Dikhyaa Mohanty 
As a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat mission, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari unveiled India’s CNG-powered tractor.
Nitin Gadkari on the occasion stated that the CNG tractor will empower farmers to be atmanirbhar (self-reliant). A farmer has to contribute up to Rs 3.5 lakh every year on his diesel-powered tractor. The CNG tractor will reduce the expenditure by up to 55 percent.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan referred to it as a game-changing innovation. He tweeted – “A game-changing innovation, economical and environment-friendly CNG-driven tractors will significantly lower the fuel and maintenance cost borne by farmers. This will help improve livelihoods of farmers and also create job opportunities in rural India.”
Pradhan was also presented at the launch along with Cabinet colleagues Parshottam Rupala and Gen. (Retd) VK Singh.
He further quoted- “Agricultural residue is used as a feedstock to produce bio-CNG. Tractors driven on CNG will significantly reduce pollution and also help in boosting the income of farmers as they will further be encouraged to sell their agricultural residue to bio-CNG units near them.
“This breakthrough technology will complement the efforts of converting waste-to-wealth, improving well-being and prosperity of farmers, and building an #AatmanirbharBharat,” he added.
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