Lok Sabha Question No. 34 (STARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Agri Export Zones
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 34(H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  FEBRUARY,2018

## AGRI EXPORT ZONES

- *34(H). SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE: be

Will  the  Minister  of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय  एवं  उɮयोग  मंğी ) pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  accorded  approval  for  setting  up/  development  of  Agri Export Zones in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the details of such Agri Export Zones which have been accorded approval but have not started functioning, State/ UT-wise; and
- (d) the corrective steps proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI SURESH PRABHU)

- a) to  d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 34(H) FOR ANSWER ON 05 th FEBRUARY,2018 REGARDING 'AGRI EXPORT ZONES'.

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) In  all  60  Agri  Export  Zones  (AEZ)  were  notified  by  the  Government  till 2004 - 05.  State-wise details are at Annexure-I .
- (c&d) The concept of Agri Export Zone (AEZ) was introduced in 2001, through EXIM  Policy  1997-2001,  to  take  a  comprehensive  look  at  a  particular produce/product located in a contiguous area for the purpose of developing and sourcing the raw materials, their processing/packaging, leading to final exports.  The  concept  hinged  primarily  on  convergence  of  existing  Central and  State  Government  schemes  to  take  care  of  financial  interventions required  at  various  stages  of  value  chain;  partnership  among  various stakeholders viz. Central Government, State Government, farmer, processor, exporter etc.; and focus on targeted products and areas to identify required policy interventions. All these activities did take place in certain respects in the notified Agri Export Zones. In December 2004, an internal peer review conducted by Department of Commerce concluded that the notified AEZs had  not  been  able  to  achieve  the  intended  objectives.  It  was  decided  that there  will  be  no  creation  of  new  AEZs,  unless  there  were  strong  and compelling  reasons.  No  new  AEZs  have  been  set  up  after  2004.  All  the notified AEZs have completed their intended span of 5 years and have been discontinued.

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## LIST OF NOTIFIED  60 AGRI EXPORT ZONES IN 20 STATES

| State                                  |   S. No. | AEZProject                | Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|----------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Assam (1)                              |       01 | Fresh & Processed Ginger  | Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Darrang, Nagaon, Morigaon, KarbiAnglong and North Cachar districts.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       02 | Mango Pulp& Fresh Veg.    | Chittoor District.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       03 | Mango and Grapes          | Districts of Ranga Reddy, Medak &parts Mahabobnagar districts.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       04 | Mango                     | Krisha District.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       05 | Gherkins                  | Districts of Mahboobnagar, Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Warangal, Medak Ananthapur and Nalgonda.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       06 | Chilli                    | Guntur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Bihar (1)                              |       07 | Lychee, Vegetables& Honey | Muzaffar-pur, Samastipur, Hajipur, Vaishali, East and West Champaran, Bhagalpur, Begulsarai, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Saran and Gopalganj.                                                                                                                               |
| Gujarat (3)                            |       08 | Mango and Vegetables      | Districts of Ahmedabad, Khadia, Anand, Vadodra, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Bharuch and Narmada.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Gujarat (3)                            |       09 | Value Added Onion         | Districts of Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Amreli, Rajkot, Junagadh and Jamnagar.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Gujarat (3)                            |       10 | Sesame Seeds              | Districts of Amerali, Bhav-nagar, Surendra-nagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh (1)                   |       11 | Apples                    | Districts of Shimla, Sirmour, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba and Kinnaur.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       12 | Gherkins                  | Districts of Tumkur, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Hassan, Kolar, Chitradurga, Dharwad and Bagalkot.                                                                                                                                                             |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       13 | Rose Onion                | Bangalore Urban Bangalore (Rural), Kolar                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       14 | Flowers                   | Bangalore(Urban) Bangalore(Rural), Kolar, Tumkur, Kodagu and Belgaum                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       15 | Vanilla                   | Districts of Dakshin Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Shimoga, Kodagu, Chickamagalur.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Jammu& Kashmir (2)                     |       16 | Apple                     | Districts of Srinagar, Baramula, Anantnag, Kupwara, Badgaum and Pulwama.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Jammu& Kashmir (2)                     |       17 | Walnuts                   | Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam, Kupwara and Srinagar., Jammu Region, Doda, Poonch, Udhampur, Rajouri and Kathua.                                                                                                                                               |
| Jharkhand (1)                          |       18 | Vegetables                | Districts of Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Lohardaga.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Kerala (2)                             |       19 | Horticulture Products     | Districts of Thrissur, Kollam, Ernakulam, Kottayaam, Alapp-uzha, Pathanum-thitta, Thiruvantha-puram, Idukki and Palakkod.                                                                                                                                            |
| Kerala (2)                             |       20 | Medicinal Plant           | Wayanad, Mallapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kollam, Pathana-mittha, Thiruva-nanthapuram                                                                                                                                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       21 | Potatoes, Onion Garlic    | Malwa, Ujjain, Indore, Dewas, Dhar, Shajajpur, Ratlam, Neemuch and Mandsaur.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       22 | Seed Spices               | Districts of Guna, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Shajapur and Neemuch.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       23 | Wheat (Duram)             | Three distinct and contiguous zones :- Ujjain Zone comprising of Neemach, Ratlam, Mandsaur and Ujjain Indore Zone comprising of Indore, Dhar, Shajapur and Dewas Bhopal Division, comprising of Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narsinghpur and Bhopal. |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       24 | Lentil and Grams          | Shivpuri, Guna, Vidisha, Raisen, Narsinghpura, Chhindwara.                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       25 | Oranges                   | Chhindwara, Hoshangabad. Betul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Maharashtra (8)                        |       26 | Grape and Grape Wine      | Districts of Nasik, Sanghli, Pune, Satara, Ahmednagar and Sholapur.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

