Per Drop More Crop (Micro Irrigation) — PMKSY
55% of the cost, at most
A subsidy on drip and sprinkler irrigation systems, paid by direct benefit transfer.
Source: Output Outcome Monitoring Framework 2026-27 (Union Budget)
Government schemes for machinery
All schemes →Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
50% of the cost, at most
Subsidy on tractors, power tillers and other farm machines bought by farmers, and on custom hiring centres, run by state agriculture departments.
Source: SMAM Operational Guidelines 2026 (revised August 2026) · 2026
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
40% of the cost, at most
Central horticulture mission run by state horticulture departments: help for new orchards, polyhouses and shade nets, pack houses and cold storage.
Source: Output Outcome Monitoring Framework 2026-27 (Union Budget)
National Horticulture Board — commercial horticulture and cold storage subsidy
35% of the cost, at most
A bank-loan-linked subsidy for larger horticulture projects: commercial orchards and plantations, polyhouses and shade nets, and cold storage.
Source: NHB Operational Guidelines, January 2025 · 1 January 2025
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM)
30% of the cost, at most
Closed to new applicants. PM-KUSUM gave central help of 30% (50% in the North East, hill states and islands) towards a solar irrigation pump, or towards solarising a grid-connected pump. MNRE did not extend it past March 2026: only pumps already tendered by 31.12.2025 could still be installed, by 30.09.2026, and the scheme is to be folded into PM KUSUM 2.0, whose rules are not out yet.
Apply: No new applications. Under MNRE’s order of 28.03.2026, only projects with PPAs/NTPs signed or issued on or before 31.12.2025 could be completed, with standalone pumps (B) and pump solarisation (C-IPS) to be commissioned by 30.09.2026. Watch for PM KUSUM 2.0.
Closed by: MNRE Office Memorandum on PM-KUSUM timelines (28 Mar 2026) · 28 March 2026