Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture minister M R K Panneerselvam said steps are being taken by the government to popularize the scheme for using machinery for agricultural work to tide over insufficient labour for cultivation. In a statement, he said a GO has been issued to implement the scheme during 2022-23 with an initial allotment of 41.67 crore.
It was announced in the budget that 150 crore would be allocated by both Union and state governments for the implementation of the agricultural mechanization scheme in Naduin 2022-23. Under the scheme, machinery will be given to individual farmers at 40% subsidy and to small, marginal,Adi Dravidar, tribal and Women farmers at 50% subsidy. A maximum of 5 lakh will be given for tractor, 2.25 lakh for mini tractor, 85,000 for power tiller, 5 lakh for paddy planter, 63,000 for weeder, 44,800 for rotary plough and 4,100 for seeder. Likewise, 75,000 subsidy will be given for a groundnut harvester, 50,000 for reversible plough, 11 lakh for paddy harvester, 2.50 lakh for multi-crop thresher and 1.25 lakh for sugarcane leaf thresher.