Lok Sabha Question No. 1408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Area under Horticulture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2017

## AREA UNDER HORTICULTURE

1408.  DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY: PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA: SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  production  of horticulture crops in the country, State-wise including Jharkhand; and
- (b) the details of the area/land under horticulture crops, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): For the integrated and holistic development of horticulture sector in the country, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is being implemented w.e.f. 2014-15. Main objective of the mission is to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector including plantation crops through area based  regionally differentiated strategies, which includes research, technology  promotion,  extension,  post  harvest  management,  processing  and  marketing,  in consonance  with  comparative  advantage  of  each  State/region  and  its  diverse  agro-climatic features.  All States including Rajasthan and UTs are covered under MIDH.

National  Horticulture  Mission  (NHM),  Horticulture  Mission  for  North  East  &  Himalayan States (HMNEH), National Horticulture Board (NHB), Coconut Development Board (CDB) and Central  Institute  for  Horticulture  (CIH)  Nagaland  are  part  of  MIDH,  an  umbrella  scheme. National Agro Forestry and Bamboo Mission (NABM) was previously part of MIDH. It has now been agreed to be transferred to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Under MIDH, financial assistance is provided for following major interventions/activities:

-  Setting  up  of  nurseries,  tissue  culture  units  for  production  of  quality  seed  and  planting material.
-  Area expansion i.e. Establishment of new orchards and gardens for fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

-  Rejuvenation of unproductive, old, and senile orchards.
-  Protected  cultivation,  i.e.  poly-house,  green-house,  etc,  to  improve  the  productivity  & grow off season high value vegetables and flowers.
-  Organic farming and certification.
-  Creation of water resources structures and watershed management.
-  Bee-keeping for pollination.
-  Horticulture Mechanization.
-  Creation of Post Harvest Management and Marketing infrastructure.

Besides  MIDH,  other  Schemes  viz.  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Micro Irrigation component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) and Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), etc. are under implementation for development of horticulture in the country.

- (b): State-wise details of the area under horticulture crops are at Annexure.

## Annexure

## State-wise details of the area under horticulture crops during 2015-16 and 2016-17

Area in '000 Ha

| STATES            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |   1361.79 |   1427.61 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |     83.23 |     84.42 |
| ASSAM             |    671.68 |    707.55 |
| BIHAR             |   1176.66 |   1182.34 |
| CHHATISGARH       |    732.35 |    755.84 |
| GUJARAT           |   1646.63 |   1641.05 |
| HARYANA           |    493.65 |    522.55 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |    324.81 |    322.25 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   |    406.66 |    409.5  |
| JHARKHAND         |    375.9  |    399.56 |
| KARNATAKA         |   2027.16 |   2093.29 |
| KERALA            |   1540.92 |   1551.74 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    |   1491.13 |   1741.79 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |   1807.86 |   1726.92 |
| MANIPUR           |     97.02 |    105.18 |
| MEGHALAYA         |    127.89 |    131.96 |
| MIZORAM           |    137.44 |    134.08 |
| NAGALAND          |     96.98 |    101.6  |
| ODISHA            |   1358.45 |   1335.4  |
| PUNJAB            |    345.14 |    364.8  |
| RAJASTHAN         |   1621.49 |   1590.09 |
| SIKKIM            |     67.48 |     75.05 |
| TAMIL NADU        |   1340.8  |   1342.5  |
| TELANGANA         |    636.38 |    630.9  |
| TRIPURA           |    144.07 |    142.78 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |   2057.5  |   2088.26 |
| UTTARAKHAND       |    281.25 |    281.43 |
| WEST BENGAL       |   1836.91 |   1846.77 |
| OTHERS            |    182.44 |    188.17 |
| TOTAL             |  24471.7  |  24925.4  |

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