Lok Sabha Question No. 3434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Production of Fruits and Vegetables
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3434

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  7 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

3434.  SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  target  for  the  production  of  fruits  and vegetables in various States of the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government to achieve the said target;
- (c) the  details  of  the  production  of  fruits  and  vegetables  in  various  States  of  the country including Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year, Statewise; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  assistance  provided/to  be  provided  by  the  Government  to Maharashtra to encourage the production of fruits and vegetables during the last three years and the current year, year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  किसान  िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): The  target  for  production  of  fruits  and  vegetables  in  the  various  states  of  the country including Maharashtra was fixed at 332.6 million tonnes for the year 2017-18.
- (b): To achieve the said targets, states prepare detailed Annual Action Plan (AAP) under  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  for  promotion  of horticulture. Under MIDH, assistance is provided to various interventions for enhancement/promotion  of  production  of  fruits  and  vegetables  through  the  following interventions:

-  Area expansion (establishment of new orchards/gardens)
-  Rejuvenation of old and senile orchards
-  Setting up and strengthening of Tissue Culture (TC) units
-  Setting up and modernization of nurseries
-  Protected  Cultivation  (Poly  House/Green  House  for  production  of  high  value vegetables)
-  Import of High Yielding Variety Seeds
-  Integrated Nutrient Management (INM),
-  Adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
-  Capacity buildings of farmers and technicians for adopting improved technologies
-  Post Harvest Management  which  includes  primary  processing  units,  minimal processing units, ripening chamber, reefer vehicle, thereby minimizing post harvest losses and value addition of produce.

(c): The details of fruits and vegetables production in various states of the country, including Maharashtra, during the last three years and the current year, state wise are at  Annexure-I and II respectively.

(d): Details of assistance  provided  /  likely  to  be  provided  by  Government  to Maharashtra to encourage the production of fruits and vegetables during the last three years and the current year, year-wise  is at Annexure III.

## State-wise Production of Fruits

| Sl No.   | STATE/UTs         |          |          |          |          |                       |
|----------|-------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
|          |                   | 2013-14  | 2014-15  | 2015-16  | 2016-17  | 2017-18 (Provisional) |
|          |                   | P        | P        | P        | P        | P                     |
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 10510.56 | 9121.62  | 10088.82 | 13612.92 | 14012.81              |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 321.26   | 331.40   | 306.27   | 124.38   | 125.34                |
| 3        | ASSAM             | 2007.80  | 2030.14  | 2077.77  | 2024.84  | 2433.95               |
| 4        | BIHAR             | 4013.58  | 3990.00  | 4230.63  | 4234.62  | 4234.62               |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      | 1930.18  | 2071.14  | 2294.73  | 2480.40  | 2508.51               |
| 6        | GUJARAT           | 8001.96  | 8300.60  | 8477.17  | 8937.42  | 9026.79               |
| 7        | HARYANA           | 554.90   | 703.68   | 737.82   | 770.97   | 1050.00               |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 866.34   | 751.94   | 928.83   | 611.88   | 596.29                |
| 9        | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 2073.94  | 1779.44  | 2115.72  | 2241.06  | 2263.57               |
| 10       | JHARKHAND         | 890.04   | 898.08   | 961.19   | 1047.97  | 1066.68               |
| 11       | KARNATAKA         | 6652.42  | 6799.89  | 7023.69  | 7218.38  | 6925.03               |
| 12       | KERALA            | 2889.50  | 2554.12  | 2532.94  | 2509.13  | 2569.32               |
| 13       | MADHYA PRADESH    | 5696.00  | 6119.00  | 5783.06  | 6935.60  | 7402.73               |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA       | 13457.92 | 11089.53 | 9749.80  | 10630.08 | 10609.36              |
| 15       | MANIPUR           | 515.69   | 521.57   | 467.76   | 478.77   | 469.27                |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA         | 348.00   | 377.25   | 395.40   | 426.86   | 443.02                |
| 17       | MIZORAM           | 343.90   | 350.91   | 330.28   | 339.05   | 348.58                |
| 18       | NAGALAND          | 411.00   | 411.00   | 374.13   | 388.49   | 380.52                |
| 19       | ODISHA            | 2148.27  | 2156.49  | 2386.94  | 2432.27  | 2429.67               |
| 20       | PUNJAB            | 1541.24  | 1644.64  | 1790.94  | 1818.19  | 1908.46               |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN         | 581.78   | 735.60   | 681.57   | 995.60   | 1011.78               |
| 22       | SIKKIM            | 24.05    | 0.03     | 23.48    | 25.56    | 26.97                 |
| 23       | TAMILNADU         | 7369.86  | 5963.93  | 6635.10  | 6181.77  | 4999.79               |
| 24       | TELANGANA         | 4440.98  | 5287.70  | 4319.87  | 1200.30  | 1755.70               |
| 25       | TRIPURA           | 786.35   | 819.12   | 854.05   | 559.92   | 596.44                |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH     | 6887.45  | 7558.99  | 10296.14 | 10302.76 | 10521.77              |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND       | 678.49   | 785.97   | 659.10   | 662.85   | 663.19                |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL       | 2909.71  | 3313.70  | 3516.71  | 3585.30  | 3849.06               |
| 29       | OTHERS            | 123.98   | 134.23   | 143.16   | 140.75   | 154.17                |

