Karnataka points pointers for farm equipment hubs to deal with labour scarcity
Farm equipment hubs are supposed to allow farmers take crop harvesters on rent for a short while, use them and return them.
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Karnataka authorities has issued pointers to assist farmers’ teams arrange farm equipment hubs in rural areas. It will allow farmers to take crop harvesters on rent for a short while, use them and return them.
The State Cupboard had cleared the scheme in its assembly in November. As per the plan, the whole variety of hubs deliberate is 91, and the typical variety of hubs deliberate for every district ranges from two to 10. The scheme is aimed toward supporting elevated mechanisation and addressing the issue of labour scarcity in the course of the harvest season.
“Particular person farmers are additionally eligible to use for the scheme,’‘ mentioned G.T. Putra, Director, Division of Agriculture. Particular person beneficiary can avail subsidy as much as 50% whereas establishments can declare as much as 70%.
Who can arrange farm equipment hub
Rural entrepreneurs, who’re both youth, cooperative societies of farmers, registered farmers’ societies or farmer producer organisations (FPOs), can set up an agriculture equipment hub. An in-principle mortgage sanction letter will likely be given to the chosen beneficiary.
As per the detailed pointers issued on January 20, the hubs will likely be referred to as Krishi Yantra Dhare centres. They are going to be categorised based mostly on the crop sample, equipment used, and possession type. The utmost subsidy for various classes of hubs is — ₹1 crore for combo harvester hubs, ₹50 lakh for mixed harvester hubs, and ₹50 lakh for sugarcane harvester hubs. The advantages will likely be distributed amongst group, particular person, normal, and SC/ST farmers.
A committee headed by the zilla panchayat CEO will display screen functions. The district committee will supervise the method of creating hiring tariff and upkeep operations. That is to see that the hubs will not be out of the attain of small and marginal farmers.
It’s an extension of the centrally aided Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) scheme the place the Centre contributes round 40% of the subsidy. The Centre offers credit-linked back-ended monetary help through which beneficiaries will get subsidy after taking loans, the place the undertaking value is larger than ₹1 crore.
However the State Authorities’s scheme is aimed toward clusters the place the undertaking value is below ₹1 crore, a senior official mentioned.
