Crop irrigation has an important place in agricultural works and keeping this in mind, the government started the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna. Under this scheme, farmers get subsidies on the purchase of irrigation equipment.

Under this scheme, up to 80% subsidy is provided to general farmers, up to 90% subsidy is given to small and micro farmers. Farmers can apply online for this scheme.

The farmers have to submit the application along with the bill to the office after purchasing the irrigation equipment from the registered firm. When the application is approved, farmers are given an 80 to 90% subsidy on the cost. For this scheme, 75% grant is given by the center, while 25% is spent by the state government.

Source: Krishi Jagran

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