Lok Sabha Debates
Need To Establish Farm Machinery Training And Testing Institute At Bargarh, ... on 15 March, 2018
Sixteenth Loksabha an> Title: Need to establish Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute at Bargarh, Odisha.
DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH (BARGARH): Due to special drive taken by the state government for popularising various farm machineries and equipment their demand is on the rise. Considering the spurt in use of such equipment of various makes and the need for their quality control, there is a proposal for the establishment of Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (FMTTI) in Odisha. The Central Team has visited the identified place for the FMTTI. However, approval of the Central Government is still awaited in this regard.
Straw-baler may be brought under subsidy fold to prevent farmers from straw burning and better post-harvest management.
I urge the Government of India to take necessary early steps in according their approval for establishment of FMTTI in Odisha to meet the Farm mechanization Demand. The FMMTTI may please be established at Bargarh, the Rice Bowl of India.