- What? 19262: 2025 ‘Electric Agricultural Tractor – Test Code unveiled
- Who? Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, MoCAF&PD
- Developed by: BIS
- Reference Standard: IS 5994:2022
- Purpose: Uniform testing for safety, reliability & performance of electric tractors
Key Features of IS 19262:2025 :
Electric Agricultural Tractor: The tractor use electric motor(s) powered by battery packs, instead of conventional diesel engines, for propulsion and other agricultural operations.
Developer: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), under the MoCAF&PD, developed the standard to set uniform testing procedures for the safety, reliability and performance of electric agricultural tractors.
Contributor: The development of this standard was greatly supported by the following contributors:
- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoAFW)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) -Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering(CIAE) , Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP)
- Central Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (CFMTTI), Budni, MP
- Tractor and Mechanization Association (TMA), New Delhi
- Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune, Maharashtra
- All India Farmers Alliance (AIFA), New Delhi
Reference Standards: The standard draws technical assistance from IS 5994: 2022 ‘Agricultural tractors — Test code’ and relevant Automotive Industry Standards developed for Electric Vehicles(EV), suitably adapted for agricultural applications.
Test Code: It covers evaluation of Power Take-Off (PTO), drawbar power, belt and pulley performance, vibration levels, and inspection of critical components and assemblies.
Electric Tractor Benefits: Electric tractors remove tailpipe emissions on farms, reducing air pollution and the overall carbon footprint of agriculture.
- Tractors also promise lower maintenance requirements, reduced operating costs, and improved energy efficiency.
- It also ensures a healthier working environment with reduced noise and no exhaust exposure for farmers.
About Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (MoCAF&PD):
Union Minister – Pralhad Joshi (Constituency – Dharwad, Karnataka)
Minister of State(MoS) – B.L. Verma (Rajya Sabha – Uttar Pradesh, UP), Nimuben Bambhaniya (Constituency – Bhavnagar, Gujarat)
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