Crop Residue Management (CRM)

Why it matters

Stop burning stubble and earn instead — subsidised Happy Seeders, balers and other machinery to manage crop residue in your field.

What you get

Subsidy on in-situ and ex-situ crop residue management machinery (Happy Seeder, Super Seeder, baler, mulcher etc.): 50% to individual farmers and up to 80% to CHCs / cooperatives / FPOs.

Eligibility criteria

• Farmers in paddy-growing and stubble-burning regions
• Individual (50%) or CHC/FPO/cooperative (80%) machinery
• Through the state agriculture department

How to apply

1. 1

   Apply on the state CRM / agriculture mechanisation portal

2. 2

   Select the residue-management machine

3. 3

   Purchase and claim the subsidy after verification

Documents required

• Aadhaar
• Land records
• Bank account details
• Machine quotation