To make Punjab a zero stubble burning state, the Punjab Agriculture Department has initiated a massive drive to provide more than 25,000 agro-machines or farm equipment to farmers for in-situ management of paddy residue with a subsidy component of Rs 250 crore during the current fiscal.

Subsidy ranging from 50 to 80 percent is being offered to the farmers under the scheme with 80 percent subsidy to and farmers groups while 50 percent is for individuals. The machinery portal is being reopened from August 2-4, 2021, only for Panchayats, Cooperative societies, and FPOs to give them one more opportunity to avail the benefit of these subsidized agri-equipments.

The State Government has focused on delivering state-of-the-art machines to farmers including Super SMS, Happy Seeder, Paddy Straw Chopper, Shredder or Mulcher, Hydraulic Reversible Mould Board Plough and Zero Till Drill.