The Regional Training and Testing Centre of Department of Agriculture, Maharashtra State and was operational at Pune since 1962. With the formation of four SAU’s in Maharashtra, the centre is under MPKV, Rahuri.
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi has sanctioned Farm Machinery Testing Centers at SAU’s including MPKV, Rahuri as one of the Farm Machinery Testing Centre very recently. Accreditation of Farm Machinery Testing and Training Centre, Dr. ASCAET, MPKV, Rahuri as authorized National Farm Machinery Testing Centre by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (Mechanization and Technology Division), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi.
Sr. No. | Agricultural Implements and Machinery | Fees (Rs.) |
1. | Components | 18585 |
2. | Hand Tools Sickle, khurpi, Hand hoe(s), Rakes, Bill hook, Coconut dehusker, Maize Sheller, Dibbler, etc. | 18585 |
3. | Tractor drawn/operated, duck foot cultivator, M. B. Plough, reversible plough, sweep cultivator, Disc harrow, Disc plough, Rotavator, ridger, Rotoridger, Subsoiler , Mulcher, Bund Former, Check basin former, Bailor , Lesser levelor, Potato digger ,Puddler, Power Harrow, trash shredder, etc | 126246 |
4. | Manually operated equipm/ent without any power source such as manually operated seed drill/Planter, Wheel hoe, Hand hoe, Manually ope. Groundnut decorticator, Chaff cutter , Peg tooth weeder, Single hoe cultivator, Blade harrow, equipment fitted with power source will be treated in item no. 5, etc. | 35923 |
5. | Power operated equipment such as Thresher, Decorticator, Sheller, Winnower, Brush cutter, Chaff cutter etc. | 74273 |
6. | Animal drawn equipment without any engine/other power source Equipment fitted with power source/batteries will be treated in item no. 5 | 39623 |
7. | Tractor drawn/operated seed drill/seed cum fertilizer drill/planter, straw Reaper, Mini rice mill, Power seed cleaner/grader, Potato planter, Sugarcane planter, Turmeric planter, etc. | 132445 |
8. | Self Propelled Paddy transplanter, Power weeder, Reaper binder, Winnower, Vegetable transplanter, etc. | 180697 |
9. | Tractor/power operated Multi- Crop thresher( Two or more crops) | 136146 |
10. | Animal Drawn Multi-tool Bar (Minimum Four Attachments), Puddler, Mulch laying machine , BBF onion planter etc. | 105970 |