## Annexure-I

## Production in '000 MT

| TOTAL   | 88977.13 86601.68 90183.04 92918.04 94383.37   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|

## Annexure-II State-wise Production of  Vegetables

## Production in '000 MT

| Sl No.   | STATE/UTs        |           |           |           |           |                       |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
|          |                  | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (Provisional) |
|          |                  | P         | P         | P         | P         | P                     |
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH   | 8149.76   | 4592.58   | 5442.77   | 8026.36   | 9774.85               |
| 2        | PRADESH          | 35.00     | 41.00     | 33.01     | 14.42     | 14.57                 |
| 3        | ASSAM            | 3031.90   | 4469.73   | 3821.71   | 3329.58   | 4033.30               |
| 4        | BIHAR            | 15097.77  | 14467.15  | 14400.12  | 14520.97  | 14524.78              |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH     | 5465.92   | 5812.32   | 6318.41   | 6728.00   | 6852.59               |
| 6        | GUJARAT          | 11571.24  | 11861.23  | 13401.39  | 13161.25  | 13292.86              |
| 7        | HARYANA          | 5565.90   | 5305.59   | 6129.36   | 6180.43   | 7870.92               |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 1635.88   | 1585.37   | 1715.16   | 1783.77   | 1770.29               |
| 9        | JAMMU & KASHMIR  | 1395.47   | 1395.47   | 1386.37   | 1410.42   | 1424.52               |
| 10       | JHARKHAND        | 4238.13   | 4279.28   | 3373.82   | 3370.00   | 3460.91               |
| 11       | KARNATAKA        | 7500.69   | 8828.37   | 7804.57   | 8167.16   | 7122.15               |
| 12       | KERALA           | 3572.67   | 1645.06   | 2088.66   | 1921.45   | 2357.32               |
| 13       | MADHYA PRADESH   | 13019.31  | 14199.00  | 15568.26  | 17928.50  | 17487.62              |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA      | 10161.83  | 8783.01   | 9452.07   | 10520.49  | 10178.87              |
| 15       | MANIPUR          | 271.04    | 268.01    | 316.51    | 369.85    | 335.45                |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA        | 515.34    | 534.00    | 494.88    | 523.42    | 522.55                |
| 17       | MIZORAM          | 254.14    | 273.76    | 179.02    | 179.88    | 281.16                |
| 18       | NAGALAND         | 492.37    | 492.37    | 494.61    | 564.62    | 561.61                |
| 19       | ODISHA           | 9433.66   | 9413.54   | 8755.51   | 8761.61   | 8765.34               |
| 20       | PUNJAB           | 3936.19   | 4167.65   | 4301.63   | 4564.91   | 4917.68               |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN        | 1114.07   | 1433.23   | 1986.73   | 1795.37   | 1860.42               |
| 22       | SIKKIM           | 134.53    | 130.06    | 106.94    | 190.72    | 214.61                |
| 23       | TAMILNADU        | 8678.82   | 7521.02   | 6976.15   | 6559.84   | 5100.60               |
| 24       | TELANGANA        | 3647.28   | 3005.33   | 3195.44   | 1647.03   | 1572.91               |
| 25       | TRIPURA          | 780.52    | 811.09    | 793.24    | 817.94    | 747.96                |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH    | 18544.96  | 26120.18  | 26251.00  | 28192.63  | 28278.31              |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND      | 1016.83   | 1109.65   | 945.36    | 945.29    | 946.30                |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL      | 23044.95  | 26354.61  | 22825.45  | 25505.66  | 27244.20              |
| 29       | OTHERS           | 590.75    | 578.57    | 505.81    | 490.83    | 519.20                |
|          | TOTAL            | 162896.91 | 169478.23 | 169063.93 | 178172.40 | 182033.83             |

## Annexure-III

Details of Assistance provided by Government of India to Maharashtra from 2015-16 to 2018-19

(Rs. In Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Year    | Allocation    | Allocation   | Allocation   | Release       |
|-----------|---------|---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|           |         | Central Share | State Share  | Total        | Central Share |
| 1         | 2015-16 | 10250.00      | 6833.00      | 17083.00     | 9625.00       |
| 2         | 2016-17 | 8897.00       | 5932.00      | 14829.00     | 5044.00       |
| 3         | 2017-18 | 10897.00      | 7264.66      | 18161.66     | 8673.00       |
| 4         | 2018-19 | 15799.80      | 10533.20     | 26333.00     | 5700.00       |

Source: Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), DAC&FW

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