Lok Sabha Question No. 2069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Promotion of Horticulture and Floriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajveer Diler

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2069

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 ST  AUGUST, 2023

## PROMOTION OF HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE

## 2069. SHRI RAJVEER DILER:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote Horticulture and Floriculture; and

(b) the details of funds utilized for promotion of Horticulture and Floriculture during the last three years and the current year, State-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (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 and floriculture 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.

## Annexure-I

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             |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24* |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |     95    |     50    |     50    |       0    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      8    |      4.4  |      9    |       0    |
| 3         | Assam             |     45    |     27    |     27    |       0    |
| 4         | Bihar             |     15.87 |      9.6  |     15    |       0    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |     85    |     63    |     60    |       0    |
| 6         | Goa               |      0    |      0.6  |      0.6  |       0    |
| 7         | Gujarat           |     30    |     87.18 |     20.5  |      19.68 |
| 8         | Haryana           |     89.32 |     46    |     32.4  |      19.2  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |     20    |     11    |     17.5  |       0    |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |     72.18 |     67.75 |     34.25 |       0    |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |     10    |      0    |      0    |       0    |
| 12        | Karnataka         |    113.66 |     54    |     78.83 |      25.92 |
| 13        | Kerala            |     10    |     28    |     21    |       0    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |     27    |      0    |     22    |       0    |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |     63.5  |     18.63 |     63    |       0    |
| 16        | Manipur           |     25.3  |     10.94 |     13    |       0    |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |      7.25 |      8.6  |      7.84 |       6.25 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |     40    |      6.75 |     15.99 |      10    |
| 19        | Nagaland          |     26    |     11.7  |     15    |       0    |
| 20        | Orissa            |     11    |     11    |     20.5  |       9.84 |
| 21        | Punjab            |     22.5  |      8.22 |     15.55 |       0    |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |     30    |     10    |     19.5  |       0    |
| 23        | Sikkim            |     19.85 |     10.93 |     16.87 |       7.03 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |    114.73 |     75    |    102.4  |       0    |
| 25        | Telangana         |     16.15 |      0    |      4.74 |       0    |
| 26        | Tripura           |     10    |      9    |     14.77 |       0    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |     64.16 |     32    |     44.64 |      14.4  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |     45    |     22    |     34.25 |       0    |
| 29        | West Bengal       |     10    |      0    |     17.25 |       0    |
| 30        | A & N Islands     |      0.3  |      0.53 |      0.53 |       0    |
| 31        | Puducherry        |      1.4  |      0    |      0.7  |       0    |
| 32        | Ladakh            |     15    |     25.82 |     26.25 |       0    |
|           | Total             |   1143.17 |    709.65 |    820.86 |     112.32 |

*as on 26.07.2023

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        | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                        | 2023-24*                       |
| 1        | A & N Islands     | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 18.36                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 4        | Assam             | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 5        | Bihar             | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 6        | Chandigarh        | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      | 27.03                          | 126.30                         | 162.40                         | 25.70                          |
| 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             | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 11       | Goa               | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 12       | Gujarat           | 20.30                          | 243.75                         | 162.50                         | 0.00                           |
| 13       | Haryana           | 73.98                          | 106.67                         | 51.74                          | 0.00                           |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh  | 88.36                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 16       | Jharkhand         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 17       | Karnataka         | 319.90                         | 218.23                         | 426.37                         | 163.96                         |
| 18       | Kerala            | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 19       | Lakshadweep       | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.00                           | 99.98                          | 78.72                          | 26.10                          |
| 21       | Maharashtra       | 394.37                         | 359.67                         | 611.31                         | 103.67                         |
| 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            | 63.74                          | 69.49                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 27       | Pondicherry       | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 28       | Punjab            | 38.80                          | 21.89                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 29       | Rajasthan         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 33.62                          | 0.00                           |
| 30       | Sikkim            | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu        | 322.20                         | 0.00                           | 540.35                         | 151.35                         |
| 32       | Telangana         | 25.16                          | 0.00                           | 115.34                         | 56.00                          |
| 33       | Tripura           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh     | 168.44                         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 35       | Uttrakhand        | 24.47                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 36       | West Bengal       | 102.95                         | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
|          | Total             | 1688.04                        | 1245.97                        | 2182.34                        | 526.78                         |

* as on 27.07.2023

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