Lok Sabha Question No. 3032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Agri Export Zones
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3032(H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st   DECEMBER,2018

## AGRI EXPORT ZONES

## 3032(H). SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंğी ) pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Government has given approval for Agricultural Export Zones in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the Agricultural Exports Zones which have been given approval but have not started functioning yet; and
- (d) if so, the steps proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) In all 60 Agri Export Zones (AEZ) were notified by the Government till 2004 - 05.  State-wise details are at Annexure-I .
- (c  &  d)  The  concept  of  Agri  Export  Zone  (AEZ)  was  introduced  in  2001,  through  EXIM Policy  1997-2001,  to  take  a  comprehensive  look  at  a  particular  produce/product located  in  a  contiguous  area  for  the  purpose  of  developing  and  sourcing  the  raw materials,  their  processing/packaging,  leading  to  final  exports.  The  concept  hinged primarily on convergence of existing Central and State Government schemes to take care of financial interventions required at various stages of value chain; partnership among  various  stakeholders  viz.  Central  Government,  State  Government,  farmer, processor, exporter etc.; and focus on targeted products and areas to identify required policy  interventions.  All  these  activities  did  take  place  in  certain  respects  in    the notified Agri Export Zones. In December 2004, an internal peer review conducted by Department  of  Commerce  concluded  that  the  notified  AEZs  had  not  been  able  to achieve the intended objectives. It was decided that there will be no creation of new AEZs, unless there were strong and compelling reasons. No new AEZs have been set up after 2004. All the notified AEZs have completed their intended span of 5 years and have been discontinued.

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## LIST OF NOTIFIED  60 AGRI EXPORT ZONES IN 20 STATES

| State                                  |   S. No. | AEZProject                | Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|----------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Assam (1)                              |       01 | Fresh & Processed Ginger  | Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Darrang, Nagaon, Morigaon, KarbiAnglong and North Cachar districts.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       02 | Mango Pulp& Fresh Veg.    | Chittoor District.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       03 | Mango and Grapes          | Districts of Ranga Reddy, Medak &parts Mahabobnagar districts.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       04 | Mango                     | Krisha District.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       05 | Gherkins                  | Districts of Mahboobnagar, Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Warangal, Medak Ananthapur and Nalgonda.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh including Telangana (5) |       06 | Chilli                    | Guntur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Bihar (1)                              |       07 | Lychee, Vegetables& Honey | Muzaffar-pur, Samastipur, Hajipur, Vaishali, East and West Champaran, Bhagalpur, Begulsarai, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Saran and Gopalganj.                                                                                                                               |
| Gujarat (3)                            |       08 | Mango and Vegetables      | Districts of Ahmedabad, Khadia, Anand, Vadodra, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Bharuch and Narmada.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Gujarat (3)                            |       09 | Value Added Onion         | Districts of Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Amreli, Rajkot, Junagadh and Jamnagar.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Gujarat (3)                            |       10 | Sesame Seeds              | Districts of Amerali, Bhav-nagar, Surendra-nagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh (1)                   |       11 | Apples                    | Districts of Shimla, Sirmour, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba and Kinnaur.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       12 | Gherkins                  | Districts of Tumkur, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Hassan, Kolar, Chitradurga, Dharwad and Bagalkot.                                                                                                                                                             |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       13 | Rose Onion                | Bangalore Urban Bangalore (Rural), Kolar                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       14 | Flowers                   | Bangalore(Urban) Bangalore(Rural), Kolar, Tumkur, Kodagu and Belgaum                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Karnataka (4)                          |       15 | Vanilla                   | Districts of Dakshin Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Shimoga, Kodagu, Chickamagalur.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Jammu& Kashmir (2)                     |       16 | Apple                     | Districts of Srinagar, Baramula, Anantnag, Kupwara, Badgaum and Pulwama.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Jammu& Kashmir (2)                     |       17 | Walnuts                   | Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam, Kupwara and Srinagar., Jammu Region, Doda, Poonch, Udhampur, Rajouri and Kathua.                                                                                                                                               |
| Jharkhand (1)                          |       18 | Vegetables                | Districts of Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Lohardaga.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Kerala (2)                             |       19 | Horticulture Products     | Districts of Thrissur, Kollam, Ernakulam, Kottayaam, Alapp-uzha, Pathanum-thitta, Thiruvantha-puram, Idukki and Palakkod.                                                                                                                                            |
| Kerala (2)                             |       20 | Medicinal Plant           | Wayanad, Mallapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kollam, Pathana-mittha, Thiruva-nanthapuram                                                                                                                                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       21 | Potatoes, Onion Garlic    | Malwa, Ujjain, Indore, Dewas, Dhar, Shajajpur, Ratlam, Neemuch and Mandsaur.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       22 | Seed Spices               | Districts of Guna, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Shajapur and Neemuch.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       23 | Wheat (Duram)             | Three distinct and contiguous zones :- Ujjain Zone comprising of Neemach, Ratlam, Mandsaur and Ujjain Indore Zone comprising of Indore, Dhar, Shajapur and Dewas Bhopal Division, comprising of Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda, Narsinghpur and Bhopal. |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       24 | Lentil and Grams          | Shivpuri, Guna, Vidisha, Raisen, Narsinghpura, Chhindwara.                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh (5)                     |       25 | Oranges                   | Chhindwara, Hoshangabad. Betul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Maharashtra (8)                        |       26 | Grape and Grape Wine      | Districts of Nasik, Sanghli, Pune, Satara, Ahmednagar and Sholapur.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

