Lok Sabha Question No. 1452 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Farming of Foreign Fruits
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1452

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  JULY, 2022

## FARMING OF FOREIGN FRUITS

## 1452.  SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

(a)  whether the Government has contemplated any scheme to promote the farming of foreign fruits in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the agricultural area and production, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  schemes  for  the production  of  plantation material related to these fruits and for extension of the agricultural areas thereof;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the assistance provided by the Government during the last three years, State/area-wise; and

(e) the details of other steps taken by the Government to reduce the dependency on the imports of foreign fruits in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a): Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme for the holistic development of horticulture in  the  country.  All  States/UTs  are  covered  under  MIDH.  Assistance  is  provided  under MIDH, for promotion of exotic/foreign fruits like Dragon fruit, Kiwi, Passion fruit etc. in the country.

(b): State/UT  wise  details  of  area  and  production  for  major  exotic/foreign  fruits  are given in Annexure I.

(c) & (d): Under  MIDH  assistance  is  provided  for  setting  up  new  hi-tech  nurseries, small  nurseries,  Tissue  Culture  (TC)  units  and  upgradation  of  existing  TC  units,  for production  and  distribution  of  good  quality  seeds  and  planting  material  of  fruit  crops including exotic/foreign fruit. Assistance is also provided for meeting the expenditure on planting material and cost of material for drip irrigation, trellies and INM/IPM etc. for area expansion of exotic/foreign fruits.

State-wise  details  of  the  assistance  provided  by  the  Government  under  MIDH scheme including  production  of  planting  material  and  area  expansion  of  exotic/foreign fruits during the last three years is at Annexure II.

(e): Apart from MIDH scheme, exotic/foreign fruits are also being promoted through Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana on specific project submitted by State Governments.

Annexure I

## State/UT wise details of area and production for major exotic/foreign fruits:

Area in '000 ha

Production in '000 MT

| Sl. No.          | STATES/UTs   |    Area* | Production*   |
|------------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
| 1 ARUNACHAL      | PRADESH 3.37 |     7.43 |               |
| 2 CHHATISGARH    | 0.78         |     7.61 |               |
| 3 HARYANA        | 0.17         |     3.08 |               |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | 10.23        |     2.53 | 4             |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR  | 0.55         |     2.94 | 5             |
| JHARKHAND        | 0.05         |     0.08 | 6             |
| 7 KARNATAKA      | 5.00         |    26    |               |
| KERALA           | 18.50        |   140.89 | 8             |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | 1134.58      | 12875.3  | 9             |
| MAHARASHTRA      | 1120.64      | 11638.3  | 10            |
| 11 MANIPUR       | 4.02         |    40.74 |               |
| MEGHALAYA        | 0.12         |     1.04 | 12            |
| 13 MIZORAM       | 3.63         |     4.53 |               |
| NAGALAND         | 6.49         |    17.05 | 14            |
| 15 SIKKIM        | 315.96       |   396.21 |               |
| 16 TAMIL NADU    | 74.18        |   519.12 |               |
| 17 TELANGANA     | 125.50       |  1625.31 |               |
| TOTAL            | 2823.76      | 27308.1  |               |

## Annexure II

State-wise details of the assistance (release) provided by the Government under MIDH  scheme  including  production  of  planting  material  and  area  expansion  of exotic/foreign fruits during the last three years

Rs. in Crore

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         |     79.38 |     95    |     50    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh      |     12.5  |      8    |      4.4  |
| 3        | Assam                  |     79.16 |     45    |     27    |
| 4        | Bihar                  |     15.15 |     15.87 |      9.6  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh           |     68.44 |     85    |     63    |
| 6        | Goa                    |      1.5  |      0    |      0.6  |
| 7        | Gujarat                |     63.5  |     30    |     87.18 |
| 8        | Haryana                |     64.91 |     89.32 |     46    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh       |     23.15 |     20    |     11    |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir        |     64.99 |     72.18 |     67.75 |
| 11       | Jharkhand              |     10    |     10    |      0    |
| 12       | Karnataka              |    107.4  |    113.66 |     54    |
| 13       | Kerala                 |     10    |     10    |     28    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh         |     25.99 |     27    |      0    |
| 15       | Maharashtra            |     82.35 |     63.5  |     18.63 |
| 16       | Manipur                |     26.5  |     25.3  |     10.94 |
| 17       | Meghalaya              |      9.1  |      7.25 |      8.6  |
| 18       | Mizoram                |     22.58 |     40    |      6.75 |
| 19       | Nagaland               |     23.6  |     26    |     11.7  |
| 20       | Orissa                 |     49    |     11    |     11    |
| 21       | Punjab                 |     10    |     22.5  |      8.22 |
| 22       | Rajasthan              |     25    |     30    |     10    |
| 23       | Sikkim                 |     22.84 |     19.85 |     10.93 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu             |     93.02 |    114.73 |     75    |
| 25       | Telangana              |      0    |     16.15 |      0    |
| 26       | Tripura                |     20    |     10    |      9    |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh          |     62.35 |     64.16 |     32    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand            |     22.32 |     45    |     22    |
| 29       | West Bengal            |      8.06 |     10    |      0    |
| 30       | A & N Islands          |      1    |      0.3  |      0.52 |
| 31       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   |      0.25 |      0    |      0    |
| 32       | Daman & Diu            |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 33       | Delhi                  |      0.25 |      0    |      0    |
| 34       | Lakshadweep            |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 35       | Puducherry             |      1.5  |      1.4  |      0    |
| 36       | Ladakh                 |      0    |     15    |     25.82 |
|          | Total                  |   1105.79 |   1143.17 |    709.64 |

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