Lok Sabha Question No. 1533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Production of Spices
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, SRINIVAS KESINENI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1533

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2017

## PRODUCTION OF SPICES

## 1533.       SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

SHRI KESINENI NANI:

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

- (a) the details of the production of various spices in the country during each of the last five years and the current year, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the area under spice cultivation in India over the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the export figures of spices from India during the last five years along with the India's share in the world spice production and exports;
- (d) the details of the specific schemes and assistance provided by the Government for spice production given to various States including Andhra Pradesh over the last five years; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  considering  for  introduction  of  innovative  methods  to  give much needed fillip for export of spices, if so, the details thereof and if not, the manner in which the Government is helping small and marginal spice growing farmers in the country including Andhra Pradesh?

## 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): The  details  of  production  of  various  spices  in  the  country  during  each  of  the  last  five years and the current year, state wise including Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-I.
- (b): The details of the area under spice cultivation in India over the last five years, state wise is at Annexure-II.
- (c): The details of export of spices from India during the last five years is as under:-

| year    |   QTY(TON) |   VALUE(RS CR) |
|---------|------------|----------------|
| 2012-13 |     932592 |          15177 |
| 2013-14 |     895915 |          15146 |
| 2014-15 |     939008 |          14848 |
| 2015-16 |     831681 |          16630 |
| 2016-17 |    1019345 |          19442 |

Source:-DGCIS, M/o Commerce & Industry

As per the estimate provided by Spices Board under Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India's share in the world spice export is 48% in volume and 43% in value.Based on the estimates of  production of various spices available in FAO, it is estimated that about 25% of the total world spices production is contributed by India.

(d): The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of Horticulture  (MIDH)  for  enhancing  production  and  productivity  of  horticultural  crops  including spices. Under the Mission, development programmes are being implemented wherein financial assistance  is  provided  to  the  producers  of  spices.  The  mission  programmes  are  aimed  at; increasing production, productivity and quality of the produce to meet the growing demand in domestic as well as export market. Major among them are: area expansion (establishment of new  garden),  production  and  distribution  of  quality  seeds,  Integrated  Pest  and  Disease Management  /  Integrated  Nutrient  Management,  organic  farming,  mechanization,  Integrated Post-harvest Management, Human Resource Development etc. These programmes are mainly implemented in states through respective State Horticulture Missions.

The  various  development  programmes  and  the  pattern  of  assistance  provided  under MIDH are given at Annexure-III.

(e): The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  the  following  innovative  methods  through Spices Board to give much needed fillip for exports.

-  Spices Board is establishing common infrastructure facilities (Spices Parks) for cleaning, grading, processing, packing, storing facilities, primarily to empower the spices farmers through value addition and quality improvement of spices, along with backward linkage in various parts of the country .
-  Spices  Board  is  promoting  formation  of  Spices  Producers  Societies  (SPS)  and  Spices Farmers Producers Companies (SFPC) for aggregation  and establishment of  common processing  and  value  addition  facilities  in  the  growing  areas  ensuring  the  quality  of produce and thereby realizing better price to the growers.
-  In  order  to  check  the  quality  of  spices  and  spice  products  for  exports,  Board  has established quality evaluation and testing laboratories with state of the art technology at Cochin, Mumbai, Guntur, Chennai,
-  Delhi, Tuticorin and Kandla. Establishment of a Quality Evaluation Laboratory at Kolkota is in progress to cater to the testing needs of stakeholders in Eastern and North Eastern Region.
-  The  Board  is  implementing  mandatory  sampling  and  testing  of  the  spices  export consignments to ensure the quality specifications of importing countries.
-  The  Board  is  regularly  conducting  Quality  Improvement  Training  Programmes  for  the spices farmers / farmers groups, officials of State Agriculture / Horticulture Department, members  of  Non-Govt  Organizations,  Traders,  Exporters,  etc  across  the  country  to create  awareness  on  the  updated  quality  requirements  of  spices  by  the  importing countries and quality improvement practices to be adopted by the stakeholders to meet the specifications of importing countries.
-  The Board is implementing E-Spice Bazaar project, a new initiative to develop a digital platform to cater the needs of the spices farmers,  in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana  for chillies and  turmeric in association with Dept of Electronics  and Information Technology.

