Lok Sabha Question No. 1598 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Agricultural Export Zone
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1598 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th JULY,2021

## AGRICULTURAL EXPORT ZONE

## 1598. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified any Agricultural Export Zone, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the  Government  has  implemented  the  scheme  in  the  past,  if  so,  the  details thereof and experiences from the implementation of the same;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  provided  for  qualifying  conditions  for  any  area  to  be recognised as an Agricultural Export Zone and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has any plans to provide special focus on agricultural export zones  by  identifying  potential  zones  and  providing  support  for  infrastructure  and logistical needs of the zone and if so, the details thereof and if not, reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a & b): The concept of Agricultural Export Zones (AEZs) was introduced in 2001 to promote export of produce from contiguous areas and adoption of end to end approach for integration of activities across the entire supply chain. 60 AEZs were notified by the Government having a time span of 5 years from the date of notification. Details may be seen at Annexure-I. Based on the recommendations of a peer group review in 2005, it was decided not to consider approval of any new AEZ unless  there  are  strong  compelling  reasons.  No  new AEZ  has  been  notified  by  the Govt. after 2005 and all the notified AEZs have completed their intended time span of 5 years.

(c &  d): At  present  there  are  no AEZs  in  existence.  However, the Agriculture  Export  Policy (AEP), brought out by the Government in 2018 aims at promoting agriculture exports at state and district  levels.  The  Government  has  introduced  several  schemes  such  as  the  One-District  OneProduct (ODOP) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; cluster development under the Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; and the District as Export Hub Scheme of the Department of Commerce,  which  aim  at  providing  support  for  infrastructure  and  logistical  needs  for  quality production and export of agriculture and processed food products at district levels.

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## ANNEXURE-I

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

| State                                  |   S No | AEZ Project                | 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, MedakAnanthapur 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, 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.                                                                                         |

| State              |   S No | AEZ Project           | Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|--------------------|--------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra (8)    |     27 | Mango (Alphonso)      | Districts of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigarh and Thane.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Maharashtra (8)    |     28 | Kesar Mango           | Districts of Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Ahmednagar and Latur.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Maharashtra (8)    |     29 | Flowers               | Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Sangli.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra (8)    |     30 | Onions                | Districts of Nasik, Ahmednagar, Pune Satara, Jalgaon and Solapur.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra (8)    |     31 | Pomegranate           | Districts of Solapur, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Pune Nasik, Latur, Osmanabad.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Maharashtra (8)    |     32 | Banana                | Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, Buldhana, Wardha, Parbhani, Hindoli, Nanded.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Maharashtra (8)    |     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.                                                                                                                                                                                               |

| State             |   S No | AEZ Project                      | Districts                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------------------|--------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |     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. 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.                                                                                                        |

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