Punjab Agri Machinery Subsidy List 2026-27: Machines, Subsidy %, agrimachinerypb Apply Steps and the Custom Hiring Centre Math

Short answer: Under Punjab's crop residue management (CRM) scheme, an individual farmer gets 50% subsidy. A Custom Hiring Centre, Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO), cooperative society or gram panchayat gets 80%. The list covers machines like the Super Seeder, Happy Seeder, zero-till drill, baler, rake, mulcher, reversible MB plough and the Super SMS. You apply only on the official portal, agrimachinerypb.com, which is run by Punjab's Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.

As of 11 November 2026, no application window is open. The 2026-27 CRM window ran from 1 to 24 April 2026. If you missed it, your next move is to check the portal's Notices page and get your documents ready for the next round.

Key facts

• Subsidy under CRM: 50% for individual farmers, 80% for CHCs, FPOs, cooperative societies and gram panchayats.
• Subsidy under SMAM: 40 to 50% for individual farmers, depending on your category.
• 2026-27 CRM window: 1 to 24 April 2026, 5 pm deadline. Closed.
• The 2025 extra round: a SMAM and Crop Diversification (CDP) round closed on 4 December 2025 at 5 pm. A 2026 repeat has not been announced as of 11 November 2026.
• CRM Guidelines 2026-27: posted on the portal on 22 June 2026 (PDF).
• Budget: ₹576 crore action plan for 2026-27, up from ₹500 crore in each of 2024-25 and 2025-26.
• 2026-27 season so far: 22,763 CRM machines bought with about ₹201 crore in subsidy, according to Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on 5 November 2026.
• Helpline: 0172-5101674, +91 98779 37725, +91 83608 99462. Email: agrimachinerypb.help@gmail.com

One thing to clear up first. This guide covers Punjab, India. Pages about Pakistan's Punjab (60% Super Seeder subsidy, per-acre rentals in Pakistani rupees) show up for similar searches. That is a different scheme, so ignore those pages.

Punjab agri machinery subsidy list: every machine and its subsidy %

When people search for "the list", they mean one of two things: the machines that qualify, or the list of farmers who got approved. Here is the machine list first. The beneficiary list comes further down.

CRM machines (crop residue management)

These are the machines named in the April 2026 CRM notice. They exist for one job: handling paddy straw without burning it.

The percentage is not the whole story. Each machine also has a cap set in the CRM Guidelines 2026-27 PDF, so your subsidy is worked out on the approved cost, not on any bill the dealer writes. Download the PDF and read the row for your machine before you talk to a dealer.

SMAM and CDP machines

SMAM (Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation) and CDP (Crop Diversification Programme) cover machines for crops other than paddy straw. The December 2025 round listed these:

Under SMAM, whether you get 40% or 50% depends on your category. Usually the higher rate goes to SC, small and marginal, and women farmers. Confirm your exact rate, and the rates for groups, in the SMAM permissible subsidy PDF. The state also publishes an approved machines PDF on the portal.

Is a tractor on the list?

No. A tractor does not appear on the CRM list in the April 2026 notice. Some blogs say the subsidy on personal tractors has stopped completely. I couldn't find an official notice saying so either way, so check the Notices page or call the helpline before you believe any blog, this one included.

The napkin math for one farmer

Mera ek dost bolta hai, "50% subsidy hai, toh aadha paisa sarkar degi, tension kya hai." Fair enough. Let's work through it with an example.

Say the approved cost of a Super Seeder is ₹2,50,000. This is an example figure; real prices depend on the make and the width.

• Approved cost: ₹2,50,000
• Subsidy at 50%: ₹1,25,000 (or the cap in the guidelines, whichever is lower)
• Your real cost: ₹1,25,000
• Money you arrange at purchase: up to ₹2,50,000, because the subsidy comes to your bank account after physical verification

The last line is the one people miss. You need the full amount, or a loan for it, until the direct bank transfer arrives. Announcement hai, cheque nahi, until verification clears and the money actually lands.

Is the agrimachinerypb portal open right now?

