Central scheme

SMAM

Published as “Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)”, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

SMAM is a central scheme administered by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, applying in every state and union territory alike. It is verified against a primary document, with 6 rules for mushroom cultivation below.

The most this pays for one item

₹2.40 lakh

The same packing-machine financing, at the general-beneficiary rate.

Printed in the document as “Packing Machines (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)”.

Private applicant, general area, 40%. That percentage is taken off what you actually spend, and this figure is the most it will ever come to, not a sum the scheme hands over.

SMAM Operational Guidelines 2024Printed 2024Show evidence

SUB-MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION (SMAM) OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES - 2024 (SMAM Operational Guidelines 2024)

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi,…”Read the full clause

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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The biggest of the 3 items this document prices, not the total of them. Whether you can claim more than one, and alongside which other scheme, is answered further down.

What it pays for

Everything this document will put money towards on a mushroom project, in the order it lists them. Each figure names the document behind it; open one to read the clause itself.

All types of Boiler/Steamer/Drier (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)

A steamer or boiler for sterilising mushroom substrate/compost, or a drier for the finished crop.

A share of what you actually spend on this item, and never more than ₹1,00,000 however much that is.

SMAM Operational Guidelines 2024Printed 2024Show evidence

SUB-MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION (SMAM) OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES - 2024 (SMAM Operational Guidelines 2024)

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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By applicant class and by area

Scheduled Caste applicant, general area, 50%.₹1.00 lakhceiling

Scheduled Tribe applicant, general area, 50%.₹1.00 lakhceiling

Woman applicant, general area, 50%.₹1.00 lakhceiling

Annexure-I, "Post-Harvest and Value addition, Oilseeds and Horticultural Equipments", item (t) (PDF p.33), verbatim row: "All types of Boiler/Steamer/Drier (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)", Rs 1.00 lakh maximum permissible subsidy at 50% for SC/ST/Small & Marginal farmers/Women/NE States beneficiaries. Mushroom is not named, the scheme is crop-agnostic, but mushroom is squarely "Horticulture", and steam sterilisation of growing substrate is a standard, necessary step in commercial mushroom production, making this one of the closer fits in the whole Annexure. Modelled here only for SC/ST/woman applicants, Annexure-I's "NE States beneficiary" half of the same 50% column is NOT modelled as this ledger's `neHimalayan` AreaClass (see the file-level note above this rules array for why: SMAM never defines the term, and Annexure-I's own header omits "Himalayan" entirely), a recorded, understating gap, not an overstatement. See sibling rule "smam-2024-boiler-steamer-drier-general" for the 40%/Rs 0.80 lakh general-beneficiary half of the same row.

All types of Boiler/Steamer/Drier (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)

The same steamer/boiler/drier financing, at the general-beneficiary rate.

A share of what you actually spend on this item, and never more than ₹80,000 however much that is.

Same evidence as the rule abovePrinted 2024Show evidence

Same evidence as the rule above

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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By applicant class and by area

Private applicant, general area, 40%.₹0.80 lakhceiling

Same Annexure-I item (t) row as sibling rule "smam-2024-boiler-steamer-drier-enhanced", this rule carries the 40%/Rs 0.80 lakh "For other beneficiary" half.

Dehydration unit/Pricking Machine/Humidifier (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)

A humidifier for the fruiting room, or a dehydration unit for making a dried-mushroom product.

A share of what you actually spend on this item, and never more than ₹1,80,000 however much that is.

Same evidence as the rule abovePrinted 2024Show evidence

Same evidence as the rule above

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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By applicant class and by area

Scheduled Caste applicant, general area, 50%.₹1.80 lakhceiling

Scheduled Tribe applicant, general area, 50%.₹1.80 lakhceiling

Woman applicant, general area, 50%.₹1.80 lakhceiling

Annexure-I, "Post-Harvest and Value addition, Oilseeds and Horticultural Equipments", item (q) (PDF p.33), verbatim row: "Dehydration unit/Pricking Machine/ Humidifier (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)", Rs 1.80 lakh maximum permissible subsidy at 50% for the enhanced beneficiary categories. Mushroom is not named, crop-agnostic wording, but humidity control is one of the few genuinely load-bearing environmental variables in mushroom cultivation, and a dehydration unit is standard equipment for a dried-mushroom value-added line. Modelled here only for SC/ST/woman applicants, Annexure-I's "NE States beneficiary" half of the same 50% column is NOT modelled as this ledger's `neHimalayan` AreaClass (see the file-level note above this rules array for why), a recorded, understating gap, not an overstatement. See sibling rule "smam-2024-dehydration-humidifier-general" for the 40%/Rs 1.44 lakh general-beneficiary half.

Dehydration unit/Pricking Machine/Humidifier (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)

The same humidifier/dehydration-unit financing, at the general-beneficiary rate.

A share of what you actually spend on this item, and never more than ₹1,44,000 however much that is.

Same evidence as the rule abovePrinted 2024Show evidence

Same evidence as the rule above

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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By applicant class and by area

Private applicant, general area, 40%.₹1.44 lakhceiling

Same Annexure-I item (q) row as sibling rule "smam-2024-dehydration-humidifier-enhanced", this rule carries the 40%/Rs 1.44 lakh "For other beneficiary" half.

Packing Machines (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)

A machine for packing mushroom into market-ready punnets or bags.

A share of what you actually spend on this item, and never more than ₹3,00,000 however much that is.

