Lok Sabha Question No. 3213 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Horticulture Development Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, RODMAL NAGAR, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, JANARDAN MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3213

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  21 ST  MARCH, 2017

## HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

3213.  SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in various States of the country including Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya  Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of persons benefited under the horticulture development scheme in various States of the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the works likely to be carried out under the said scheme;
- (d) the details of the amount allocated by the Government to various States during the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (e) the  various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  horticulture  in  the entire country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  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. MIDH has six sub-schemes - National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH), National Agro-forestry Bamboo Mission  (NABM*),  National  Horticulture  Board  (NHB),  Coconut  Development  Board (CDB) and Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH) Nagaland. All the states and UTs are covered under the said mission.

(b): District wise and component wise data of the beneficiaries under the MIDH is not maintained in the Ministry.

(c): Major interventions/activities carried out under MIDH scheme are as under:

-  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, coconut 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.

(d): State wise details of the amount allocated by the Government to various States during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure.

(e): 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), Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  For  North  Eastern  Region  etc.  are  under implementation for development of horticulture in the country.

## Annexure

## State  wise  funds  allocated  under  MIDH  to  various  States  during  the  last  three years and the current year

## (Rs in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State/Implementing Agency   | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              | 127.50    |     74.59 |     71.5  |     64.03 |
| 2         | Bihar                       | 42.50     |     42.5  |     28.5  |     26.31 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh                | 114.75    |    120.7  |     80    |     69.23 |
| 4         | Goa                         | 4.25      |      4.68 |      3    |      2.52 |
| 5         | Gujarat                     | 119.00    |    130.9  |     78.71 |     71.39 |
| 6         | Haryana                     | 102.00    |    112.2  |     71.5  |     61.84 |
| 7         | Jharkhand                   | 68.00     |     68    |     45    |     40.18 |
| 8         | Karnataka                   | 119.00    |    124.95 |     81.5  |     72.97 |
| 9         | Kerala                      | 85.00     |     85    |     40.5  |     46.42 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh              | 80.75     |     93.5  |     51    |     45.35 |
| 11        | Maharashtra                 | *702.10   |    158.95 |    102.5  |     88.97 |
| 12        | Orissa                      | 85.00     |     93.5  |     57.5  |     49.91 |
| 13        | Punjab                      | 63.75     |     70.13 |     46    |     39.86 |
| 14        | Rajasthan                   | 85.00     |     89.25 |     55    |     50.89 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu                  | 97.75     |    107.95 |     61.5  |     55.03 |
| 16        | Telangana                   | 0.00      |     59.71 |     40.5  |     32.9  |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh               | 59.50     |     68    |     40    |     37.27 |
| 18        | West Bengal                 | 42.50     |     42.5  |     28.5  |     24.91 |
| 19        | Delhi                       | 0.00      |      2.55 |      0.5  |      0.5  |
| 20        | Puducherry                  | 0.85      |      1.7  |      1    |      1    |
| 21        | A & N Islands               | 3.00      |      5    |      5    |      2    |
| 22        | Lakshadweep                 | 0.85      |      1    |      1    |      0.8  |
| 23        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        | 1.11      |      1.11 |      1    |      0.5  |
| 24        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 48.00     |     50    |     35.5  |     32.3  |
| 25        | Assam                       | 48.00     |     48    |     30.5  |     28    |
| 26        | Manipur                     | 48.00     |     50    |     37.5  |     32    |
| 27        | Meghalaya                   | 40.00     |     40    |     28    |     25.5  |
| 28        | Mizoram                     | 48.00     |     52    |     34.5  |     31.5  |
| 29        | Nagaland                    | 48.00     |     52    |     34.5  |     31.5  |
| 30        | Sikkim                      | 45.00     |     49    |     34.5  |     30.5  |
| 31        | Tripura                     | 49.00     |     54    |     37.5  |     33    |
| 32        | Jammu & Kashmir             | 30.00     |     60    |     61.78 |     46    |
| 33        | Himachal Pradesh            | 32.00     |     48    |     31.5  |     32    |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                 | 30.00     |     46    |     22.5  |     31    |
| 35        | ICAR/SFAC/NHB               | 84.00     |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|           | Total                       | 2554.16   |   2107.37 |   1379.49 |   1238.08 |

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