The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for in-situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The total outgo from the Central funds in this regard would be around 1152 crore rupees. Of the total funds, over 591 crore rupees have been earmarked for in 2018-19 and 560 crore rupees for 2019-20.
The component of the scheme includes establishing farm machinery Banks for Custom Hiring of in -situ crop residue management machinery.
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