Tractors in India are an increasing source of carbon emissions and criteria pollutants, driven by India’s role as a global leader in agricultural production. These emissions could continue as mechanization of agriculture advances in India. Powered primarily by diesel engines, tractors consume about 8% of India’s oil annually and account …
The government has shelved plans to import about 10,000 tractors under the Benazir Tractor Scheme (BTS) and decided that only locally made tractors would be provided to the farmers at subsidised rates under this scheme. This was stated by Federal Minister for Industries and Production Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo while talking …
The auto parts manufacturers and vendor industry has urged the government to immediately announce modalities of subsidised Benazir Tractor scheme involving national tractor industry as its producer which would save foreign exchange of Rs 4 billion besides generating thousands jobs for the locals. The Pakistan Automotive parts and Accessories Manufacturers …
Ravinder Sood Palampur, May 12 Despite the fact that the state government has restricted the use of tractors to agricultural purposes only. In Palampur, a large number of tractors are engaged in mining, quarrying, extraction of sand stone and transporting quarrying material from local streams and rivers to different towns. …
The automobile industry has welcomed launch of Benazir Tractor Scheme by the Federal Government but has opposed import of tractors as the local auto industry has the capacity to meet all domestic demands. It may be recalled that the Federal Cabinet approved the scheme at a cost of Rs 4 …
Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), an apex body of chambers in the country on Sunday expressed grave concern on importing 20,000 tractors, that is causing colossal loss to local industry. Talking to media, the President, FPCCI, Sultan Ahmad Chawla, demanded of the government for immediate intervention …
A combination of domestic and external factors have resulted in a decline of nearly six per cent in large-scale manufacturing output during the first half of 2008-09 and a sharp drop in exports in recent months, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest report available on Tuesday. The …
Further investment in tractor industry is linked to stable government policy that provides at least level playing field to the local manufacturers instead of periodically facilitating tractor imports on concession. Sikandar Mustafa Khan, chairman of a largest local tractor manufacturing company, stated this while addressing the members of Lahore Economic …
Punjab government has launched "green tractor scheme" with an objective to promote agriculture sector and in this regard application/form process is in progress across the province. According to agriculture sources, the government will deliver tractors to small farmers at subsidised rates and for this purpose the government will offer subsidy …
To invest over Rs. 250 crore in the next three years NEW DELHI: New Holland Tractors India will invest over Rs. 250 crore in the next three years to expand its production as well as presence in the country. The company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Case New Holland (CNH), would …
The Punjab government has revived the green tractor scheme under which Rs 01 million will be given as subsidy to the small farmers for the purchase of a tractor. The government has allocated Rs 1 billion to provide subsidy on purchase of 10,000 green tractors in the 2008-09 budget. Only …
Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), has announced that its entire sub 100 HP range of Massey Ferguson and TAFE tractors, barring one model, has been made compatible for use with bio diesel. These tractors can use the current 5% blend of regular diesel with diesel produced by esterising vegetable …
Tractors came to India in the 1960s, imported from the US and European countries, mainly the erstwhile Soviet Union. But these countries had large land holdings; most tractors made there were of medium to high horsepower. In a country where landholdings were not so large, such tractors came to be …
Small and marginal farmers constitute about 80 per cent of India's farming community. It would be logical to think that any government policies aimed at the country's farmers would, first and foremost, benefit them. But reality does not bear this out; rather it shows that these farmers remain the most …
Tractors in India are out of reach for the majority of farmers. The cheapest tractor costs Rs 1.8 lakh, almost as much as a new car. But while a car is a luxury, a tractor is not: it’s becoming an imperative as the demand for food grains increases. Barely two …
Bharatiya Cattle Resource Developmet Foundation ( bcrdf ), a non-governmental organisation has developed an ecofriendly bullock driven tractor ( bdt ) for improvised tilling. The improved yoke design has increased the contact area of yoke with bullocks
THE use of heavy tractors can damage the soil and thereby reduce crop yield by 80 per cent, say German scientists. The findings show that ploughing can also damage the soil. Rainer Horn and his colleagues of Kiel University, Germany, have calculated that the average weight of tractors and other …
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, has come up with an innovative tractor- drawn groundnut harvester. Groundnut is usually harvested by hand, which consumes a lot of time and energy. The groundnut harvester is applicable for a 35 horsepower tractor attached to a nine-tyred cultivator frame. The harvester comes in …
