Lok Sabha Question No. 3055 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Agricultural Mechanization
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3055

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION

3055.  SHRI. SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  to  find  out  the  level  of agricultural mechanization in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the major States are lagging far behind in agricultural mechanization; and
- (d) if  so,  the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  promote  agricultural mechanization in these States?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  to  (d):    The  impact  assessment  study  report  of  Sub-Mission  on  Agricultural Mechanization  (SMAM)  submitted  by    WAPCOS  Limited  (A  Government  of  India Undertaking under Ministry of Jal Shakti) in 2020, indicates that the farm power availability in India is 2.49 Kilowatt per hectare. The state-wise availability of farm power is given in Annexure-I.

The agricultural mechanization issues of these States are being addressed through SMAM being implemented w.e.f. 2014-15, with the objectives of increasing the reach of

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farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions where availability of farm power is low; promoting 'Custom Hiring Centres' and 'Hi-tech Hubs of High Value Machines' to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding and high cost of individual ownership. Under this scheme, Financial assistance @ 40% to 50% of the cost depending on the categories of farmers, is available for purchase of agricultural machines on individual ownership basis. Financial assistance @40% of the project cost is  also  available  to  rural  youth  &  farmer  as  an  entrepreneur,  Cooperative  Societies  of Farmers,  Registered  Farmers  Societies,  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs)  and Panchayats for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs) and Hi-tech hubs of high value  agricultural  machines.  Financial  assistance  @  80%  of  the  project  cost  for  the projects costing upto Rs. 10 Lakhs is available to the Cooperative Societies, Registered Farmer Societies, FPOs and Panchayats for setting up of village level Farm Machinery Banks  (FMBs).  The  rate  of  financial  assistance  for  the  North  Eastern  States  for establishment of FMBs is @95% of the project cost.

Annexure-I

## State-wise farm power availability in terms of Kilowatt  per hectare (kW/ha)

| Sr. No.   | FARM POWER AVAILABILITY (kW/ha)   | FARM POWER AVAILABILITY (kW/ha)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|           | State                             | 2018-19                           |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh.                   | 2.486                             |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 0.576                             |
| 3.        | Assam                             | 1.200                             |
| 4.        | Bihar                             | 3.499                             |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                      | 1.459                             |
| 6.        | Gujarat                           | 3.004                             |
| 7.        | Haryana                           | 5.491                             |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh                  | 1.323                             |
| 9.        | Jammu & Kashmir                   | 1.316                             |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                         | 1.336                             |
| 11.       | Karnataka                         | 2.438                             |
| 12.       | Kerala                            | 1.247                             |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh                    | 2.005                             |
| 14.       | Maharashtra                       | 1.449                             |
| 15.       | Manipur                           | 0.645                             |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                         | 0.370                             |
| 17.       | Mizoram                           | 0.693                             |
| 18.       | Nagaland                          | 0.610                             |
| 19.       | Orissa                            | 1.975                             |
| 20.       | Punjab                            | 6.011                             |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                         | 1.819                             |
| 22.       | Sikkim                            | 0.691                             |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu                        | 3.462                             |
| 24.       | Telengana                         | 3.408                             |
| 25.       | Tripura                           | 1.634                             |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh                     | 3.485                             |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand                       | 3.054                             |
| 28.       | West Bengal                       | 2.121                             |
|           | National (Average)                | 2.488                             |

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