Capital investment: Agro machinery to enjoy 50% subsidy
Capital investment: Agro machinery to enjoy 50% subsidy
MULTAN:
Agriculture department Multan has invited applications for provision of agriculture machinery to the farmers at 50% subsidised rates. Agriculture machinery is being manufactured in the country and of the price paid for the machinery, 50% would be paid by the Punjab government, said a press release issued by Punjab Agriculture Department on Monday. Machinery including Disc Harrow, Rotovator, Rabi Drill, Chiesel Cultivator and Sugar Cane Ridger would be provided at union council level while Sugar Cane Cutter and Hollow Cone Nozzles at village level. A set of machinery would be given to one farmer at each of the union councils in Punjab through a process of draw. Farmers who own six acre cultivable land or engaged in cultivation as peasant or contractor can apply for the set, however, they must own a tractor so they can operate the machinery.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 5th, 2016.
Agriculture department Multan has invited applications for provision of agriculture machinery to the farmers at 50% subsidised rates. Agriculture machinery is being manufactured in the country and of the price paid for the machinery, 50% would be paid by the Punjab government, said a press release issued by Punjab Agriculture Department on Monday. Machinery including Disc Harrow, Rotovator, Rabi Drill, Chiesel Cultivator and Sugar Cane Ridger would be provided at union council level while Sugar Cane Cutter and Hollow Cone Nozzles at village level. A set of machinery would be given to one farmer at each of the union councils in Punjab through a process of draw. Farmers who own six acre cultivable land or engaged in cultivation as peasant or contractor can apply for the set, however, they must own a tractor so they can operate the machinery.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 5th, 2016.