Lok Sabha Question No. 2226 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Small Farm Equipment
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, P.R. SUNDARAM, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2226

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST   JULY, 2018

## SMALL FARM EQUIPMENT

## 2226.  SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  the  small  farm  equipment  and machineries  available  to  small  and  marginal  farmers,  at  reasonable  prices,  year-wise  since 2014;
- (b) the details of funds allocated to promote mechanization in agriculture since 2014, State and year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Indian  farmers  are  facing  problems  due  to  poor  quality  of  power  tillers imported from China;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the measures taken to counter this issue; and
- (e) whether the Government has defined norms for testing the durability and checking the quality of power tillers and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): For  promotion  of  agricultural  mechanization  in  the  country,  a  Sub-  Mission  on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) scheme is being implemented through State Governments w.e.f. 2014-15 with the following objectives.
- (i)  Increasing  the  reach  of  farm  mechanization  to  small  and  marginal  farmers  and  to  the regions where availability of farm power is low;
- (ii)     Promoting 'Custom Hiring Centres' to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding and high cost of individual ownership;
- (iii)    Creating hubs for hi-tech & high value farm equipments;

(iv)    Creating  awareness  among  stakeholders  through  demonstration  and  capacity  building activities;

(v)     Ensuring  performance  testing  and  certification  at  designated  testing  centers  located  all over the country.

Under SMAM subsidy to the tune of 25 to 50 %  for procurement of agricultural machinery is being provided.

Government of India , Ministry of Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare does not control the prices of agricultural machinery and equipments. However , State Governments are negotiating the  price  with  Agricultural  machinery  manufactures  before  them  to  empanel  so  as  to  get  a reasonable  price  to  farmers.  The  Government  has  also  launched  a  software  on  DBT  for providing online subsidy on Agricultural Machinery  wherein the manufacturers has to declare the prices of their products which can be visible to buyer and accordingly the farmer can make his own choice of purchase.

The details of funds released under SMAM and under  a new Central Sector Scheme which is introduced during 2018-19 on 'Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the  States  of  Punjab,  Haryana,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  NCT  of Delhi'  scheme  to  promote  mechanization  in  agriculture,  State  and  year-wise  is  enclosed  as Annexure -1.

(c) to (e): Under SMAM and other schemes of Ministry of Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare assistance subsidy is provided for procurement of Power Tiller to the farmers. To assess the quality  of  Power Tillers before these are supplied to farmers under subsidy programme  , for empanelment  of  manufacturer    and  suppliers  of  Power  Tillers,  testing  and  confirmation  of Minimum Performance Standards (MPS) as per IS : 9935 of all models of Power Tillers  is prerequisite . To make the testing norms of Power Tillers more stringent, torture test, material test, testing  in  different  soil  conditions,  elimination  of  repeat  &  supplementary  test  have  been introduced.  Besides  testing,  all  the  State  Governments  and  Power  Tiller  Manufacturers  have been advised to ensure to observe the measures as per Annexure - 2.

| ANNEXURE:1                    | ANNEXURE:1          | ANNEXURE:1                   | ANNEXURE:1               | ANNEXURE:1          | ANNEXURE:1          |
|-------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| STATE WISE AGRICULTURAL STATE | ,YEAR WISE RELEASED | FUNDS MECHANIZATION RELEASED | RELEASED (SMAM) RELEASED | UNDER SUB- RELEASED | MISSION ON RELEASED |
| ( RS. IN CRORES)              | ( RS. IN CRORES)    | ( RS. IN CRORES)             | ( RS. IN CRORES)         | ( RS. IN CRORES)    | ( RS. IN CRORES)    |
|                               | 2014-15             | 2015-16                      | 2016-17                  | 2017-18             | 2018-19             |
| Andhra Pradesh                | 10.54               | 7.28                         | 48.99                    | 132.92              | 75.00               |
| Arunachal Pradesh             | 0.49                | 1.88                         | 1.33                     | 5.5                 | 3.55                |
| Assam                         | 5.62                | 0                            | 1.08                     | 10                  | 0                   |
| Bihar                         | 9.01                | 0                            | 14                       | 0                   | 25.00               |
| Chhattisgarh                  | 5.19                | 4                            | 10                       | 30                  | 20.00               |
| Gujarat                       | 7.94                | 7.55                         | 6                        | 6.48                | 8.69                |
| Haryana                       | 2.55                | 0                            | 0                        | 45                  | 45.00               |
| Himachal Pradesh              | 1.02                | 0.75                         | 4.95                     | 11.7                | 10.97               |
| Jammu& Kashmir                | 1.18                | 0.95                         | 3.64                     | 1.8                 | 10.22               |
| Jharkhand                     | 3.58                | 2.54                         | 2.25                     | 1                   | 3.00                |
| Karnataka                     | 9.62                | 0                            | 44.41                    | 75                  | 59.13               |
| Kerala                        | 2.37                | 0                            | 1                        | 9.79                | 10.37               |
| Madhya Pradesh                | 13.92               | 26.02                        | 20                       | 43.11               | 50.39               |
| Maharashtra                   | 20.34               | 15.96                        | 15                       | 34.13               | 45.50               |
| Manipur                       | 1.1                 | 2.91                         | 0                        | 2.85                | 2.00                |
| Meghalaya                     | 1.25                | 0                            | 0.9                      | 0.5                 | 1.11                |
| Mizoram                       | 0.5                 | 2.03                         | 2                        | 4.81                | 3.75                |
| Nagaland                      | 0.62                | 2.85                         | 3.33                     | 16                  | 15.00               |
| Orissa                        | 7.09                | 5.67                         | 35.78                    | 66.27               | 52.50               |
| Punjab                        | 2.09                | 0                            | 52.09                    | 48.5                | 0                   |
| Rajasthan                     | 15.8                | 0                            | 4.25                     | 23.06               | 10.00               |
| Sikkim                        | 0.19                | 0.65                         | 1.44                     | 1.38                | 2.00                |
| Tamil Nadu                    | 8.44                | 21.39                        | 30.3                     | 51.34               | 75.00               |
| Telengana                     | 6.93                | 4.76                         | 5.97                     | 10                  | 6.00                |
| Tripura                       | 0.39                | 2.44                         | 2                        | 25.52               | 2.00                |
| Uttar Pradesh                 | 21.21               | 16.51                        | 37.98                    | 43.97               | 36.58               |
| Uttarakhand                   | 0.91                | 0.78                         | 2.56                     | 30.95               | 37.50               |
| West Bengal                   | 5.98                | 5.65                         | 4                        | 10                  | 11.25               |

