The Punjab Government today announced a new package promising heavy subsidy on farm equipment, seeds and fertilisers for farmers to motivate them to grow pulses on a large scale.

Under the package, the State Government would provide subsidies on pulses seeds, pesticides to be used for pulses cultivation and the agro machinery besides providing total technical support. The new incentive is part of ongoing crop diversification drive which aims at expanding areas under cultivation of pulses.

The State Agriculture Minister, Mr Sucha Singh Langah, said here that the Government would provide 50 per cent or maximum subsidy of Rs 15,000 on ‘Zero Till' machines and 50 per cent subsidy would be given on ‘seed drill machines'.

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