Not as of 11 November 2026. Here is the timeline:

• 1 to 24 April 2026: the 2026-27 CRM window ran on agrimachinerypb.com, with a 5 pm deadline. Ferozepur put out its notice on 7 April 2026. Ludhiana's district notice, dated 20 April 2026, covered CRM, SMAM and CDP together.
• 22 June 2026: the CRM Guidelines 2026-27 went up on the portal.
• October to November 2026: approved farmers have been buying machines for wheat sowing.
• December 2025: a separate SMAM and CDP round had a deadline of 4 December 2025, 5 pm (The Tribune).

Will a similar round open in late 2026? Nobody has announced one. Don't trust a WhatsApp forward with a "last date". Check the Notices page yourself, or call 0172-5101674.

How to apply on agrimachinerypb.com, step by step

The process is the same every round. Only the dates change.

1. Register during an open window. Go to the beneficiary sign-up page. The URL really is spelled "SignUpBeneficary", so if a link spells it correctly, it isn't the official page. Register as an individual or as a group (CHC, FPO, cooperative, panchayat).
2. Fill the application and pick your machine. Choose from the machines listed for that round, then upload your documents (list below).
3. Wait for the district selection. A district committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner selects applicants. If there are more applicants than the target, it holds a draw.
4. Download your approval letter. It is issued online on the portal. No approval letter, no subsidy.
5. Buy from an empanelled manufacturer or dealer only, within the deadline. Use the approved manufacturers list and the find a seller page. Also check the Notices page for blacklisted manufacturers.
6. Get the machine physically verified. Department officials check that the machine exists and matches your bill.
7. Receive the subsidy by direct bank transfer into the account you registered.

Documents you need

• Aadhaar card
• Passport-size photo
• Land record (fard)
• SC certificate, if it applies to you
• For groups: the registration certificate of the society, FPO or CHC, plus Aadhaar of the members

Keep scans of these on your phone now, so you aren't hunting for a fard copy on the last day of the window.

Seed, DSR and gypsum subsidies are on a separate portal: agrisubsidy.agrimachinerypb.com. Don't mix the two up.

How to check your name in the agrimachinerypb machine list

The portal's Machine List page is really a buyer list. You filter by session (2018-19 through 2026-27) and by district. It shows tehsil, village, buyer name and the machine bought.

1. Open the Machine List page.
2. Select session 2026-27 and your district.
3. Look for your village, then your name.
4. For approvals that haven't turned into purchases yet, check the sanctioned list.

The page can load slowly and sometimes shows empty fields. Try again later or from a computer. If your name still isn't there, call the helpline with your application number ready.

This list is also useful for business planning. It shows you how many Super Seeders your own village already has. Keep that in mind for the CHC section below.

What Punjab farmers bought in the 2026-27 season

Here are the 2026-27 purchases as of 21 October 2026, with 21,019 machines in total (reported figures):

By 5 November 2026 the count had reached 22,763 machines and about ₹201 crore in subsidy, according to Minister Khudian (The Tribune). That is 73% more than the 13,147 machines bought in all of 2025-26. Over four years, the state has spent ₹1,325.35 crore on 94,456 machines.

In 2025-26, ₹395 crore went to 5,358 beneficiaries, of whom 4,181 were individual farmers, and 1,151 new Custom Hiring Centres were set up (Babushahi, 25 February 2026). The state's count of stubble-burning cases fell from 49,922 in 2022 to 10,909 in 2024 and 5,114 in 2025, roughly 90% down since 2022.

Read that table like a businessman. Two out of every three machines bought in 2026-27 were Super Seeders. In many villages that market is getting crowded.

The catch: what the reels don't tell you

• Buying before approval kills your subsidy. A machine bought before the approval letter, or from a dealer who isn't empanelled, gets nothing.
• Approval is not guaranteed. In districts with too many applicants, there is a draw. A good application can still lose.
• You pay first, the subsidy comes later. Plan for the full bill amount until verification and the bank transfer are done.
• The percentage has a ceiling. Per-machine caps in the guidelines PDF can mean you get less than 50% of an expensive dealer quote.
• Blacklisted manufacturers exist. The Notices page lists them. Check before you pay an advance.
• Old dates are everywhere online. Many "how to apply" blogs carry stale or contradictory deadlines. Only the portal and district notices count.

