Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization - Uttarakhand
Category: Agriculture,Rural & Environment
Level: State | State: Uttarakhand

Details:
The scheme “Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization” is implemented by the Department of Agriculture, Government of Uttarakhand. The scheme aims to encourage farm mechanization by providing financial assistance/subsidy to farmers for purchasing modern farm equipment. This initiative particularly focuses on supporting small, marginal, SC/ST, and women farmers by making advanced agricultural machinery accessible and affordable to them.

Benefits:
Under the scheme, all farmers of the state are eligible to receive financial assistance for the purchase of modern agricultural equipment for farming. A 50% subsidy/financial assistance is provided to SC/ST, small and marginal, and women farmers (of all categories), while 40% subsidy/financial assistance is provided to other (large) farmers. The details are as follows:
Sl. No.
Name of Equipment
Norms of subsidy as per SMAM for SC/ST/Small & Marginal and Women Farmers
1
Power Tiller Below 8 BHP
50% or maximum ₹65000/-, whichever is less.
2
Power Tiller 8 BHP and above
50% or maximum ₹85000/-, whichever is less.
3
Power Weeder Power Driven Less than 2 BHP
50% or maximum ₹25000/-, whichever is less.
4
Power Weeder Power Driven More than 2 BHP
50% or maximum ₹35000/-, whichever is less.
5
Power Weeder Power Driven More than 5 BHP
50% or maximum ₹63000/-, whichever is less.
6
Chaff Cutter (power/drawn below 3 hp)
50% or maximum ₹20000/-, whichever is less.
7
Chaff Cutter (power/drawn below 3 to 5 hp)
50% or maximum ₹28000/-, whichever is less.
8
Chaff Cutter man powered
50% or maximum ₹6300/- whichever is less.
9
Brush Cutter
50% or maximum ₹40000/-, whichever is less.
10
Knapsack Sprayer Agricultural Protection Equipment (Man Operated)
50% or maximum ₹750/-, whichever is less.
11
Sprayer Agricultural Protection Equipment (Power Driven)
50% or maximum ₹3800/-, whichever is less.
12
Sprayer Agricultural Protection Equipment (Power Driven) 16 Liter Capacity
50% or maximum ₹10000/-, whichever is less.
13
Multicrop Thresher (4 tons per hour power more than 5 HP)
50% or maximum ₹100000/-, whichever is less.
14
Thresher (4 tons per hour power more than 5 HP)
50% or maximum ₹100000/-, whichever is less.
15
Paddy Thresher (Less than 5 HP)
50% or maximum ₹40000/-, whichever is less.
16
Thresher (less than 5 HP)
50% or maximum ₹40000/-, whichever is less.
17
Tractor 20 to 40 PTOHP
50% or maximum ₹2.50 lakh, whichever is less.
18
Tractor 40 to 70 PTOHP
50% or maximum ₹4.25 lakh, whichever is less.
19
19 Reaper cum Binder (Self Propelled 4 Wheel)
50% or maximum ₹2.50 lakh, whichever is less.
20
Straw Reaper more than 35 HP
50% or maximum ₹1.30 lakh, whichever is less.
21
Laser Land Leveler
50% or maximum ₹2.00 lakh, whichever is less.
22
Super Seeder More than 35 HP
50% or maximum ₹1.05 lakh, whichever is less.
23
Zero Till Seed Cum Fertilizer Drill (9 Tynes)
50% or maximum ₹0.213 lakh whichever is less.
24
Zero Till Seed Cum Fertilizer Drill (11 Tynes)
50% or maximum ₹0.241 lakh, whichever is less.
25
Rotavator (6 feet)
50% or maximum ₹0.448 lakh, whichever is less.
26
Rotavator (7 feet)
50% or maximum ₹0.476 lakh, whichever is less.
27
Rotavator (8 feet)
50% or maximum ₹0.504 lakh, whichever is less.
28
Pulverizer Flour Mill
50% or maximum ₹35000/-, whichever is less.
29
Water Lifting Pump up to 10 HP
50% or maximum ₹18000/-, whichever is less.
30
Mandua Thresher Manually Operated
50% or maximum ₹10000/-, whichever is less.
31
Winnowing Fan
50% or maximum ₹10000/- whichever is less.
32
Horticulture Hand Tools
50% or maximum ₹10000/- whichever is less.
33
Garden Hand Tool
50% or maximum ₹1200/-, whichever is less.
34
Small Mountain Farming Equipment
50% subsidy.


Eligibility Criteria:
1. The applicant must be a permanent resident of Uttarakhand.
   1. The applicant must be a farmer engaged in agricultural activities.
   1. SC/ST farmers, small and marginal farmers, and women farmers (of all castes) are eligible for 50% financial assistance under the scheme, while 40% subsidy/financial assistance is provided to other (large) farmers. 
   1. The name of the applicant farmer must be recorded in the revenue records of the cultivable land owned or cultivated by them.