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13 December 2021, New Delhi: The Central Sector Scheme on ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi’ is being implemented through the State Governments.

Based on the information furnished by the State Governments, the State-wise details of number of Custom Hiring Centres established, number of crop residue management machines distributed, quantity of crop residue and area managed through machinery are enclosed in Annexure-I. The district-wise quantity of crop residue managed through machinery in the State of Punjab is enclosed as Annexure-II and the average operational cost of the machines identified for crop residue management is enclosed as Annexure-III
Annexure-I

Number of CHCs established, number of crop residue management machines distributed, quantity of crop residue and area managed during 2019-20 to 2021-22.

State	Number ofCHCsestablished	Number of crop residue management machines distributed	Quantity ofcrop residue managed(Lakh Tonne)	Area of land overwhich crop residue managementadopted(lakh Hectare)
Punjab	18924	63654	92.20	14.21
Haryana	5581	62150	28.00	7.00
Uttar Pradesh	4702	31905	19.98	7.49
NCT of Delhi	0	202	–	0.060

Annexure-II

District-wise quantity of crop-residue managed through machinery in the State of Punjab during 2021-22

S.No.	Districts of Punjab	Quantity of crop-residue managed through machinery(Lakh tonnes)
1.	Amritsar	4.80
2.	Barnala	2.80
3.	Bathinda	6.00
4.	Faridkot	2.60
5.	Fatehgarh Sahib	2.70
6.	Fazilka	4.90
7.	Firozpur	3.40
8.	Gurdaspur	5.30
9.	Hoshiarpur	3.30
10.	Jalandhar	5.30
11.	Kapurthala	3.00
12.	Ludhiana	7.30
13.	Malerkotla	1.50
14.	Mansa	4.40
15.	Moga	4.90
16.	Muktsar	6.40
17.	Pathankot	1.60
18.	Patiala	5.50
19.	Rupnagar	1.90
20.	Sangrur	5.50
21.	SAS Nagar	1.30
22.	Nawashahr	2.70
23	Tarn Taran	5.10
	Total	92.2

Annexure-III

Estimated average operational Cost of machines

Name of the major machines identified for crop residue management	Estimated average operational Cost ofmachine (Rs./ha)
Super SMS with Combine Harvester	4100
Happy Seeder	3778
Super Seeder	5822
Paddy Straw Chopper	2967
Reversible Mould Board Plough	3855
Rotavator	2712
Baler &Rake	3783
Crop Reaper Binder	1300
Zero Till Drill	1550