Progress Report

The Farm Machinery Testing Centre (FMTC) was established in the Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana in 1969. The centre is involved in testing of agricultural machines right from seed bed preparation to harvesting and threshing operations, for both commercial and confidential purpose.

The College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, PAU, Ludhiana is an approved Testing Centre by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (M & T Division), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India.

Procedure to apply for the testing of Agricultural Machinery

The "Test Agreement" includes a Declaration and Annexure-I. The Declaration should be got typed on a stamp paper of Rs. 100/- and the Annexure-I should be typed on a Legal size paper. GST @ 18 % will be charged extra over and above the lump-sum testing fee/charges. Test fee can be paid in the form of a Demand Draft in favour of "Comptroller PAU Ludhiana" in the department on all working days between 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Duly filled (typed) application form (in triplicate) along with test agreement, covering letter and test fee may be submitted to The Head, Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab-141004. Selection of test sample (machine/implement) through the random sampling is mandatory. Cost of to and fro charges of the staff going for random sampling has to be borne by the respective manufacturer.