What to do?
- Adopt horticultural crops for higher income from the lesser area.
- For healthy crop plant use high-quality seedlings.
- To keep fruits and vegetables fresh for the longer period, use cold storage facility/cool houses.
- Earn maximum profit by adopting a correct method of harvesting, cleaning, grading, processing and packing.
- Produce off-season vegetables in poly-house, low-tunnel.
S.No. |
Type of assistance No. |
Pattern of assistance | |||
| National Horticulture Mission (NHM) | Horticulture Mission for North Eastern and the Himalayan States | ||||
| Subsidy | Maximum Per Unit Area Cost (ha*) | Subsidy | Maximum Per Unit Area Costha* | ||
| 1 | Vegetable Seed Production (Maximum 5 hectare/ beneficiary) | 50% | Rs. 50,000 | 75% | Open Pollinated( Rs.30000/-) Hybrids
(Rs. 133000/-) |
| 2 | Model/Large Nursery Small Nursery (1ha)
|
50% | Rs. 6.25 Lakh | 50% | Rs. 6.25 Lakh |
| 3 | Establishment of new orchard (For a maximum area of 4 ha per beneficiary)
(a) Perennial Fruits
(b) Non- Perennial fruit |
50%
(3 instalments of 60:20:20 subject to survival rate of 75% in 2nd year and 90% in 3rd year)
50% (2 instalments of 75:25 subject to survival rate of 75% in 2nd year) |
Rs.1.00 Lakh
Rs.70,000/- (2 instalments of 75:25 subject to survival rate of 75% in 2nd year) |
75%
(3 instalments of 60:20:20 subject to survival rate of 75% in 2nd year and 90% in 3rd year) 75% |
Rs. 80000/- toRs. 1.00 Lakh
Rs.70000/- to 1.00 Lakh |
| 4 | Spices Crop
(Maximum 4 hectare/beneficiary) (a) Seed Spices and Rhizomatic Spices. |
50% |
Rs.25000 |
75% |
Rs. 25000 |
| (b) Perennial Spices (black pepper, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg) | 50% | Rs. 40000 | 75% | Rs. 40000 | |
| 5 | Flower (Loose, bulbous and cut flower (Maximum 2 hectare/ beneficiary). | 50% (small and marginal farmers) 33%
(Other Farmers) |
Loose (Rs. 24000)
Bulbous (Rs.90000) Cut (Rs. 70000) |
75% | Loose (Rs. 24000)
Bulbous (Rs. 90000) Cut(Rs. 70000) |
| 6 | Aromatic Plants Maximum 4 hectare/beneficiary) | 50% | Cost Intensive patchouli, geranium rosemary etc(Rs.7500)Others (Rs. 25000) | 75% | Cost Intensive patchouli,
geranium,rosemary etc (Rs.75000) Others ( Rs.25000) |
| 7 | Plantation Crops (Cashew, Cocoa, including replanting) (Maximum 4 hectare/beneficiary). | 50% (3 installments of 60:20:20 subject to the survival rate of 75% in a 2nd year and 90% in 3rd yr) | Rs. 40,000 | Not applicable | |
| 8 | Vegetable Farming
(Maximum 2 hectare/ beneficiary) |
Not applicable | 75% | Open Pollinated
Rs. 30000 Hybrid ( Rs. 45000) |
|
| 9 | Renovation/ Rejuvenation of old orchard (Maximum 2 hectare/ beneficiary). | 50% | Rs. 30000 | 50% | Rs. 30000 |
| 10 | Bee-keeping for pollination support (Maximum 50 colony/ beneficiary)
(a) Honey Bee Colony (b) Bee Hives |
50% 50% |
Rs 1400/ colony Rs 1600/hive |
Not Applicable |
|
| 11 | Protected cultivation | ||||
| (a) Green house | |||||
| Fan & Pad System (limited to 1000 sq.m. per beneficiary) | 50% | Rs. 1465/sq.m. | 50% | 1465/sq.m. | |
| Naturally ventilated System (Maximum 200 to 1000 sqm/ beneficiary) | 50% | Rs. 375 to 975/sq.m. | 50% | 375 to 975/ sq.m. | |
| (b) Shade Net House | |||||
| Tubular Structure (Maximum 1000 sq.m./beneficiary) | 50% | Rs. 600/sq.m. | 50% | 50% | |
| Bamboo & Wooden Structure (Maximum 200 sq.m./ beneficiary limited to 5 units) | 50% | Rs. 300 and Rs. 410 respectively/sq.m. | 50% | Rs. 300 and Rs. 410 respectively per sq.m. | |
| (c) Plastic Mulch
(Maximum 2 hectare/ beneficiary) (d) Plastic Tunnel (Maximum 1000 sq.m./ beneficiary) |
50%
|
50%
|
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| 12 | Integrated Post Harvest Management | ||||
| a) Pack house/On farm Collection & Storage unit | 50% | Rs. 3 lakh per unit with the size of 9mx6m | 50% | Rs. 3 lakh per unit with the size of 9mx6m | |
| b) Pre-cooling unit | 40% in general areas 55% in Hilly and scheduled areas
|
Rs. 15 lakh for 6 MT | 55% | Rs. 15 lakh for 6 MT Capacity | |
|
c) Mobile Pre cooling unit |
40% in general areas 55% in Hilly and scheduled areas |
Rs. 24 lakh per unit for 5 MT capacity |
55% |
Rs. 24 lakh per unit for 5 MT capacity |
|
|
d) Cold Storage Units (Construction/ Expansion/ modernization) and Ripening Chamber (Maximum 5000 MT capacity). |
40% in general areas 55% in Hilly and scheduled areas |
Rs. 600Q/- per MT |
55% |
Rs. 600Q/- per MT |
|
| 13 | Parasbag program
Distribution of grafts/seedlings & implements |
Rs. 250 Per benef | Assistance to TSP & OTSP | ||
| 14 | MGNREGA | 100% subsidy for wages and input | Maximum Benefit/ farmer 2 hec. only | Maximum per unit cost
Fruit crop to fruit crop various ranging from Rs. 50000 to Rs. 1,02,000 |
|
| Horticulture Scheme Distribution of plant protection pesticides. |
50% subsidy |
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Plant protection scheme (D.D.D.C./State) |
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Whom to Contact?
- Nearest Office of Taluka Agriculture Officer, Sub-divisional Agriculture Officer, District Superintending Agriculture Officer, Divisional Joint Director of Agriculture
- Website of Agriculture Department – www.mahaagri.gov.in
- Kisan Call Center (Toll-Free No.) – 1800 – 180 – 1551
Source-
- Farmer’s Portal, Government of India
