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(The Gist of PIB) Agriculture Mechanisation and Technology Division takes various initiatives for farmers’ welfare under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan

[August-2020]

Agricultural Mechanization is one of the key drivers for sustainable development of agriculture sector.

Increasing land productivity by facilitating timeliness and quality of cultivation.
Reducing the cost of operations by ensuring better management of costly inputs.
Reducing drudgery associated with various farm operations and address issue of labour shortage.
Farm mechanization level in India stands at about 40-45% compared to U. S. (95 %), Brazil (75%) and China (57%).
States like Punjab, UP, Haryana have very high mechanization while north-eastern states have negligible mechanization.
Reasons for lower mechanisation: economies of operation due to small holdings, access to power, credit cost and procedures, uninsured markets and low awareness.

Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation: To increase reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers, setting up of Custom Hiring Centre (CHC), Creating awareness through
demonstration and capacity building activities etc.
FARMS-app (Farm Machinery Solutions-app)- Multi- lingual Mobile App to connect farmers with CHCs situated in their locality.
Crop Residue Management scheme for distributing machinery among farmers and cooperative societies for effective in-situ management of the paddy straw.