Same evidence as the rule abovePrinted 2024Show evidence

Same evidence as the rule above

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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By applicant class and by area

Scheduled Caste applicant, general area, 50%.₹3.00 lakhceiling

Scheduled Tribe applicant, general area, 50%.₹3.00 lakhceiling

Woman applicant, general area, 50%.₹3.00 lakhceiling

Annexure-I, "Post-Harvest and Value addition, Oilseeds and Horticultural Equipments", item (r) (PDF p.33), verbatim row: "Packing Machines(for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)", Rs 3.00 lakh maximum permissible subsidy at 50% for the enhanced beneficiary categories. Mushroom is not named, crop-agnostic wording, but every commercial mushroom operation needs to package its crop for sale, making this a direct, generic fit. Modelled here only for SC/ST/woman applicants, Annexure-I's "NE States beneficiary" half of the same 50% column is NOT modelled as this ledger's `neHimalayan` AreaClass (see the file-level note above this rules array for why), a recorded, understating gap, not an overstatement. See sibling rule "smam-2024-packing-machines-general" for the 40%/Rs 2.40 lakh general-beneficiary half.

Packing Machines (for all types of Horticulture/Food grain/oilseed crop)

The same packing-machine financing, at the general-beneficiary rate.

A share of what you actually spend on this item, and never more than ₹2,40,000 however much that is.

Same evidence as the rule abovePrinted 2024Show evidence

Same evidence as the rule above

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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By applicant class and by area

Private applicant, general area, 40%.₹2.40 lakhceiling

Same Annexure-I item (r) row as sibling rule "smam-2024-packing-machines-enhanced", this rule carries the 40%/Rs 2.40 lakh "For other beneficiary" half.

Who can claim it

This scheme prices a rate for general applicants, Scheduled Caste applicants, Scheduled Tribe applicants, and women applicants.

The conditions

Does this need a bank loan? (credit linked): No. Nothing in this document makes a bank loan a condition of what it offers.
When does the money arrive? (back ended): The document records no reserve account and no hold-back mechanism, so nothing in it describes anything being held back until the work is done.
Must it be approved before you start work? (sanction before commencement): We searched this document for a clause requiring sanction before you start work and did not find one. That is not the same as there being no such rule: it may sit in a document we have not read. Confirm with your sanctioning department and your bank before committing spend. Read why we will not resolve this either way.

Claiming this alongside another scheme

Checked against every other scheme this atlas holds. For most pairs no document says anything either way, and this page says so rather than guessing.

Read against 43 other schemes: 43 unconfirmed.

Unconfirmed

For most pairs of schemes, this reading found nothing in either document that says how the two combine.

Neither guideline addresses this combination. Confirm with the department before you rely on it.

MIDH

No clause in either document addresses combining SMAM machinery assistance with MIDH.Read the rest of the reasoning

No clause in either document addresses combining SMAM machinery assistance with MIDH. No structural collision today either, SMAM's rules are on the 'machinery' component, MIDH's are on productionUnit/compostUnit/spawnLab.

NHB Scheme No. 1

Same reasoning as against midh-2025, no clause addresses it, no component collision today.

PMFME

PMFME carries no rules at all (noMushroomComponent). No clause addresses combining with SMAM.

AIF

AIF's own Section 13 "Convergence" clause names SMAM explicitly as a scheme whose assistance may be availed alongside AIF financing ("e.g.Read the rest of the reasoning

AIF's own Section 13 "Convergence" clause names SMAM explicitly as a scheme whose assistance may be availed alongside AIF financing ("e.g. MIDH, PMFME, SMAM, Gobar-Dhan, PMKSY...", see the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund's own record), but that permission runs from AIF's document, not this one, and SMAM's own text says nothing back. Recorded on the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund's own record as stackable (AIF names SMAM); recorded here as unconfirmed rather than mirrored as stackable, since this record's own document is silent and the two schemes fund different components in any case (interestSubvention/creditGuarantee vs machinery) so nothing is lost by the caution.

PMKSY Cold Chain

PMKSY carries no rules for mushroom (noMushroomComponent, excluded by scope). No clause addresses combining with SMAM either way.

Central schemes

State and union territory schemes

The document

SUB-MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION (SMAM) OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES - 2024 (SMAM Operational Guidelines 2024)

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Printed 2024

“Covering letter (PDF p.1), verified against pg-01.png, verbatim: "F.No.3-4/2020-M&T(I&P) (81291), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, (Department of Agriculture & Farmers welfare), (Mechanization & Technology Division), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Dated: 7th November, 2024 — Subject: Revision in the Operational Guidelines of Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization under the umbrella of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana... The guidelines have been revised by inclusion of provisions for financial assistance for the FRA Patta holders beneficiaries." Section 5.1 (PDF p.11), Table of Contents entry and body text both read "Demonstration of newly developed agricultural/ horticultural/ crop residue management machines post-harvest technologies...", explicit confirmation the scheme's scope spans horticulture, not just field-crop agriculture, even though no individual crop (mushroom included) is ever named. See the noMushroomComponent-style finding recorded on the scheme (below) and the per-rule clauses for where the actual computable rates come from (Annexure-I, not Section 5.1, which funds institutional demonstration grants, not individual farmer purchases).”

PDF p.1 (covering letter); p.2 (cover); p.11 (§5.1); p.6 (§4.1); p.20 onward (Annexure-I); p.33 (items q/r/t cited on the rules)

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Where you apply: https://farmech.dac.gov.in

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