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| State             |   S. No. | AEZProject                       | Districts                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------------------|----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |       27 | Mango (Alphonso)                 | Districts of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigarh and Thane.                                                                                                         |
|                   |       28 | Kesar Mango                      | Districts of Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Ahmednagar and Latur.                                                                                                    |
|                   |       29 | Flowers                          | Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Sangli.                                                                                                                              |
|                   |       30 | Onions                           | Districts of Nasik, Ahmednagar, Pune Satara, Jalgaon and Solapur.                                                                                              |
|                   |       31 | Pomegranate                      | Districts of Solapur, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Pune Nasik, Latur, Osmanabad.                                                                                        |
|                   |       32 | Banana                           | Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, Buldhana, Wardha, Parbhani, Hindoli, Nanded.                                                                                        |
|                   |       33 | Oranges                          | Nagpur and Amraoti.                                                                                                                                            |
| Orissa (1)        |       34 | Ginger and Turmeric              | Kandhamal District.                                                                                                                                            |
| Punjab (3)        |       35 | Vegetables                       | Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar and Ludhiana.                                                                                                         |
| Punjab (3)        |       36 | Potatoes                         | SinghpuraZirakpur (Patiala) RampuraPhul, Muktsar, Ludhiana, Jullunder.                                                                                         |
| Punjab (3)        |       37 | Basmati Rice                     | Districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Kapur-thala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar)                                                                          |
| Rajasthan (2)     |       38 | Coriander                        | Kota, Bundi, Baran, Jhalawar& Chittoor                                                                                                                         |
| Rajasthan (2)     |       39 | Cumin                            | Nagaur, Barmer, Jalore, Pali and Jodhpur                                                                                                                       |
| Sikkim (2)        |       40 | Flowers (Orchids)& Cherry Pepper | East Sikkim.                                                                                                                                                   |
| Sikkim (2)        |       41 | Ginger                           | North, East, South &West Sikkim.                                                                                                                               |
| Tripura (1)       |       42 | Organic Pineapple                | Kumarghat, Manu, Melaghar, Matabari and Kakraban Blocks.                                                                                                       |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       43 | Flower                           | Dharmapuri.                                                                                                                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       44 | Flowers                          | Nilgiri District.                                                                                                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       45 | Mangoes                          | Districts of Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli.                                                                                           |
| Tamil Nadu (4)    |       46 | Cashewnut                        | Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Pudukottai and Sivaganga.                                                                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       47 | Potatoes                         | Agra, Hathras, Farrukhabad, Kannoj, Meerut, Baghpat and Aligarh.                                                                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       48 | Mangoes and Vegetables           | Lucknow, Unnao, Hardo, Sitapur and barabanki.                                                                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       49 | Mangoes                          | Saharanpur, Muzzfarnagar, Bijnaur, Meerut, Bhagpat and Bulandshahar.                                                                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh (4) |       50 | Basmati Rice                     | Districts of Bareilly, Shahajahanpur, Pilibhit, Rampur, Badaun, Bijnor, Moradabad, J B Phulenagar, Saharanpur, Mujjafarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahar, Ghaziabad. |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       51 | Lychee                           | Udhamsingh Nagar, Dehradun and Nainital .                                                                                                                      |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       52 | Flowers                          | Districts of Dehradun and Pantnagar.                                                                                                                           |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       53 | Basmati Rice                     | Districts of Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Dehradun and Haridwar.                                                                                               |
| Uttarakhand (4)   |       54 | Medicinal& Aromatic Plants       | Districts of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Dehradun and Nainital.                                                                                          |
| West Bengal (6)   |       55 | Lychee                           | Districts of MurshidabadMalda, 24 Pargana (N) and 24 Pargana(s).                                                                                               |
| West Bengal (6)   |       56 | Potatoes                         | Districts of Hoogly, Burdwan, Midnapore (W) UdayNarayanpur and Howrah.                                                                                         |
| West Bengal (6)   |       57 | Mango                            | Malda and Murshidabad                                                                                                                                          |
| West Bengal (6)   |       58 | Vegetables                       | Nadia, Murshidabad) and North 24 Parganas.                                                                                                                     |
| West Bengal (6)   |       59 | Darjeeling Tea                   | Darjeeling.                                                                                                                                                    |
| West Bengal (6)   |       60 | Pineapple                        | Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri.                                                                                                        |