Wednesday 17 December 2014

Funds sanctioned to buy farm equipment

The district administration has announced allotment of funds under the National Agriculture Development Programme for subsidising purchase of farm equipment by those who are socio-economically backward through the Agricultural Engineering Department.
Threshers, weed removers, fertilizer sprayer, power tillers, farm waste shredders, and equipment that could be operated with tractors could be purchased with 50 per cent subsidy benefit.
For large-scale cultivators, 40 per cent subsidy is provided, said District Collector S. Prabakharan in a press release here.
For those in the general category, Rs. 96.7 lakh has been sanctioned as subsidy for the purchase of 257 equipment, in Erode Revenue division.
As for backward communities, Rs. 4.7 lakh will be released as subsidy for purchase of 12 implements.
Farmers can contact the Assistant Executive Engineer, Agricultural Engineering, 759, Brough Road, Erode — 638001, Ph: 0424 — 2266672, in Erode division, and the AEE, Gobichettipalayam, No. 31 / 15 A, South Park Street, Gobichettipalayam — 638452, Ph: 04285-229159.
Farmers should purchase the equipment from recognised concerns, the release said.

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