The current farm machinery testing fee schedule across every FMTTI and FMTC
The Ministry's applicable category-wise testing charges for FY 2025-26 — where power tiller testing, self-propelled reaper testing, power weeder testing, and battery sprayer testing each sit, and how this schedule relates to a single centre's own detailed pricing.
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Most testing-fee references an OEM finds are scoped to a single machine, a single centre, or a single notice. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare's Mechanization & Technology Division has published something broader: a category-wise schedule of currently applicable testing charges across every FMTTI and FMTC in the country. This guide is the companion to our SRFMTTI power tiller testing fee budgeting guide — that one goes deep on one centre's detailed, test-by-test power tiller pricing; this one covers the national category-wise baseline that sits alongside it, including where power weeder testing, power reaper testing, and battery sprayer testing each fall.
The Office Memorandum
Issued under F.No. 13-14/2020-M&T(I&P)(C-82979), dated 31 January 2025, this Office Memorandum from the Ministry's Mechanization & Technology Division set out the testing charges applicable for agricultural machinery and equipment tested at FMTTIs and FMTCs, effective 1 April 2025 for FY 2025-26. It went to the Directors of all four FMTTIs (Budni, Hisar, Anantapur/Garladinne, and Biswanath Chariali), to every FMTC's Principal Investigator/In-charge, and to the Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Association (AMMA).
The full category-wise schedule
| Item | Applicable testing fee, FY 2025-26 (₹) |
|---|---|
| Components | 30,514 |
| Hand Tools | 30,514 |
| Power operated thresher, decorticator, Sheller, winnowers, Brush Cutter, Chain Saw, Chaff Cutter etc. | 1,21,961 |
| Animal drawn equipments | 65,059 |
| Tractor drawn/operated implements/equipments: Rotavator, Cultivator, Harrow, Plough etc. | 2,07,357 |
| Manually operated equipments | 45,922 |
| Power tiller drawn/self-propelled reaper, Power Weeder etc. | 1,21,961 |
| Tractor drawn/operated seed-cum-fertilizer drill/planter, straw reaper, Mini-rice mill, power seed cleaner/grader/Baler/Laser land leveller, Potato Digger etc. | 2,17,502 |
| Animal drawn Multi Tool Bar (minimum four attachments) | 1,72,771 |
| Self-Propelled Paddy Transplanter, Vegetable Transplanter | 2,96,783 |
| Ride-on Self-Propelled Tool Bar (up to two attachments) | 2,96,783 |
| Power operated Multi-crop thresher (two or more crops) | 2,23,616 |
| Pump set (Engine + Pump) with Kerosene/LPG | 1,06,930 |
| Pump set without engine | 50,783 |
| Plant Protection Equipments: Manual/Battery Operated | 69,732 |
| Plant Protection Equipments: Power Operated | 1,83,102 |
Where this schedule sits next to a single centre's own pricing
Battery sprayer testing vs power-operated sprayer testing
The schedule prices these as two distinct brackets rather than one generic "sprayer" line:
| Plant protection equipment category | Applicable testing fee (₹) |
|---|---|
| Manual / Battery Operated (battery sprayer testing) | 69,732 |
| Power Operated (engine-driven sprayers, mist blowers, and similar) | 1,83,102 |
The power-operated bracket costs roughly two-and-a-half times the manual/battery bracket — consistent with the additional engine-performance and mechanical-reliability testing a powered unit requires over a manual or battery-operated one.
GST and how long the schedule holds
All charges in the schedule are exclusive of GST, applied separately where relevant — the Office Memorandum doesn't fix a rate, so confirm the applicable GST treatment with the specific testing centre.
Building a category-wise budget
For an OEM testing across several categories in one programme — say a power tiller, a battery sprayer, and a tractor-drawn implement — this schedule gives a workable planning baseline for each, while the SRFMTTI-style detailed schedules (where they exist) give the more precise, test-by-test figure for a specific machine at a specific centre. The sound approach is to use this national schedule for early-stage budgeting and category comparison, then request the centre's own current, itemised quote once a target centre and test regime are confirmed for each machine.
Where this fits in the wider certification picture
For components and machinery needing the ISI mark, see our guide to BIS / FMCS certification for agricultural machinery. For tractors and any variant intended for road registration, CMVR type-approval runs alongside FMTTI testing rather than replacing it — covered in our tractor & farm machinery homologation guide.
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- 'Power tiller drawn/self-propelled reaper, Power Weeder etc.' is priced as one combined bracket at ₹1,21,961, exclusive of GST, under the Ministry's category-wise schedule for FY 2025-26. This is a different figure and a different scope from SRFMTTI Garladinne's own detailed, per-test-item power tiller schedule, which totals ₹4,07,478 under a separate testing regime — the two aren't meant to be compared directly without first confirming which one applies to your programme.
- Not in this schedule — the Ministry groups power tiller, self-propelled reaper, and power weeder testing under a single fee bracket rather than pricing each machine type individually. Whether a specific weeder model is actually tested and invoiced against this general bracket, or against a more detailed machine-specific plan, depends on the centre and the applicable test regime.
- 'Plant Protection Equipments: Manual/Battery Operated' — the bracket covering battery sprayer testing — is priced at ₹69,732. Power-operated plant protection equipment sits in a separate, higher bracket at ₹1,83,102, reflecting the more extensive engine and mechanical-reliability testing a powered unit requires.
- It applies nationally. The Office Memorandum was distributed to the Directors of all four FMTTIs (Budni, Hisar, Anantapur/Garladinne, and Biswanath Chariali), to every FMTC's Principal Investigator/In-charge, and to the Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Association (AMMA) — making it the applicable category-wise baseline across the whole testing network, distinct from any one centre's own detailed pricing for a specific machine class.
- The schedule states all charges are exclusive of GST, with GST charged separately where applicable. It does not specify a flat rate — confirm the applicable GST rate and classification with your specific testing centre before finalising a budget.
- The FY 2025-26 figures already include one 8% step-up. Under the same framework, the next scheduled step-up takes effect from 1 April 2027, applied biannually thereafter, with a possible reassessment after three years depending on how the newer testing regime performs. Treat any older fee figure as due for reconfirmation with the centre before it goes into a budget.
- [1]Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mechanization & Technology Division — Office Memorandum F.No. 13-14/2020-M&T(I&P)(C-82979), dated 31 January 2025, on testing charges for agricultural machinery and equipment at FMTTIs/FMTCs— Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India; accessed 2026-07-29
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