## Statewise Production of Spices  in India

| STATE/UTs         | 2011-12   | 2012-13   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (Provisional) |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 1129.31   | 1187.68   |    775.82 |    918.01 |   766.16  |                  1050.3 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 61.60     | 64.27     |     64.27 |     64.27 |    68.72  |                    68.7 |
| ASSAM             | 261.56    | 287.50    |    279.14 |    321.03 |   333.69  |                   291.3 |
| BIHAR             | 12.54     | 12.54     |     12.54 |     12.54 |    12.54  |                    10.6 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 8.32      | 15.37     |      8.3  |     11.65 |    11.85  |                    12.3 |
| GUJARAT           | 882.14    | 882.14    |    848.48 |   1019.96 |  1077.57  |                   868.1 |
| HARYANA           | 61.69     | 82.82     |     82.82 |     82.82 |    82.82  |                    77.8 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 19.26     | 10.26     |     14.16 |     22.29 |    24.93  |                    25.5 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 1.08      | 1.07      |      1.07 |      1.07 |     0.96  |                     1   |
| KARNATAKA         | 502.46    | 369.85    |    333.83 |    345.52 |   387.62  |                   399.5 |
| KERALA            | 112.80    | 128.86    |    114.06 |    140.23 |   128.4   |                   140.7 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 461.17    | 461.17    |    454.17 |    699.12 |   710.9   |                   690.8 |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 106.47    | 109.04    |    109.04 |    130.09 |   416.2   |                   371.8 |
| MANIPUR           | 24.14     | 24.14     |     24.14 |     24.14 |    24.14  |                    24.1 |
| MEGHALAYA         | 74.82     | 74.81     |     83.88 |     83.88 |    90.26  |                    92.2 |
| MIZORAM           | 114.98    | 59.62     |     59.62 |     65.72 |    68.89  |                    97.1 |
| NAGALAND          | 39.17     | 39.16     |     39.16 |     39.16 |   119.25  |                   109.3 |
| ORISSA            | 187.50    | 181.50    |    181.5  |    181.5  |   181.5   |                   181   |
| PUNJAB            | 68.21     | 68.21     |     70.92 |     91.52 |    98.88  |                    98.9 |
| RAJASTHAN         | 871.64    | 860.89    |    674.84 |    618.32 |  1056.17  |                   937.6 |
| SIKKIM            | 54.41     | 60.08     |     55.8  |     61.14 |    64.78  |                    66.6 |
| TAMILNADU         | 426.38    | 279.61    |    554.52 |    187.91 |   212.51  |                   192.5 |
| TELANGANA         |           |           |    551.47 |    493.93 |   443.41  |                   623.9 |
| TRIPURA           | 18.04     | 18.04     |     18.04 |     18.04 |    18.04  |                    18.1 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 201.97    | 212.32    |    244.02 |    221.71 |   217.67  |                   227.5 |
| UTTRANCHAL        | 38.77     | 41.08     |     41.08 |     41.08 |    36.89  |                    36.8 |
| WEST BENGAL       | 207.70    | 207.66    |    207.72 |    207.78 |   329.9   |                   356.6 |
| Others            | 3.33      | 3.83      |      3.88 |      3.85 |     3.821 |                     6.7 |
| TOTAL             | 5951.46   | 5743.52   |   5908.29 |   6108.28 |  6988.47  |                  7077.3 |

Source: Horticulture Statistics Division, DAC&FW

## Annexure-I

(In '000 Tonnes)

## Statewise Area under Spice Cultivation in India

## Annexure-II

(In '000 Ha)

| STATE/UTs         | 2011-12   | 2012-13   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (Provisional) |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 292.82    | 312.62    |    169.36 |   200.667 |   212.743 |                   267.5 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 10.05     | 10.17     |     10.17 |    10.17  |    11.44  |                    11.5 |
| ASSAM             | 93.05     | 96.66     |     93.08 |    98.597 |   100.528 |                   120   |
| BIHAR             | 13.01     | 13.01     |     13.01 |    13.01  |    13.01  |                     8.9 |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 11.67     | 12.31     |     11.8  |    11.689 |    11.749 |                    12.1 |
| GUJARAT           | 551.67    | 551.68    |    541.82 |   608.858 |   508.739 |                   502.3 |
| HARYANA           | 12.80     | 16.13     |     16.13 |    16.125 |    16.125 |                    17   |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 4.77      | 7.30      |      8.43 |     7.391 |     7.9   |                     8.1 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 4.15      | 4.14      |      4.94 |     4.944 |     4.921 |                     4.9 |
| KARNATAKA         | 265.12    | 213.75    |    191.79 |   206.507 |   215.957 |                   225.5 |
| KERALA            | 254.55    | 170.01    |    166.96 |   167.29  |   166.815 |                   166.7 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 299.91    | 299.91    |    284.91 |   340.205 |   366.042 |                   435.8 |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 116.52    | 120.76    |    120.76 |   123.24  |   128.7   |                    41.7 |
| MANIPUR           | 10.47     | 10.47     |     10.47 |    10.47  |    10.47  |                    10.5 |
| MEGHALAYA         | 16.84     | 16.85     |     17.5  |    17.502 |    18.371 |                    18.5 |
| MIZORAM           | 20.65     | 22.47     |     22.47 |    23.3   |    24.567 |                    24.8 |
| NAGALAND          | 9.77      | 9.77      |      9.77 |     9.77  |    14.995 |                    15   |
| ORISSA            | 123.92    | 123.92    |    123.32 |   123.324 |   123.324 |                   112.9 |
| PUNJAB            | 18.37     | 18.37     |     19.13 |    21.34  |    31.33  |                    31.4 |
| RAJASTHAN         | 730.51    | 720.64    |    819.51 |   866.86  |  1014.55  |                   970.6 |
| SIKKIM            | 24.38     | 26.56     |     32.06 |    34.08  |    29.46  |                    32.3 |
| TAMILNADU         | 157.33    | 124.39    |    166    |   107.504 |   113.112 |                   107.6 |
| TELANGANA         |           |           |    134.18 |   122.356 |   128.888 |                   177.4 |
| TRIPURA           | 5.68      | 5.69      |      5.69 |     5.69  |     5.69  |                     5.7 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 58.29     | 60.18     |     61.66 |    58.044 |    58.594 |                    60.6 |
| UTTRANCHAL        | 6.60      | 8.09      |      8.09 |     8.085 |    14.545 |                    14.6 |
| WEST BENGAL       | 97.12     | 97.56     |     97.56 |    97.56  |   118.253 |                   128.1 |
| Others            | 2.47      | 2.50      |      2.68 |     2.71  |     2.716 |                     3.4 |
| TOTAL             | 3212.47   | 3075.90   |   3163.24 |  3317.28  |  3473.53  |                  3535.4 |