| State             |   S. No. | AEZProject                       | Districts                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------------------|----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |       27 | Mango (Alphonso)                 | Districts of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigarh and Thane.                                                                                                         |
|                   |       28 | Kesar Mango                      | Districts of Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Ahmednagar and Latur.                                                                                                    |
|                   |       29 | Flowers                          | Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Sangli.                                                                                                                              |
|                   |       30 | Onions                           | Districts of Nasik, Ahmednagar, Pune Satara, Jalgaon and Solapur.                                                                                              |
|                   |       31 | Pomegranate                      | Districts of Solapur, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Pune Nasik, Latur, Osmanabad.                                                                                        |
|                   |       32 | Banana                           | Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, Buldhana, Wardha, Parbhani, Hindoli, Nanded.                                                                                        |
|                   |       33 | Oranges                          | Nagpur and Amraoti.                                                                                                                                            |
| Orissa (1)        |       34 | Ginger and Turmeric              | Kandhamal District.                                                                                                                                            |
| Punjab (3)        |       35 | Vegetables                       | Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar and Ludhiana.                                                                                                         |
| Punjab (3)        |       36 | Potatoes                         | SinghpuraZirakpur (Patiala) RampuraPhul, Muktsar, Ludhiana, Jullunder.                                                                                         |
| Punjab (3)        |       37 | Basmati Rice                     | Districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Kapur-thala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar)                                                                          |
| Rajasthan (2)     |       38 | Coriander                        | Kota, Bundi, Baran, Jhalawar& Chittoor                                                                                                                         |
| Rajasthan (2)     |       39 | Cumin                            | Nagaur, Barmer, Jalore, Pali and Jodhpur                                                                                                                       |
| Sikkim (2)        |       40 | Flowers (Orchids)& Cherry Pepper | East Sikkim.                                                                                                                                                   |
| Sikkim (2)        |       41 | Ginger                           | North, East, South &West Sikkim.                                                                                                                               |
| Tripura (1)       |       42 | Organic Pineapple                | Kumarghat, Manu, Melaghar, Matabari and Kakraban Blocks.                                                                                                       |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       43 | Flower                           | Dharmapuri.                                                                                                                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       44 | Flowers                          | Nilgiri District.                                                                                                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       45 | Mangoes                          | Districts of Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli.                                                                                           |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       46 | Cashewnut                        | Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Pudukottai and Sivaganga.                                                                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       47 | Potatoes                         | Agra, Hathras, Farrukhabad, Kannoj, Meerut, Baghpat and Aligarh.                                                                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       48 | Mangoes and Vegetables           | Lucknow, Unnao, Hardo, Sitapur and barabanki.                                                                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       49 | Mangoes                          | Saharanpur, Muzzfarnagar, Bijnaur, Meerut, Bhagpat and Bulandshahar.                                                                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       50 | Basmati Rice                     | Districts of Bareilly, Shahajahanpur, Pilibhit, Rampur, Badaun, Bijnor, Moradabad, J B Phulenagar, Saharanpur, Mujjafarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahar, Ghaziabad. |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       51 | Lychee                           | Udhamsingh Nagar, Dehradun and Nainital .                                                                                                                      |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       52 | Flowers                          | Districts of Dehradun and Pantnagar.                                                                                                                           |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       53 | Basmati Rice                     | Districts of Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Dehradun and Haridwar.                                                                                               |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       54 | Medicinal& Aromatic Plants       | Districts of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Dehradun and Nainital.                                                                                          |
| West Bengal (6)   |       55 | Lychee                           | Districts of MurshidabadMalda, 24 Pargana (N) and 24 Pargana(s).                                                                                               |
| West Bengal (6)   |       56 | Potatoes                         | Districts of Hoogly, Burdwan, Midnapore (W) UdayNarayanpur and Howrah.                                                                                         |
| West Bengal (6)   |       57 | Mango                            | Malda and Murshidabad                                                                                                                                          |
| West Bengal (6)   |       58 | Vegetables                       | Nadia, Murshidabad) and North 24 Parganas.                                                                                                                     |
| West Bengal (6)   |       59 | Darjeeling Tea                   | Darjeeling.                                                                                                                                                    |
| West Bengal (6)   |       60 | Pineapple                        | Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri.                                                                                                        |