Lok Sabha Question No. 280 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Assistance under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 280

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022

## ASSISTANCE UNDER MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE

* 280.     SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state: (a)    the  details  of  major  components  under  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of Horticulture; (b)    the  names  of  the  States  along  with  the  areas  in  which  the  mission  is  being implemented; (c)      whether  the  Government  has  given  assistance/  subsidy  to  farmers  to  take  up  the programme during the last three years; (d)   if  so, the details thereof and the criteria fixed for providing such assistance/subsidy under the said mission; (e)   whether there is any provision to review such assistance from time to time with a view to double the income of farmers; (f)    if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(g)    the manner/ways in which the Government will double the income of farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR) (a) to (g):    A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (g)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  280 DUE FOR REPLY ON 22 nd  MARCH, 2022.

- (a): Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented from 2014-15 for holistic development of horticulture in  the country, covering  fruits,  vegetables,  root  and  tuber  crops,  mushrooms,  spices,  flowers,  aromatic plants, coconut, cashew and  cocoa.
- Details of the major components under MIDH are as under: i) Setting up of nurseries, tissue culture units for production of quality seed and planting material. ii) Area expansion i.e. Establishment of new orchards and gardens for fruits, vegetables, and flowers. iii) Rejuvenation of unproductive, old, and senile orchards. iv) Protected cultivation, i.e. poly-house, green-house, etc, to improve the productivity & grow off season high value vegetables and flowers. v) Organic farming and certification. vi) Creation of water resources structures. vii) Bee-keeping for pollination. viii) Horticulture Mechanization. ix)        Creation of Post Harvest Management Infrastructure. ix) Training of farmers.
- (b):      All States and UTs are covered under MIDH. MIDH scheme is being implemented in all  the  districts  of  North  Eastern  and  Himalayan  States  and  384  indentified  districts  of  the States other than North Eastern and Himalayan States. Details of the identified districts other than North Eastern and Himalayan States are as under:

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| Sl. No.   | Name of States/UTs   | No. of Districts*               |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar    | Two (2)                         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh       | Eleven (11)                     |
| 3         | Bihar                | Twenty Three (23)               |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         | Nineteen (19)                   |
| 5         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | One (1)                         |
| 6         | Delhi                | One (1)                         |
| 7         | Goa                  | Two (2)                         |
| 8         | Gujarat              | Fifteen (15)                    |
| 9         | Haryana              | Eighteen (18)                   |
| 10        | Jharkhand            | Seventeen (17)                  |
| 11        | Karnataka            | Thirty (30)                     |
| 12        | Kerala               | Fourteen (14)                   |
| 13        | Lakshadweep          | One (1)                         |
| 14        | Maharashtra          | Thirty Three (33)               |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | Thirty Nine (39)                |
| 16        | Odisha               | Twenty Four (24)                |
| 17        | Punjab               | Eighteen (18)                   |
| 18        | Puducherry           | Four (4)                        |
| 19        | Rajasthan            | Twenty Four (24)                |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu           | Twenty (20)                     |
| 21        | Telangana            | Nine (9)                        |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh        | Forty Five (45)                 |
| 23        | West Bengal          | Fourteen (14)                   |
| Total     |                      | Three Hundred Eighty Four (384) |

(c) & (d): Under  MIDH  scheme,  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers'  Welfare allocates funds to State Horticulture Missions and not to the farmers directly. The State Horticulture  Missions  in  turn  provide  the  financial  assistance  to  farmers/beneficiaries based  upon  the  approved  Annual  Action  Plan.  However,  under  MIDH,  States  are directed     to pay    due attention for    earmarking specific  targets for Scheduled Caste,

Scheduled Tribe and Women beneficiaries. As an inbuilt provision under MIDH scheme, higher  rates  of  subsidy  have  been  envisaged  for  taking  up  activities  like  creation  of infrastructure  for  post  harvest  management  of  horticulture  produce  along  with  area expansion by beneficiaries in the North Eastern States,  Himalayan States, Tribal Sub Plan areas, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands.

