Parliament Question: Availability of machinery and equipment under CRM Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 153 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13/02/2026 AVAILABILITY OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT UNDER CRM SCHEME *153. DR. LAXMIKANT BAJPAYEE: Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to state: (a) to what extent the Crop Residue Management(CRM) Scheme implemented by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) has been successful, the details of review of this Scheme; (b) the details of various types of machinery and equipment and their cost, available for the management of crop residue in the country; (c) the details of such machinery made available / purchased by farmers, societies, centres, etc, in the last three years, State-wise; and (d) the percentage of crop that has been managed through such machinery in the North Indian States in the last three years? ANSWER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN) (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 153 DUE FOR REPLY ON 13/02/2026 REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT UNDER CRM SCHEME (a) to (d): The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (DA&FW) is implementing Crop Residue Management Scheme from 2018-19 to support efforts of the State Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & NCT of Delhi to address air pollution caused due to paddy stubble burning and to subsidize machinery required for management of crop residue. The scheme promotes the usage of machines such as Super Straw Management Systems, Happy Seeder, Super Seeder, Smart Seeder, Surface Seeder, Zero Till Seed cum Fertilizer Drill, Mulcher, Shrub Master/Rotary Slasher, Paddy Straw Chopper, Hydraulically Reversible Mould Board Plough, Crop Reapers and Reaper Binders for in-situ management of paddy straw and Balers & Straw Rakes etc. for ex-situ management of paddy straw. Financial assistance @ 50% of the cost of machinery is provided to the farmers for purchase of these identified machinery on individual ownership basis and financial assistance @ 80% of the project cost is provided to the Rural Entrepreneurs (Rural youth and farmer as an entrepreneur), Cooperative Societies of Farmers (Agriculture/ Horticulture/Makhana etc.), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) Cluster Level Federations (CLFs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Panchayats for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres of crop residue management machinery. With a view to enable efficient ex-situ management of paddy straw, provisions have been made to establish techno-commercial projects for paddy straw supply chain with a flexibility in financial contribution of beneficiary/ aggregator (Farmers, Rural entrepreneurs, Cooperative Societies of farmers, Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Panchayats) and Industries utilizing the paddy straw. The Government provides financial assistance @ 65% on the capital cost of machinery costing up to Rs. 1.50 crores. The intervention aims at establishing a robust supply chain of paddy straw for various end user industries in biomass power generation and biofuel sectors. Under the scheme, the funds are also provided to the State Governments and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for undertaking Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities on a massive scale for creating awareness among farmers. During the period from 2018- 19 to 2025-26 (as on 10.02.2026), Rs. 4173.84 crores have been released under the scheme (Punjab - Rs. 2026.45 crores, Haryana - Rs. 1156.71 crores, Uttar Pradesh - Rs. 838.67 crores, Madhya Pradesh - Rs. 45.00 crores, NCT of Delhi - Rs. 6.05 Crores, ICAR- Rs. 93.235 crores & others Rs. 7.7205 Crores). The cost of crop residue management machinery vary significantly based on type, size, brand, and regional factors. The rates of maximum financial assistance on these machines is fixed and periodically revised based on their average market prices. The list of machines and equipments promoted under the scheme and the maximum financial assistance provided for purchase of these machines on individual ownership basis by the farmers @ 50% of their cost and for establishment of CHCs @ 80% of the machine cost is enclosed as