Lok Sabha Question No. 5905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Promotion of Horticulture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5905

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  APRIL, 2018

## PROMOTION OF HORTICULTURE

## 5905.       SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented a number of schemes to promote horticulture across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether projects have been sanctioned thereunder in Maharashtra also; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  the  amount  of  funds  allocated  to  Maharashtra  during  the  last three years?

## 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): Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  a  centrally  sponsored scheme  is  implemented  for  the  holistic  development  of  horticulture  sector  in  the  country covering fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo through various interventions.

Under  MIDH,  for  promotion  of  horticulture  throughout  the  country,  financial  &  technical assistance is provided to States/UTs 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.

Apart from the above, activities for development of horticulture can be carried out under other  Government  schemes  like  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana (PKVY) etc.

- (b) & (c): Projects have been sanctioned in various States including Maharashtra. Details of the amount of funds allocated to Maharashtra during the last three years is given below:

| S. No.   | Year    | Fund Allocated (Rs. in Lakhs)   | Fund Allocated (Rs. in Lakhs)   | Fund Allocated (Rs. in Lakhs)   |
|----------|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Year    | Central Share                   | State Share                     | Total                           |
| 1.       | 2015-16 | 10250.00                        | 6833.00                         | 17083.00                        |
| 2.       | 2016-17 | 8897.00                         | 5932.00                         | 14829.00                        |
| 3.       | 2017-18 | 10897.00                        | 7264.66                         | 18161.66                        |

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