State-wise details of the assistance/subsidy released under MIDH during the last three years are as under:

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| Sl. No.   | State/UT             |   2018-19 (GoI Share) |   2019-20 (GoI Share) |   2020-21 (GoI Share) |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                102.93 |                 79.38 |                 95    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                 20    |                 12.5  |                  8    |
| 3         | Assam                |                 56    |                 79.16 |                 45    |
| 4         | Bihar                |                 19    |                 15.15 |                 15.87 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                102.25 |                 68.44 |                 85    |
| 6         | Goa                  |                  2.87 |                  1.5  |                  0    |
| 7         | Gujarat              |                 95.25 |                 63.5  |                 30    |
| 8         | Haryana              |                 71.6  |                 64.91 |                 89.32 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     |                 23.75 |                 23.15 |                 20    |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                110    |                 64.99 |                 72.18 |
| 11        | Jharkhand            |                  9.5  |                 10    |                 10    |
| 12        | Karnataka            |                115.58 |                107.4  |                113.66 |
| 13        | Kerala               |                 12.5  |                 10    |                 10    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       |                 31.76 |                 25.99 |                 27    |
| 15        | Maharashtra          |                107    |                 82.35 |                 63.5  |
| 16        | Manipur              |                 25.5  |                 26.5  |                 25.3  |
| 17        | Meghalaya            |                 21    |                  9.1  |                  7.25 |
| 18        | Mizoram              |                 25    |                 22.58 |                 40    |
| 19        | Nagaland             |                 27    |                 23.6  |                 26    |
| 20        | Orissa               |                 21    |                 49    |                 11    |
| 21        | Punjab               |                 35.5  |                 10    |                 22.5  |
| 22        | Rajasthan            |                 52    |                 25    |                 30    |
| 23        | Sikkim               |                 22    |                 22.84 |                 19.85 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           |                 79    |                 93.02 |                114.73 |
| 25        | Telangana            |                  5    |                  0    |                 16.15 |
| 26        | Tripura              |                 12    |                 20    |                 10    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        |                 62.57 |                 62.35 |                 64.16 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          |                 40    |                 22.32 |                 45    |
| 29        | West Bengal          |                 15    |                  8.06 |                 10    |
| 30        | A & N Islands        |                  0    |                  1    |                  0.3  |
| 31        | Puducherry           |                  1.5  |                  1.5  |                  1.4  |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                  0    |                  0.25 |                  0    |
| 33        | Daman & Diu          |                  0    |                  0    |                  0    |
| 34        | Delhi                |                  0    |                  0.25 |                  0    |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          |                  0    |                  0    |                  0    |
| 36        | Ladakh               |                  0    |                  0    |                 15    |
|           | Total                |               1249.06 |               1105.79 |               1143.17 |

Note:  -  During  2018-19,  Rs.75.00  crore  and  during  2020-21,  Rs.57.18  crore  was  released  for Prime Minister's Development Package 2015 for J & K.

(e)  &  (f):          Assistance/subsidy  under  the  scheme  are  reviewed/revised  while  seeking extension  for  implementation  of  the  scheme  from  the  Expenditure  Finance  Committee (EFC) under Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India. MIDH in its current form, wherein all the different   horticultural   missions/schemes were subsumed under it, was launched in April, 2014 till  the  expiry  of  12th  Five  year  plan  period  i.e.  upto  31.03.2017.  The scheme  was further approved for continuation till 31.3.2022, without any change in the cost norms.

MIDH scheme as part of Krishonnati Yojna has now been extended for implementation till September 2022 with existing cost norms.

- (g):          The  Government  has  adopted  several  developmental  programmes,  schemes, reforms  and  policies  that  focus  on  higher  incomes  for  the  farmers.  All  these  policies  & programmes are being supported by higher budgetary allocations, non-budgetary financial resources such as creating Corpus Funds like Micro Irrigation Fund etc. There have been several reforms to unleash the potential, e.g. Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture). Under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana  (RKVY),  a  component  called  'Innovation  and  AgriEntrepreneurship  Development'  was  launched  in  2018-19  with  an  objective  to  promote innovation  and  agri-entrepreneurship  by  providing  financial  support  and  nurturing  the incubation  ecosystem  for  encouraging  start-ups.  Under  Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  special attention  is  being  paid  for  creation  of  infrastructure  for  which  'Agri  Infrastructure  Fund (AIF) has been created with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore. Other special initiatives include Supplementary  Income  transfers  under  PM-KISAN;  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojna (PMFBY); Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY); Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi Crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production, Bee-Keeping; Rashtriya Gokul Mission; Blue Revolution; Interest Subvention  Scheme;  Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  that  now  offers  production  loan  to  even dairy  & fishery farmers besides agricultural crops etc. The adoption of Drone technologies

in  agriculture  has  a  potential  to revolutionize the Indian agriculture and ensure country's food  security.  In  order  to  make  Drone  technology  affordable  to  the  farmers  and  other stakeholders of this sector, financial assistance @ 100 % cost of drone together with the contingent expenditure is extended to ICAR/SAU/ State governments/ State government Institutions under Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) for its demonstration on the farmer's fields.

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