Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed authorities to provide 20,000 green tractors to farmers across the province in the next financial year 2026-27.
Tractors ranging from 50 to 65 horsepower will carry a government subsidy of 750,000 rupees each, making modern farm equipment more accessible to growers.
For the first time in the history of Punjab, a scheme offers interest-free loans of up to 30 million rupees for purchasing 12 types of high-tech agricultural machinery.
Nearly 200 high-tech combined harvesters have already been distributed to Punjab farmers under the province’s interest-free loan programme for agricultural mechanisation.
50 high-tech combined harvesters were deployed for the first time this season specifically to assist farmers during the wheat crop harvesting operations across Punjab.
To reduce environmental pollution, 5,000 super seeders have been distributed among rice farmers in Punjab, marking a significant step in cleaner agricultural practices.
For the first time, super seeder technology will be used to complete rice sowing across 1.4 million acres, replacing traditional methods that cause stubble-burning pollution.
In the second phase of this initiative, an additional 5,000 super seeders are being distributed to rice farmers to further expand the programme’s environmental benefits.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz stated that guiding farmers toward modernisation and innovation remains her core commitment and a central priority of her agricultural reform agenda.
She added that agricultural mechanisation will simultaneously reduce production costs for farmers while significantly increasing overall crop yields across the farming sector.
The use of super seeders has already produced a visible and measurable reduction in environmental pollution levels, according to the Chief Minister’s assessment of early results.
The government is also providing small-scale farmers with access to modern agricultural machinery on a rental basis, ensuring affordability and equal opportunity across all farming communities.
