Lok Sabha Question No. 2347 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Promotion of Horticulture and Floriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2347

TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  MARCH 2021

## PROMOTION OF HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE

2347.  Dr. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

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

(a) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  horticulture  and floriculture; and

(b)        the  funds  utilized to  promote horticulture and floriculture during the current year and the last three years and State-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ िष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a):  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  a  centrally  sponsored scheme  is  being  implemented  for  the  holistic  development  of  horticulture  (including floriculture)  in  the  country.  All  States/UTs  are  covered  under  MIDH.  Under  MIDH,  for promotion  of  horticulture  (including  floriculture)  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.

(b): Details of the State-wise fund released under NHM/HMNEH i.e. Centrally Sponsored schemes  of  MIDH,  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  financial  year  for  the development of horticulture is at Annexure I.

Details of the State-wise fund released under National Horticulture Board i.e. Central Sector scheme of MIDH, during the last three years and the current financial year for the floriculture projects is at Annexure II.

Details  of  the  State-wise  fund  released  under  NHM/HMNEH  i.e.  Centrally  Sponsored schemes of MIDH, during the last three years and the current financial year

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State                |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21* |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |     76.7  |    102.93 |     79.38 |      50    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |      0    |     20    |     12.5  |       8    |
| 3         | Assam                |     22.9  |     56    |     79.16 |      30    |
| 4         | Bihar                |     18    |     19    |     15.15 |      11    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |     89.23 |    102.25 |     68.44 |      50    |
| 6         | Goa                  |      2.51 |      2.87 |      1.5  |       0    |
| 7         | Gujarat              |     88.74 |     95.25 |     63.5  |      20    |
| 8         | Haryana              |     73.5  |     71.6  |     64.91 |      72    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     |     38.14 |     23.75 |     23.15 |      20    |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir      |    116.5  |    110    |     64.99 |      40    |
| 11        | Jharkhand            |     25    |      9.5  |     10    |       0    |
| 12        | Karnataka            |     68.5  |    115.58 |    107.4  |     107.39 |
| 13        | Kerala               |     29    |     68.53 |     10    |       0    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       |     30    |     31.76 |     25.99 |      27    |
| 15        | Maharashtra          |     86.73 |    107    |     82.35 |      33.5  |
| 16        | Manipur              |     24    |     25.5  |     26.5  |      13    |
| 17        | Meghalaya            |     15.36 |     21    |      9.1  |       7.25 |
| 18        | Mizoram              |     41.5  |     25    |     22.58 |      30    |
| 19        | Nagaland             |     36.34 |     27    |     23.6  |      12.5  |
| 20        | Orissa               |     46.87 |     21    |     49    |       0    |
| 21        | Punjab               |     15    |     35.5  |     10    |       0    |
| 22        | Rajasthan            |     58    |     52    |     25    |      20    |
| 23        | Sikkim               |     30.5  |     22    |     22.84 |      19.85 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           |     61.27 |    129    |     93.02 |      74.73 |
| 25        | Telangana            |     32.18 |      5    |      0    |       8.15 |
| 26        | Tripura              |     10    |     12    |     20    |      10    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        |     35.87 |     62.57 |     62.35 |      30    |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          |     30.37 |     40    |     22.32 |      27    |
| 29        | West Bengal          |     10    |     15    |      8.06 |       0    |
| 30        | UT of A & N Islands  |      0    |      0    |      1    |       0    |
| 31        | UT of Puducherry     |      0.99 |      1.5  |      1.5  |       0    |
| 32        | UT of Daman & Diu    |      0.5  |      0    |      0    |       0    |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0    |      0    |      0.25 |       0    |
| 34        | Delhi                |      0    |      0    |      0.25 |       0    |
| 35        | UT of Ladakh         |      0    |      0    |      0    |      10    |
|           | Total                |   1214.2  |   1430.09 |   1105.79 |     731.37 |

Details  of  the  State-wise  fund  released  under  National  Horticulture  Board  i.e.  Central Sector scheme of MIDH, during the last three years and the current financial year

| S. No.   | State /UTs        | Fund Released (Rs. in Lakhs)   | Fund Released (Rs. in Lakhs)   | Fund Released (Rs. in Lakhs)   | Fund Released (Rs. in Lakhs)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State /UTs        | 2017-18                        | 2018-19                        | 2019-20                        | 2020-21*                       |
| 1        | A & N Islands     | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00                           | 42.74                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 4        | Assam             | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 37.41                          | 0.00                           |
| 5        | Bihar             | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 6        | Chandigarh        | 21.41                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      | 44.17                          | 140.62                         | 162.53                         | 0.00                           |
| 8        | D & N Haveli      | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 9        | Daman & Diu       | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 10       | Delhi             | 150.34                         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 11       | Goa               | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 12       | Gujarat           | 206.26                         | 47.16                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 13       | Haryana           | 1542.69                        | 284.05                         | 191.07                         | 73.98                          |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh  | 273.25                         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 88.36                          |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 16       | Jharkhand         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 17       | Karnataka         | 2278.68                        | 647.24                         | 314.17                         | 0.00                           |
| 18       | Kerala            | 32.81                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 19       | Lakshadweep       | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh    | 646.67                         | 358.62                         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 21       | Maharashtra       | 1687.79                        | 2061.55                        | 277.97                         | 274.40                         |
| 22       | Manipur           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 23       | Meghalaya         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 24       | Mizoram           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 25       | Nagaland          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 26       | Odisha            | 219.96                         | 107.69                         | 45.21                          | 0.00                           |
| 27       | Pondicherry       | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 28       | Punjab            | 122.60                         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 38.80                          |
| 29       | Rajasthan         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 30       | Sikkim            | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu        | 1728.83                        | 603.50                         | 339.82                         | 322.20                         |
| 32       | Telangana         | 256.56                         | 64.32                          | 53.37                          | 0.00                           |
| 33       | Tripura           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh     | 425.53                         | 69.54                          | 27.19                          | 168.44                         |
| 35       | Uttrakhand        | 317.60                         | 74.69                          | 98.00                          | 24.47                          |
| 36       | West Bengal       | 0.00                           | 63.23                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
|          | Total             | 9955.14                        | 4564.93                        | 1546.74                        | 990.64                         |

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