MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)
(a) The details of modern/ latest farm technologies that are available to farmers to assist them in the cultivation of crops are given in Annexure-I.
(b) Yes, harvesting, transport, storage etc. operations are being carried out mostly by traditional methods. Research projects on harvesting equipment, modern transport and storage technologies are being taken and demonstrated to small and marginal farmers. Some of them are listed in Annexure-II.
(c) & (d): Yes, Madam. Government is providing adequate support to farmers for purchase of farm machinery, seeds, fertilizers and electricity.
The year wise and state wise release of the subsidy during last three years and current year for promotion of agricultural mechanization under Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) is given in Annexure-III. The release of fund to different states for village seed programme is given in Annexure-IV.
Department of fertilizers provide subsidy to the manufacturers/importers of fertilizers for providing fertilizers to the farmers at subsidized rates and not to the state governments. The details of the subsidy during last three years and current year is given in Annexure-V.
The electricity is a concurrent subject. Supply and distribution of electricity at an affordable rate to all the consumers including farmers in a States falls within the purview of the respective State Government. There is no provision to give free power to the farmers by the Union Government (details in Annexure-VI).
(e) Some of the machines developed to overcome the shortage of farm labourers in agriculture sector are listed below:
1. SRI Power weeder
2. Tractor operated turmeric planter
3. Tractor operated turmeric digger
4. Raisedbed planter
5. Axial flow rice thresher
6. Rice straw chopper cum spreader
7. Tractor operated fodder harvester cum chopper with loading arrangement
8. Pulverizing roller
9. Three row rotary weeder
10. Aeroblast sprayer
11. Plastic mulch laying machine
12. Tractor operated vegetable transplanter
13. Power operated sunflower thresher
14. Zero-till seed cum fertilizer drill
15. Jyoti-multi-crop planter
16. Vertical conveyor reapers
17. Sugarcane setts cutter planter
18. Power operated maize dehusker cum sheller
19. Tractor operated garlic planter
20. Tractor operated garlic harvester
21. Cleaning/ grading/ washing of food grains, fruits and vegetables
22. Decortication of maize/ groundnut
23. Animal drawn bakkhar
24. Tendua iron plough
25. OUAT MB plough
26. Biasi plough (Tifal)
27. Pant Hill Plough
28. Pant Damala
29. Pant Datala
30. Three Tyne ferti- hoe
31. Paddy puddler
32. Wedge plough
33. Wing plough
34. Rolling peg puddler
35. Three row seed drill
36. Integrated Small Scale Lac Processing Unit
37. Power Ribboner machine for jute and mesta
38. Raw jute grading system
39. Improved jute retting technology
40. Measuring instrument of jute fibre properties
41. Small Scale Lac Processing Unit
42. Modern fabric preparation systems
43. High value added textile/non-textile products from fibre-based agro-residues and their marketing
44. Pre-cleaner to remove trash from seed cotton
45. On-Board Pre-cleaner for Mechanically harvested Cotton
46. Briquettes and Pellets making machines from cotton stalk
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