Source: Horticulture Statistics Division, DAC&FW

Various Development Programmes and the Pattern of Assistance Provided under

## Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

|      | Programme                                                                                                                                           | Rate of assistance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| I.   | Production of planting materials                                                                                                                    | Production of planting materials                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|      | 1.Hitech Nursery                                                                                                                                    | Rs 25 lakh/ha. 100% cost for public sector. For private sector, credit linked back ended subsidy @40% of cost, subject to a maximum of Rs 40 lakh/unit, for a maximum of 4 ha.                                                                                                      |
|      | 2.Small Nursery                                                                                                                                     | Rs 15 lakh/ha. 100% cost for public sector. For private sector, credit linked back -ended subsidy, subject to a maximum of Rs 7.5 lakh/unit.                                                                                                                                        |
|      | 3.Seed production of vegetable and spices                                                                                                           | Rs 35000/ha. 100% to public sector. For private sector 35% in general areas and 50% in North-East and Himalayan States.                                                                                                                                                             |
|      | 4.Seed infrastructure for handling, processing, packing, storage etc of seeds meant for uses as seed material for cultivation of horticulture crops | Rs 200 lakh. 100% cost to public sector. For private sector, 50% cost of project as credit- linked back subsidy.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| II.  | Establishment of new gardens (area expansion - for a maximum area of 4 ha per                                                                       | Establishment of new gardens (area expansion - for a maximum area of 4 ha per                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      | 1.Seed spices and rhizomatic spices                                                                                                                 | Rs 12000/ha (40% of total cost of Rs 30000/ha) for meeting expenditure on planting material and cost for material for INM/IPM etc . For NE & H, TSP and A&N Islands assistance will be 50% of the total cost.                                                                       |
|      | 2.Perennial Spices (black pepper, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg)                                                                                       | Maximum of Rs 20000/ha (40% of total cost of Rs 50000) for meeting expenditure on planting material and cost for material for INM/IPM etc. For NE & H, TSP and A&N Islands assistance will be 50% of the cost.                                                                      |
|      | 3. Rejuvenation / replacement of senile plantation, canopy management.                                                                              | 50% of the total cost of Rs 40000/ha subject to a maximum of Rs 20000/ha. Limited to 2 ha per beneficiary.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| III. | Promotion of INM/IPM                                                                                                                                | Maximum Rs 1200/ha. (30% of the total cost of Rs 4000). Limited to 4 ha per beneficiary.                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| IV.  | Organic farming                                                                                                                                     | Organic farming                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|      | 1.Adoption of organic farming                                                                                                                       | Rs 10000/ha (50% of cost of the total cost of Rs 20000/ha) for a maximum area of 4 ha per beneficiary, spread over a period of 3 years involving an assistance of Rs.4000/- in first year and Rs.3000/- each in second & third year. The programme to be linked with certification. |

|     | 2.Organic Certification                                  | Project based. Rs. 5 lakh for a cluster of 50 ha which will include Rs.1.50 lakh in first year, Rs. 1.50 lakh in second year and Rs. 2.00 lakh in third year.                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     | 3.Vermi compost Units/ organic input production          | Rs.100,000/ unit for permanent structure and Rs. 16,000/unit for HDPE Vermibed. 50% of cost conforming to the size of the unit of 30'x8'x2.5' dimension of permanent structure to be administered on pro-rata basis. For HDPE Vermibed, 50% of cost conforming to the size of 96 cft (12'x4'x2') and IS 15907:2010 to be administered on pro-rata basis. |
| V.  | Technology dissemination through frontline demonstration | Rs 25 lakhs. 75 % of cost in farmers field and 100% of cost in farms belonging to Public Sector, SAUs etc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| VI. | Human Resource Development                               | Human Resource Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|     | 1.Training of farmers - Within the state                 | Rs 1000/day per farmer including transport                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|     | 2.Training of farmers - Outside the state                | Project based                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|     | 3.Exposure visit of farmers - Outside the state.         | Project based                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|     | 4.Exposure visit of farmers - Outside India              | Rs 4 lakh/participant. Project based. 100% of air or rail travel. Course fee to be funded under mission management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

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