Wrong way vs right way

Galat tareeka: see a neighbour's new Super Seeder, call the same dealer, pay an advance, then try to apply for subsidy.

Sahi tareeka: read the guidelines PDF, apply in the window, wait for the approval letter, compare two or three empanelled dealers against the approved cost, then buy before the deadline.

Same machine, same money. The only difference is the order you do things in.

Custom hiring centre business: ₹10 to 20 lakh of machines for ₹2 to 4 lakh

This is where the subsidy becomes a business and not just a discount. At 80%, a group that sets up a Custom Hiring Centre puts in only one-fifth of the approved machine cost.

So a group of five farmers putting in ₹60,000 each can control a ₹15 lakh machinery bank. Same as the individual case, though: ask the district office how much the group must pay before the subsidy is released, and arrange bridge finance for that.

Break-even, in acres

Your income is simple: acres served × (rent per acre minus diesel, operator and wear). I won't give you a per-acre rate, because it changes from block to block. Ask three existing CHCs near you what they charge and what they spend on diesel. That number is your real input.

Once you have your net earning per acre, here is how many acres it takes to recover a ₹3 lakh group share:

Now the uncomfortable part. A Super Seeder earns mostly in the few weeks between paddy harvest and wheat sowing. If your village has no work for it outside that window, 375 acres might take two or three seasons, not one.

How to make a CHC earn all year

• Mix CRM and SMAM machines. A DSR drill, a multi-crop thresher, sprayers or a maize dryer can earn in seasons when the Super Seeder sits in the shed.
• Count the competition first. Use the Machine List page to see how many Super Seeders your village and the next three villages already bought. 14,274 were bought in one season across the state.
• Get a straw buyer before you buy a baler. A baler and rake only make sense if someone within reach (a biomass plant, a boiler, a paper mill) will pay for bales. Get their rate in writing first.
• Use the tractors your members already own. Tractors aren't on the CRM list, so the CHC's machines run on members' tractors. Agree the tractor rent in writing before day one.

Pehle booking, phir machine. Before you apply, get 20 farmers to commit to hiring at a fixed rate for next season. If you can't find 20 in your 5 km radius, you have learnt that for free.

Toh karna chahiye ya nahi?

Apply as an individual if you farm enough paddy acreage that hiring every season costs you more than half the machine's approved cost over two or three years, and you can arrange the full bill amount until the subsidy arrives.

Set up a CHC if you have four or five serious partners with tractors, pre-booked demand in your villages, and a plan for at least one non-paddy season. The 80% rate is the best deal in the scheme. A machinery bank that rents out every season, run by people from the same village, beats one more Super Seeder parked in one more courtyard.

Skip it if your village already has more Super Seeders than it can keep busy, or if the only reason you're buying is "subsidy mil rahi hai". A machine nobody hires is a loss, even when the government paid half.

And if you are more interested in the other side of this market, making or servicing implements, look at how the agri implements clusters work in Hisar and Kurukshetra, and the machinery cluster in Palwal. Every subsidised machine in Punjab is a sale for some manufacturer.

Your next step, before the next window opens

1. Download the CRM Guidelines 2026-27 and find the cap for the machine you want.
2. Open the Machine List, pick 2026-27 and your district, and count the machines in your village.
3. Put your Aadhaar, fard and photo in one folder on your phone.
4. Save 0172-5101674 and check the Notices page once a week for the next window.
5. If you're thinking CHC, talk to ten farmers in your village about what they paid for hiring in the 2026 wheat-sowing season.

For more district-level business ideas built around what your zila already grows and makes, start from the KidharMilega homepage. Subsidy is just the start. The business only works if people in your village actually hire the machines.