Sub-problem
No one measures how many farmers can actually use farm machinery
- National
In February 2023 the Ministry of Agriculture told the Rajya Sabha that "the Government has not carried out assessment of number of farmers that have access to the mechanized tools and equipment". Mechanisation is measured by operation and crop, not by who can reach a machine, so the gap for small and marginal farmers is not quantified. Evidence confidence: High that the measurement does not exist.
This is the most specific entry on this branch of the catalogue. The evidence behind it is below.
Who is responsible
- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare — Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Ministry or Department
Evidence and sources
- Mechanisation of Indian Agriculture — reply in Rajya Sabha · Official statementMinistry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, 3 February 2023. Crop-wise mechanisation levels; the Government has not assessed how many farmers have access to mechanised tools and equipment.
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