Lok Sabha Question No. 3760 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Protected Cultivation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Ranjeeta Koli, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Devji Mansingram Patel, Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3760

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  DECEMBER, 2021

## PROTECTED CULTIVATION

3760.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL: SHRI BALAK NATH:

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

- (a)  whether the Government is promoting protected cultivation in the country;
- (b)  if so, the details of the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c)  the details of the areas covered under protected cultivation in the country during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) & (b): Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is being implemented in all States/UTs for holistic development of horticulture in the country. Under MIDH,  assistance  is  provided  for  the  promotion  of  protected  cultivation  through  various interventions. Details of the components are as under:
- (c): State-wise  details  of  the  areas  covered  under  protected  cultivation  under  MIDH during the last three years are Annexed.

| Name of the Component    | Pattern of Assistance               | maximum area per beneficiary   |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Green House Structure    | 50% of the maximum permissible cost | 4000 sq. m.                    |
| Walk in tunnels          | 50% of the maximum permissible cost | 4000 sq. m.                    |
| Plastic Tunnels          | 50% of the maximum permissible cost | 1000 sq. m.                    |
| Anti Bird/Anti Hail Nets | 50% of the maximum permissible cost | 5000 sq. m.                    |
| Plastic Mulching         | 50% of the maximum permissible cost | 2 ha                           |

## State-wise details of the areas covered under protected cultivation under MIDH during the last three years

Unit  = Ha.

| S. No.   | State             | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |   2020-21 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 5346      | 3602      |      5142 |
| 2        | Bihar             | 992       | 257       |       102 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh      | 10993     | 6214      |      3666 |
| 4        | Goa               | 18        | 3         |         3 |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 2423      | 2688      |      3075 |
| 6        | Haryana           | 699       | 1034      |      1374 |
| 7        | Jharkhand         | 135       | 2         |        18 |
| 8        | Karnataka         | 5929      | 3296      |      4152 |
| 9        | Kerala            | 27        | 2         |        62 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    | 548       | 308       |       222 |
| 11       | Maharashtra       | 779       | 935       |       144 |
| 12       | Odisha            | 924       | 35        |       688 |
| 13       | Puducherry        | 4         | 8         |        17 |
| 14       | Punjab            | 65        | 67        |       128 |
| 15       | Rajasthan         | 840       | 1142      |      2611 |
| 16       | Tamilnadu         | 2213      | 2272      |      2114 |
| 17       | Telangana         | 1522      | 470       |       661 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh     | 94        | 97        |        83 |
| 19       | West Bengal       | 39        | 9         |       134 |
| 20       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1132      | 215       |         0 |
| 21       | Assam             | 1622      | 1728      |      1418 |
| 22       | Himachal Pradesh  | 100       | 58        |        19 |
| 23       | Jammu and Kashmir | 27        | 0         |         0 |
| 24       | Ladakh            |           |           |        14 |
| 25       | Manipur           | 644       | 11        |        63 |
| 26       | Meghalaya         | 7         | 99        |       115 |
| 27       | Mizoram           | 0         | 86        |        35 |
| 28       | Nagaland          | 19        | 18        |         5 |
| 29       | Sikkim            | 54        | 45        |       150 |
| 30       | Tripura           | 0         | 7         |         0 |
| 31       | Uttarakhand       | 411       | 992       |       201 |
|          | Total             | 37607     | 25702     |     26417 |

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