{"id":302845,"date":"2024-06-29T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T12:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=302845"},"modified":"2024-06-29T18:13:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T12:43:17","slug":"new-compact-utility-tractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-compact-utility-tractor\/","title":{"rendered":"New Compact Utility Tractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>\u2013 This post on the New Compact Utility Tractor has been created based on the article <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2029233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>&#8220;New Compact Utility Tractor \u2013 can help in socio-economic upliftment of marginal and small farmers&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>published in \u201c<b>PIB<\/b>\u201d on 29 June 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<p>The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) has developed a new Compact Utility Tractor.<\/p>\n<h2>About New Compact Utility Tractor<\/h2>\n<p>1. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) has developed a compact, affordable and easily manoeuvrable tractor of low horsepower range.<\/p>\n<p>2. CSIR developed the tractor with support from the Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED) Division of the Department of Science &amp;amp; Technology (DST).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Features and their benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>i) This tractor is equipped with a 9 hp diesel engine, 8 forward and 2 reverse speeds, and a PTO with 6 splines @540 rpm.<\/p>\n<p>ii) The tractor weighs around 450 kg, with front and rear wheel sizes of 4.5-10 and 6-16, respectively. It has a wheelbase of 1200 mm, ground clearance of 255 mm, and a turning radius of 1.75 m.<\/p>\n<p>iii) This compact tractor can significantly speed up farming, completing tasks in hours rather than the several days required by bullock carts.<\/p>\n<p>iv) It reduces the capital and maintenance costs for farmers.<\/p>\n<p>v) The tractor is designed to be affordable and efficient potentially replacing bullock-driven plows for small and marginal farmers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology, agriculture\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post on the New Compact Utility Tractor has been created based on the article &#8220;New Compact Utility Tractor \u2013 can help in socio-economic upliftment of marginal and small farmers&#8221;\u00a0published in \u201cPIB\u201d on 29 June 2024. Why in the news? The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) has developed&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-compact-utility-tractor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Compact Utility Tractor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-302845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}