Subsidy on agricultural machinery for cotton growers

LAHORE:Punjab agriculture department has started a programme to provide subsidy of millions of rupees for agricultural machinery to cotton growers.

Spokesman for Agriculture Department Thursday said that under this scheme, subsidy of Rs3,000 for hand sprayer, Rs15,000 for power sprayer, while Rs50,000 for tractor mounted boom sprayer is being provided to farmers of core cotton area.

According to implementation plan, farmers belonging to District Multan, Khanewal, Lodhran, Vehari, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahimyar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh and Layyah can apply for this subsidy. Farmers can get free-of-cost application forms from office of Deputy Director Agriculture (Ext), Assistant Director Agriculture (Ext) and Agriculture Officer (Ext) belonging to their areas.

Application forms can also be downloaded from web adress www.ext.agripunjab.gov.pk. For this subsidy scheme, farmers have to fulfill all the conditions written on subsidy form in this regard. These forms must be submitted to office of Assistant Director Agriculture (Ext) of their respective district until 12th February through courier or byhand.