Lok Sabha Question No. 5134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5134

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## HORTICULTURE MISSION FOR NORTH EAST AND HIMALAYAN STATES

5134.  SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

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

- (a) the details of the present status of the Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States and the achievements made so far, State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned  by  the  Government  and  utilized  under  the  subscheme during the last four years, State-wise; and
- (c) the amount of financial assistance provided by the Government to processing units under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, 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): Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH)  is being implemented since 2003-04 for holistic development of horticulture in North East and Himalayan States.    With  effect  from  2014-15,  HMNEH  scheme  has  been  subsumed  under  Mission  for Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH).  Statement  indicating  State  wise  cumulative achievements under major components of HMNEH is at Annexure I.
- (b): State-wise  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned  by  the  Government  and  utilized  under  the sub-scheme during the last four years is at Annexure II.
- (c): State-wise details of the financial assistance provided by the Government to processing units under HMNEH scheme of MIDH scheme  during 2014-15 to 2017-18 is at Annexure III.

## State wise cumulative achievements under major components of HMNEH

| Component                  | Unit   |   Arunachal Pradesh |   Assam |   Manipur |   Meghalya |   Mizoram |   Nagaland |   Sikkim |   Tripura |   Himachal Pradesh |   Jammu & Kashmir |   Uttarakhand |
|----------------------------|--------|---------------------|---------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|----------|-----------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| Area Expansion             | Ha.    |               88547 |   88321 |     74656 |      52048 |     95156 |      93950 |    78913 |     78963 |              40924 |             35735 |         82295 |
| Rejuvenation               | Ha.    |               15001 |   16265 |      7244 |       3254 |     15109 |       5926 |     6958 |      7537 |                  0 |             16206 |         13218 |
| Protected Cultivation      | Ha.    |                 508 |    2272 |       206 |        520 |       797 |        209 |      657 |       806 |                679 |                81 |          1217 |
| IPM                        | Ha.    |               29244 |   14398 |     63549 |       7534 |    124240 |      47388 |    93955 |      9108 |               1412 |              1411 |          2028 |
| Organic Farming            | Ha.    |                7830 |    1750 |       740 |        976 |      5198 |       4667 |    25203 |      1614 |               1126 |              1607 |          3329 |
| Nurseries                  | No.    |                 129 |     176 |        84 |        262 |        48 |        208 |      201 |       209 |                 93 |               273 |           101 |
| Water Resources            | No.    |                1545 |    3823 |      3063 |       2343 |      7333 |       3631 |     2485 |      5128 |               3837 |              4041 |          3265 |
| Beekeeping                 | No.    |                 450 |   21369 |     36755 |       1800 |      4655 |      21278 |     9506 |      3200 |               7172 |             12636 |         21083 |
| Horticulture Mechanization | No.    |                8175 |   16350 |     18659 |       5774 |     16747 |      14557 |    13165 |     16971 |              30418 |             14083 |          7127 |
| IPM Infrastructure         | No.    |                  29 |       6 |         4 |          5 |         3 |          1 |        4 |         2 |                 16 |                 3 |             7 |
| Training of Farmers        | No.    |               83531 |   32420 |     91096 |      54092 |     81802 |      58785 |    97345 |     55690 |              91049 |             75303 |         32564 |
| Post Harvest Management    | No.    |                  27 |      28 |       194 |        717 |       702 |        501 |       53 |         7 |                207 |               447 |           243 |
| Market Infrastructures     | No.    |                 142 |      54 |        44 |         15 |       308 |        229 |       54 |         3 |                  5 |                15 |            37 |

## Annexure I

## State-wise details of the funds sanctioned and utilized under HMNEH during the last four years

Annexure II

(Rs. in crore)

|                   | 2013-14           | 2013-14   | 2014-15          | 2014-15   | 2015-16          | 2015-16   | 2016-17          | 2016-17   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
| State             | Allocation (GOI)* | Release   | Allocation (GOI) | Release   | Allocation (GOI) | Release   | Allocation (GOI) | Release   |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 48.00             | 46.61     | 50.00            | 23.77     | 35.50            | 35.50     | 32.30            | -         |
| Assam             | 48.00             | 48.00     | 48.00            | 29.09     | 30.50            | 20.00     | 28.00            | 22.00     |
| Manipur           | 48.00             | 58.00     | 50.00            | 44.17     | 37.50            | 35.75     | 32.00            | 10.00     |
| Meghalaya         | 40.00             | 40.00     | 40.00            | 27.60     | 28.00            | 18.00     | 25.50            | 18.75     |
| Mizoram           | 48.00             | 48.00     | 52.00            | 41.00     | 34.50            | 34.50     | 31.50            | 31.50     |
| Nagaland          | 48.00             | 47.45     | 52.00            | 34.76     | 34.50            | 17.25     | 31.50            | 15.00     |
| Sikkim            | 45.00             | 49.36     | 49.00            | 44.50     | 34.50            | 33.25     | 30.50            | 25.25     |
| Tripura           | 49.00             | 56.14     | 54.00            | 37.00     | 37.50            | 32.75     | 33.00            | 23.50     |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 32.00             | 26.19     | 48.00            | 42.42     | 31.50            | 24.49     | 32.00            | 24.25     |
| Jammu& Kashmir    | 30.00             | 29.43     | 60.00            | 45.00     | 61.78            | 52.00     | 46.00            | 96.09     |
| Uttarakhand       | 30.00             | 30.00     | 46.00            | 32.73     | 22.50            | 22.50     | 31.00            | 47.50     |
| Total             | 466.00            | 479.18    | 549.00           | 402.03    | 388.28           | 325.99    | 353.30           | 313.84    |

* As per Budget Estimates

Annexure III State-wise details of the financial assistance provided under Food Processing Units in HMNEH scheme of MIDH during 2014-15 to 2017-18

|                   | (Rs. in Lakhs)                  |
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| States            | Financial Assistance (Releases) |
| Assam             | 800.00                          |
| Tripura           | 232.00                          |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 1525.54                         |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 475.08                          |
| Uttarakhand       | 4511.41                         |
| Total             | 7544.03                         |

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