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What this is
Through this scheme, the Marginal Farmers, Small farmers, Scheduled Caste/ Schedule Tribe Farmers, Women Farmers, Big Farmers and Institutions are provided with a subsidy on the total cost or ₹ 25,000/‐ per hectare whichever is less for the installation of Sprinkler / Drip Micro Irrigation Systems.
In detail
The scheme “Assistance for Installation of Sprinkler / Drip Micro Irrigation Systems" was launched by the Department of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare, Union Territory of Puducherry. Through this scheme, the Marginal Farmers, Small farmers, Scheduled Caste/ Schedule Tribe Farmers, Women Farmers, Big Farmers and Institutions are provided with a subsidy on the total cost (or) ₹ 25,000/‐ per hectare whichever is less for the installation of Sprinkler / Drip Micro Irrigation Systems.
Who qualifies
- The applicant should be a Marginal Farmer/ Small farmer/ Scheduled Caste Farmer/ Schedule Tribe Farmer/ Women Farmer/ Big Farmers/ Institutions
- The farmers should own cultivable agricultural land in the Union Territory of Puducherry along with own/leased tubewell with adequate water and pumping system.
- The farmers who have already availed the maximum subsidy amount during the past 10 years for the sprinkler irrigation system and the past 8 years for the drip irrigation systems are not eligible.
- The farmers who have already installed micro irrigation system under this component and availed part of the maximum subsidy amount to install a micro-irrigation system during the past 10 years / 8 years in the additional area will be considered and they will be paid the balance amount duly deducting the already noted assistance from the maximum subsidy amount.
- The land in which the installation of the micro irrigation system under this component, the period of 10 years for the sprinkler irrigation system and 8 years for the drip irrigation system will not be considered even if ownership has been changed.
- Farmers who have availed of sprinkler irrigation systems earlier are also eligible for drip irrigation systems and vice‐versa, if the farmer opts to cultivate for intercrop for 3 years.
What you get
- Subsidy of 90% of the total cost (or) ₹ 25,000/‐ per hectare whichever is less for Marginal Farmers, Small Farmers, Scheduled Caste/ Schedule Tribe and Women Farmers.
- Subsidy of 70% of the total cost (or) ₹ 25,000/‐ per hectare whichever is less for Big Farmers/ Institutions.
**The beneficiaries so selected will be intimated individually if the farmer completes the work on their own fund, the subsidy amount will be released by an Electronic clearing system in the farmer's bank accounts.*
**If the farmer chooses manufacturers/ dealers, the subsidy amount will be released directly to the manufacturers/dealers' bank account after obtaining a satisfactory completion letter from the concerned farmer.*
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Provenance
| schemeName | Assistance for Installation of Sprinkler / Drip Micro Irrigation Systems | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |