MP: Substandard Chinese Mini-Tractors Distributed to Farmers Under Farm Mechanization Scheme

According to a four-member committee report, the farmers in Madhya Pradesh were distributed low-quality Chinese mini tractors from 2017 to 2019, under Krishi Yantrikikaran Yojana. Reportedly, the procurement was done without inviting bids. The report indicates that authorities violated many rules such as pushing MP-Agro as nodal agency, ghost beneficiaries and substituting DBT for power-tillers. "We have got the report and will take action against those involved," said State Horticulture Minister Kushwaha.