Global firms Aeris India and ‘Hello Tractors’ have collaborated together to provide an Uber-like rental and hiring facility for tractors in the country.
The platform, which will start as pilot in eastern India with 500 tractors in its fold, plans to gradually expand the concept in other farm machines as well that includes combines, rotavators, harvesters etc.
“We have been working on this concept in Nigeria since the last one year with 500 tractors which has been fairly successful and our studies show that around 40 per cent of time was saved and cost of production has come down by