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‘Supply ISI-marked pumpsets to farmers'

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Protest:Kovai Power Driven Pumps and Spares Manufacturers' Association stages a demonstration in the city on Friday. –

COIMBATORE: The pumpset industry here, which has about 500 units and employs over 50,000 people, expected a boost in business through the schemes announced by the State Government recently for supply of pumpsets to farmers. Very few units seem to benefit from these schemes as the norms are stringent.

The Kovai Power Driven Pumps and Spares Manufacturers' Association, which has about 300 members with an average annual turnover of Rs. 1 crore each, organised a demonstration here on Friday and submitted a memorandum to the District Collector seeking acceptance of ISI-marked pumpsets for these schemes.

President of the association K. Maniraj told The Hindu that at least 70 per cent of its members sold ISI-marked pumpsets.

The units were unable to go in for Bureau of Energy Efficiency star-rating as it involved huge costs and required time. Most of the farmers were now dependent on the Government schemes to buy new motors and pumpsets.

Agriculture sector was a major market for these manufacturers and they would be hit if they were unable to supply to this sector.

TACT president J. James said in a release here that the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation's norm that farmers should submit the receipt for purchase of four-star rated motor and pumpset had hit farmers and pumpset manufacturers. The micro and small-scale pumpset manufacturers were unable to get star-rating for their products as it involved huge cost. The Government should establish common facilities to help these units get star-rating. It should accept ISI-marked pumpsets for its schemes till then, he said.

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