Annexure-I

| STATE WISE ,YEAR WISE FUNDS RELEASED UNDER NEW CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME WHICH IS INTRODUCED DURING 2018-19 ON 'PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION FOR IN-SITU MANAGEMENT OF CROP RESIDUE IN THE STATES OF PUNJAB, HARYANA, UTTAR PRADESH AND NCT OF DELHI'   | STATE WISE ,YEAR WISE FUNDS RELEASED UNDER NEW CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME WHICH IS INTRODUCED DURING 2018-19 ON 'PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION FOR IN-SITU MANAGEMENT OF CROP RESIDUE IN THE STATES OF PUNJAB, HARYANA, UTTAR PRADESH AND NCT OF DELHI'   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | RELEASED DURING 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | (RS. IN CRORE)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 137.84                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 269.38                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 148.60                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

## (i)

## Annexure - 2 MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY STATE GOVERNMENT:

- (a) While empanelling the supplier of the Power Tillers from the list provided by the  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare  it  must  be ensured that at the District  level  the  Dealer/Sub-Dealer  is  available  with  all the stock of the spare parts, service station, and sufficient manpower for the service,  mobile  service  van  and  training  arrangements.  If  no  such  facility  is available at in the particular District with Dealer, the manufacturer should not be allowed to sell the Power Tiller in that District.
- (b) The manufacturer must have the full-fledged infrastructure facilities to impart the long duration training programme at least at Zone level so as to cater the need  of  entire  state,  such  as  Training  hall  of  capacity  20  trainees  ,  all literature  in  local  language,  charts,  trained  instructors,  cut  models,  safety charts, tools, etc.
- (c) No manufacturer should be empanelled unless and until fulfills the (a) and (b) above criteria.
- (d) State Govt. may conduct intensive awareness for popularizing the schemes on Mechanization.
- (e) Proper awareness campaign on advantage about proper storage of Power Tiller needs to be taken up.
- (f) Needs  to  take  adequate  and  intensive  specific  training  programmes    and awareness campaign  on operation, repair, Safety, maintenance of Power Tillers in Government Training Institutes.
- (g) It must be ensured that the country of origin is mentioned on the labeling plate of Power Tiller. No manufacturer should be empanelled unless and until fulfills this criteria.
- (h) It  must  be  ensured that '  Not  for  road  use' as  per  CMVR guidelines must be displayed on the Power Tiller. No manufacturer should be empanelled unless and until fulfills this criteria.
- (i) Subsidy should be provided to only those beneficiary who submits the certificate about completion of pre-delivery  training  of  3  days  duration  at  dealer  on  all  the controls,  safety  precautions,  proper  operation,  day  to  day  maintenance,  proper storage etc of power tiller.
- (j) A regular time to time field survey must be carried out by State Government on the condition  of  Power  Tillers  and  the  report  in  this  regard  must  be  submitted  to DAC&FW.
- (k) An online grievance mechanism along with its redressal mechanism in time bound matter must be developed by State Govt.

## (ii) MEASURES  TO  BE  TAKEN  BY  POWER  TILLER  MANUFACTURER  / IMPORTER:

- (a) At  the  district  level  the  Dealer/Sub-Dealer  must  have  all  the  stock  of  the  spare parts, service station, and sufficient manpower for the service, mobile service van and training arrangements.
- (b) At sub-dealer level all the stock of the spare parts, service station, and sufficient manpower for the service must be available.
- (c) The manufacturer must have the full-fledged infrastructure facilities to impart the long duration training programme at least at Zone level so as to cater the need of entire  state,  such  as  Training  hall  of  capacity  20  trainees,  all  literature  in  local language,  charts,  trained  instructors,  cut  models,  safety  charts,  tools,  etc.  The Training  duration  must  be  of  at  least  2  weeks  imparting  the  aspects  on  minor repair,  maintenance,  operation,  various  attachments  etc..  A  certificate  in  this regard must be provided to the trainee. A proper record in this regards must be maintained by dealer which can be verified by State agriculture Department time to time.
- (d) It must be ensured that the country of origin is mentioned on the labeling plate of Power Tiller.
- (e) It  must  be  ensured  that 'Not  for  road  use' as  per  CMVR  guidelines  must  be displayed on the Power Tiller.
- (f) Before delivery of power tiller, a training of at least three days duration on all the controls,  safety  precautions,  proper  operation,  day  to  day  maintenance,  and proper storage must be given at dealer level. A certificate in this regard must be provided to the trainee. A proper record in this regards must be maintained by dealer which can be verified by State agriculture Department time to time.

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