Bullet Santi

When Mansukhbhai Jagani, a farmer from Amreli,Gujarat was forced to sell off his family's bullocks in
1993, with a year of drought, and hard pressed responsibility to till the soil the following year, he
came up with the idea of attaching the plough to a motorbike engine. The three-wheeler ploughing
machine of Jagani's, came to be known as the 'Bullet Shanti', very soon and became a very common
sight across Gujarat, despite the fact that Jagani had only studied until class 5th.He earlier used to
work in the nearby diamond factory, lately he learnt welding and started working as a mechanic later.
He replaced the petrol engine of the bullet bike into a diesel engine and replaces the rear wheel by
attaching various farming tools like Plough,Sprayer,Tiller,Sower and many other. With time many
more modifications were attached and now there are currently around 8-9 main variations in all
models available and 300 manufacturers are coming up with a big market of 20000+ customers.

Basically anyone who has a motorcycle and wants a alternative to the traditional bullock plough can
have the santi made and operate it themselves. This small modification to the motorcycle can provide
a lot, save time and cut down on costs. Some people who had santi left farming and started
production of bullet-santi by themselves and started selling 70-80 machines per year. The innovation
of Jagani proved to be an inspiration in his region. Now, the 600 workshops, which were making
equipment of agriculture earlier, are now making Santi’s to make sure the demand get’s met. 600 such
equipment were made by him and there are more than 600 people who are making it. Plough is
driven by a motor vehicle.

A motorcycle converted into a mini-tractor by an attachment. The device can be attached to any
motorcycle with over a horse power of at least 6.5 hp engine. Rear wheel of the motorcycle is
removed and innovative assembly unit is attached to motorcycle. Various agriculture attachments can
be attached to it for various form of operations like shallow ploughing, inter-culturing, weeding,
sowing etc.
Cost:
The cost of assembling a Santi is Rs 40,000 and it doesn’t require a dedicated person needed to take
care of the machine. The Attachments are light weighted, and easy to handle.

What the name means?

Bullet-Santi

The word “Santi” means Plough in Gujrati and the whole name means “Motorcycle Plough”

Awards and Patent:

 Jagani was Awarded National Award in NIF’s First National Competition for Grassroots
Innovations and Traditional Knowledge in the year 2001.
 After which he Visited South Africa as part of a delegation team led by SRISTI NGO.The
university of Agriculture and Technology invited him to introduce the innovation to the African
farmers.The technology was passed down to the University to get firms to manufacture more
“Suja” the name it was given for the African model.As the terrain was hilly modifications were
done and a additional front wheel was added to stabilize the machine.Around 75 farmers
booked the Suja in the first consignment and order of 3000 units was received .

 The Patent for his innovation were Granted in India (No: 205097) and in USA (No: 6854404B2)
in the following year. He has given trials of Santi in over 14 countries and many are bound to
launch it in the local market.
Specifications:

 Vehicle can Ploughs almost two acres of land in a 1 litre of diesel

 It can plough 8 to 12 acres in a day depending upon the vehicle operation and soil type.
 The Distance between the rear wheels can be adjusted as per the crop required.
 Availability of plough lifting mechanism & reverse gears is present which helps to get easier
field manoeuvring.

Features:

 The fundamental feature of the plough was that it was smaller in size than the tillers and
tractors available in the market, but stronger than the draft animals like Bullocks
 Efficiency of Fuel is high, with a sturdy design, and ability to easily handle and operate the
machine is available.
 Assembling and dismantling of the vehicle can be done swiftly and can later also be used like a
regular normal motorcycle.
 The innovation has Multi farming operations such as Farming, culturing and sowing which
proves to be a all-in-one utility vehicle
 Due to it’s light weightiness’, it prevents the soil compaction, and can be used for sensitive
crops like orchards and crops of plantations.

Name - Rutvik Walde

Roll no - 22810059