Agricultural machinery includes tractors, power tillers, rotavators, and threshers which are used for activities like sowing, reaping, and fertilizer application. This machinery helps increase production, productivity, and profits. It increases efficiency compared to traditional methods and can help increase productivity by 30%. Using machinery also enables farmers to plant second or multiple crops. Key vendors of agricultural machinery include Mahindra & Mahindra, Sonalika, TAFE, and VST Tillers Tractors. The document provides subsidy amounts farmers receive for purchasing various machinery like tractors, power tillers, weed cutters, and rotavators.

1. Agricultural
Machineries

2. About Agriculture Machinery
 Agricultural Machineries are those that are
used for various agricultural activities such as
sowing, reaping and application of fertilizers.
 Key agricultural machineries are Tractors,
power tillers, rotavators and threshers.
 It helps in increasing production, productivity
ans profitability.

3. Importance
 Efficiency increases as the modern plough is
200-300% efficient then the indigenous plough.
 Efficient machinery helps in increasing the
productivity by about 30%
 Also enabling the farmers to raise the second
crop or multi-crop

4. Machinery and Technology
Sr.
No.
Type of Assistance Criteria for
maximum limit.
State/Central
Schemes/Components
1) Subsidy on hire charges
while booking gov.
machinery and from
registered agencies or
individuals.
50% Subsidy on
standard cost.
Subsidy for Custom
Services in Agriculture
Mechanisation
2)a Assistance for purchase
of Agri-Machinery like
transplanter, tractor,
power tiller, sprayer,
Mini-tiller, etc.
75% Subsidy of
standard cost or
actual cost and 90%
for SC/ST farmers.
Promotion of
mechanisation in
Agriculture assistance for
purchase of Agricultural
Machinery.
b. For purchase of Paddy
Combine harvester .
75% of the standard
or the actual cost.
Assistance for the
purchase of Agricultural
machinery and
Equipments.

5. 3) For upkeep and
maintenance of machinery
belonging to reg. agencies
on completion of 500hrs
per yr.
Rs. 40,000/- per year Special assistance for
maintenance of
tractors under
customs of services.
4) Assistance for levelling the
land upto a max. of 10%
slope and minimum
500msq area.
50% of standard cost.
Min. area 2000msq
and max. 1 ha.
Assistance for land
levelling .
c. Assistance on purchase of
implements used for
agriculture operations.
50% Subsidy for
general category and
75% for SC/ST on
actual or standard
cost.
Assistance for
purchase of
agriculture
equip./implements

6. Key Vendors
 Mahindra & Mahindra
 Sonalika
 Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE)
 VST Tillers Tractors

7. Tractors
1. Tractor 30hp and Above
Price: 4.5-6.5lakhs
After Subsidy: Rs. 3,37,500- 4,87,500/-

8. 2. Mini Tractor (upto 29hp)
Price: 3-4lakhs
After Subsidy:
Rs. 2,25,000- 3 lakh

9. Power Tillers
1. Power tiller
Price: Rs.0.85-1.40lakhs
After Subsidy:
Rs.63,750- 1 lakh
2. Mini Tiller
Price: Rs.11,500/hp
After Subsidy:Rs.8,625/hp

10. Weed Cutter
Price: Rs.15000/hp
After Subsidy:
Rotavator
Price: Rs.95,000/-
After Subsidy:

11. Coconut Climber
Price: Rs. 2500/-
Arecanut Climber
Price: RS. 2,500/-