New Delhi, July 4 -- A committee set up by the agriculture and farmers' welfare ministry to examine the implementation of tractor and machinery emission standards-phase V, or TREM V, has submitted its report, a senior government official confirmed.

The report comes amid the road transport and highways ministry (MoRTH) decision to implement the rules from 1 April next year.

However, tractor manufacturers, under the aegis of the Tractor and Mechanization Association (TMA), are lobbying to postpone the new rules.

They argue that TREM V-compliant tractors will become prohibitively expensive for small and marginal farmers due to their electronic systems and sensors, unlike the more mechanically oriented tractors.

TREM V rules will be appli...