Annexure-I.During the period from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (as on 10.02.2026), the states have distributed more than 3.50 lakh machines to the individual farmers and to the CHCs established in these States. The State-wise details are as under: State/ Agency Total number of machines distributed to individual farmers & CHCs Punjab 160296 Haryana 110767 Uttar Pradesh 76135 NCT of Delhi 247 Madhya Pradesh 3205 Total 350650 As per the information provided by the State Governments, around 19 million tons of paddy straw has been managed in the year 2025 by the machines provided under the scheme in the State of Punjab. In the State of Haryana, out of the total registered paddy area of 15.91 lakh hectares, about 13.90 lakh hectares has been managed using machines provided under the scheme. In the State of Uttar Pradesh, approximately 27.75% of the paddy straw is being managed through ex-situ management machinery and 24.21% of the paddy straw is being managed through utilization of in-situ crop residue management machines. The active fire events due to paddy residue burning was monitored using satellite remote sensing, following the "Standard Protocol for Estimation of Crop Residue Burning Fire Events using Satellite Data" by Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modeling from Space (CREAMS) Laboratory, Division of Agricultural Physics, ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The State-wise and year-wise incidents of paddy stubble burning are given as under: State Incidences of Paddy Stubble Burning in the States (Numbers) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Punjab 67079 59664 50735 83002 71304 49922 36650 10909 5114 Haryana 13085 9227 6364 4202 6987 3661 2296 1406 662 UP whole 8784 6623 4230 4631 4242 3017 3985 6142 7290 (UP NCR) (492) (208) (204) (407) (252) (198) (212) (414) (281) Total 88948 75514 61329 91835 82533 56600 42931 1845713066 There is a visible reduction in the paddy residue burning events and the same have reduced by 92.4% in Punjab, 94.9% in Haryana & 17.0% in Uttar Pradesh in year 2025 when compared with the year 2017.Annexure-I Pattern of Assistance and Maximum Permissible Subsidy on crop residue management machines S. Name of the Purchase of machines Purchase of machines No. machine/equipment by the farmers on for establishing CHCs individual ownership basis Pattern of Maximum Pattern of Maximum Assistance Permissible Assistance Permissible subsidy per subsidy per Machine/ Machine/ Equipment Equipment per inclusive of beneficiary GST, (Rs.) inclusive of GST, (Rs.) 1 Tractor 60 HP and -- -- 80% 9,60,000 above 2 Super Straw 50% 59,700 80% 95,520 Management System (Super SMS) to be attached with Combine Harvester 3 Happy Seeder a) 09 tine 50% 81,400 80% 1,30,240 b) 10 tine 50% 84,150 80% 1,34,640 c) 11 tine 50% 86,350 80% 1,38,160 d) 12 tine 50% 90,200 80% 1,44,320 4 Smart Seeder 50% 1,10,000 80% 1,76,000 5 Paddy Straw Chopper/ Shredder/Mulcher a) Mounted type (Straw Chopper & Mulcher) i) 5 ft 50% 72,500 80% 1,16,000 ii) 6 ft 50% 85,800 80% 1,37,280 iii) 7 ft 50% 90,200 80% 1,44,320 iv) 8 ft 50% 95,700 80% 1,53,120 b) Trailed type 50% 1,47,100 80% 2,35,360 6 Shrub Master/Rotary 50% 27,500 80% 44,000 Slasher 7 Hydraulic Reversible M.B. Plough a) Two bottom 50% 70,500 80% 1,12,800 b) Three bottom 50% 91,500 80% 1,46,400 c) Four bottom 50% 1,25,400 80% 2,00,640 8 (a) Zero Till Seed cum Fertilizer Drill (b) Spatial Zero Till Drill 9 tine 50% 24,800 80% 39,680 11 tine 50% 28,200 80% 45,120 13 tine 50% 30,800 80% 49,28015 tine 50% 33,000 80% 52,800 9 Super Seeder 50% 1,20,000 80% 1,92,000 10 Surface Seeder 50% 44,000 80% 70,400 11 Baling Machines Balers (Round – Mini – 50% 2,20,000 80% 3,52,000 upto 16 kg per bale) Balers (Round – 50% 2,39,500 80% 3,83,200 Medium –above 16-25 kg per bale) Balers (Round –big- 50% 9,90,000 80% 15,84,000 180-200 kg per bale) Baler (Rectangular 18- 50% 6,60,000 80% 10,56,000 20 kg per bale) Straw Rake 50% 1,65,000 80% 2,64,000 12 Crop Reaper (a) Tractor mounted 50% 82,500 80% 1,32,000 (b) Self-Propelled 50% 90,000 80% 1,44,000 Self-Propelled reaper 50% 1,92,500 80% 3,08,000 cum Binder (3 wheel) Self-Propelled reaper 50% 2,60,000 80% 4,16,000 cum Binder (4 wheel) 13 Tractor Mounted 50% 3,05,000 80% 4,88,000 Loader (Without Tractor) 14 Tractor Drawn Tedder 50% 2,62,000 80% 4,20,000 Machine *****