📜 Scheme Information and Application Process
🎯 Objective of the Scheme
To encourage farmers to adopt modern and effective farming practices. Specifically, to provide financial assistance to small and marginal farmers for purchasing mini-tractors, thereby ensuring farm work is completed in less time and at a lower cost.
💰 Subsidy Amount
The subsidy typically ranges from 25% to 50% of the tractor’s cost or up to the maximum limit set by the government (e.g., up to ₹75,000 to ₹1,00,000). This amount changes periodically and according to the applicant’s category (SC/ST/Women/General).
🧑🤝🧑 Key Beneficiaries
- Small and marginal farmers.
- Farmers belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories.
- Women farmers.
- Farmer groups or Farmer Producer Companies (FPO).
✅ Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a resident of Maharashtra (or the respective state).
- The applicant must have the 7/12 and 8-A extract (land proof) in their name.
- The applicant must not have availed of any Central or State Government tractor subsidy scheme previously.
- The tractor purchase must be made from a Government-approved dealer.
📎 Required Documents
- 7/12 and 8-A Extract (Land proof).
- Aadhaar Card (Identity and address proof).
- PAN Card (If required).
- Bank Passbook Copy (For depositing the subsidy amount).
- Caste Certificate (For SC/ST/other categories).
- Income Certificate (If required).
- Tractor Purchase Quotation/Invoice (Obtained from the dealer).
- Details of the Tractor Type and Model.
- Relevant Application Form.
💻 Application Process
- Visit the Online Portal: The application is usually submitted through the MahaDBT Farmer Scheme Portal (or equivalent state portal).
- Registration/Login: Register as a new user or log in with an existing ID on the portal.
- Scheme Selection: In the ‘Schemes for Farmers’ option, select the ‘Mini Tractor Subsidy’ scheme under ‘Agricultural Mechanization’.
- Fill Details: Carefully fill in all personal, farm, and tractor-related information requested in the application.
- Upload Documents: Scan and upload all necessary documents.
- Submit Application: Submit the application and take a printout for your records.
