Assam Tractor Scheme under CMSGUY

What is the Assam Tractor Scheme under CMSGUY?

Assam Tractor Scheme under CMSGUY is a farm mechanisation scheme run under the Chief Minister's Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana, the Government of Assam's integrated rural development programme. According to the scheme page on the Assam state portal, the tractor component was framed to "revive the agricultural sector and help in doubling the farmer's income," by putting a tractor with implements into the hands of a group of farmers in each revenue village.

The design point is that the tractor belongs to a group, not an individual. Assam's average holding is small, and a tractor bought by one farmer sits idle for most of the year while the neighbouring holdings stay unmechanised. By allotting one machine per revenue village to a group of 8 to 10 farmers and letting the group operate it on a rental basis within the village, the scheme tries to keep the asset working through the season.

Key features

• 70 per cent government subsidy, capped at Rs 5.5 lakh, on the cost of the tractor including implements.
• 20 per cent bank loan and 10 per cent contribution by the group.
• Group of 8 to 10 adult farmers from the same village, one member per family.
• Roughly 10,109 tractors planned in the first phase, with an eventual reach across about 26,000 revenue villages in phases, one tractor per village.
• Rs 1,000 crore allocated by the state for implementation.
• Selection by a District Level Committee chaired by the Deputy Commissioner.

How is the cost of the tractor shared?

The financing is a three-way split, and every group should work out its own rupee figures before applying, because the 10 per cent share has to be arranged in cash.

The Rs 5.5 lakh figure is a ceiling on the subsidy, not on the price of the tractor. Where a group chooses a machine and implement set costing more than the level at which 70 per cent equals Rs 5.5 lakh, the subsidy stops at Rs 5.5 lakh and the group carries the difference on top of its own 10 per cent share.

The asset is provided to the group on a rental basis, that is, the group runs it as a shared machine within the village. Local communities are expected to monitor that a publicly subsidised tractor is genuinely being used for agricultural work rather than being diverted.

Who is eligible for a tractor under CMSGUY?

A group can be considered if:

• It has 8 to 10 adult farmers from the same village.
• It has not more than one member from any one family.
• It maintains a common bank account in the group's name.
• It files a joint application signed by all members.
• It can arrange the 10 per cent contribution and take on the 20 per cent bank loan.

You cannot apply if:

• You are applying as an individual farmer. Individual applications are not accepted under this component.
• Your group has fewer than 8 or more than 10 members.
• Your group draws two members from the same family, which breaches the one-member-per-family rule.
• The members come from different villages, since the allotment is per revenue village.
• The group has no common bank account, which is a stated requirement.

What documents does the group need?

The Assam state portal's scheme entry does not publish a document checklist of its own, so treat the list above as the practical set the district office and the lending bank will ask for, and confirm the exact list with your Agriculture Development Officer before submitting.

How to apply for a tractor under CMSGUY

1. Form the group. Bring together 8 to 10 adult farmers from your revenue village, taking care that no two members belong to the same family.
2. Open a common bank account in the name of the group. This is a stated requirement, and it also becomes the route for the bank loan and the subsidy.
3. Approach the district agriculture office, the Agriculture Development Officer for your circle or the District Agriculture Officer — and ask for the application format for the CMSGUY tractor component in the current phase.
4. Fill and sign the joint application. Every member of the group must sign; an application signed by a leader alone is not a valid joint application.
5. Attach the documents; land records, Aadhaar of each member, village residence proof, common bank account details, and the bank's consent for the 20 per cent loan.
6. Submit the application to the district administration, which places proposals before the District Level Committee chaired by the Deputy Commissioner.
7. If selected, choose the tractor. Selected groups may pick their preferred make and model, arrange the 10 per cent contribution and complete the bank loan formalities before delivery.

How does a group check its selection status?

Selection under this scheme happens at a committee, not on a portal, so the status sits in the district office.

1. Ask the Agriculture Development Officer whether your group's application has been forwarded from the block or circle level.
2. Follow up with the District Agriculture Officer on whether the District Level Committee has taken up the current phase's list.
3. Check with the lending bank branch on the 20 per cent loan, which is a separate approval and often the slower half of the process.

Why tractor applications get rejected

• Individual application, when only a group of 8 to 10 qualifies.
• Two members from one family in the same group.
• Members from different villages, breaking the one-tractor-per-revenue- village basis of allotment.
• No common bank account for the group.
• Incomplete signatures on the joint application form.
• The 10 per cent contribution not arranged, which stops the case at the delivery stage even after selection.
• Village already covered in an earlier phase, since the allotment is one tractor per revenue village.

A group that failed on paperwork can usually correct and refile for the next phase. A group whose village has already received a tractor cannot.

Where do you raise a grievance about the CMSGUY tractor scheme?

The scheme runs through the district administration, so the first stop is the Agriculture Development Officer or District Agriculture Officer, and the escalation is to the Deputy Commissioner, who chairs the District Level Committee that selects groups. Departmental escalation goes to the Agriculture Department, Government of Assam, which implements CMSGUY.

There is no fee for applying, and no agent has any role in the selection. A tractor allotted under CMSGUY is a publicly subsidised asset held for the village group, and misuse or diversion of the machine is a matter that the district administration can act on.