is implemented across every Indian state. The SMAM scheme has both a centrally sponsored component and a central sector component. Under the centrally sponsored component, the Government of India funds 60% of the cost while states bear 40%, except in the north-eastern and Himalayan states, where the Centre funds 90% and the state 10%. In Union Territories, the Centre funds the entire cost.

Mission Strategy To meet these objectives, the Mission follows these strategies:

1. Performance-test various farm machinery and equipment at the four Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes (FMTTIs), designated State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), and ICAR institutions. 1. Promote farm mechanization among stakeholders through on-field and off-field training and demonstrations. 1. Give farmers financial assistance to procure farm machinery and implements. 1. Set up custom hiring centres for location- and crop-specific farm machinery and implements. 1. Give small and marginal farmers in low-mechanization regions financial assistance to hire machinery and implements.

Mission Components

1. Promotion and Strengthening of Agricultural Mechanization through Training, Testing and Demonstration. 1. Demonstration, Training and Distribution of Post-Harvest Technology and Management (PHTM). 1. Financial Assistance for Procurement of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment. 1. Establish Farm Machinery Banks for Custom Hiring. 1. Establish Hi-Tech, High Productive Equipment Hub for Custom Hiring. 1. Promotion of Farm Mechanization in Selected Villages. 1. Financial Assistance for Promotion of Mechanized Operations/hectare Carried out Through Custom Hiring Centres. 1. Promotion of Farm Machinery and Equipment in the North-Eastern Region.