Lok Sabha Question No. 3629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Clean Plant Programme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma, Dr. Rani Srikumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3629

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## CLEAN PLANT PROGRAMME

## 3629.  SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA :

## DR RANI SRIKUMAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  approved  the  Clean  Plant  Programme  (CPP)  under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH);
- (b) if  so,  whether  this  program  aims  to  improve  the  country's  horticulture  sector  by providing farmers access to high- quality, virus-free planting material and will help increase their crop yields, improved taste, appearance and nutritional value for crops through setting up nine world-class state-of-art clean part centres across the country.
- (c) if so, whether the Government has any proposal to set up a clean plant centre in the Khajuraho of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu under the CPP and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  details  of  regarding  the  places  and  the  criteria  based  on  which  the  places  have been selected for establishing the Clean Plant Centres (CPC); and
- (e) whether the Government plans to expand the program to other state, including Tamil Nadu which alone contributes around 7-8 percent of horticultural production of country, in the near future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a): Yes, Sir.
- (b): Yes, Sir.
- (c)  &  (d):  No  Sir,  however,  based  on  the  criteria  of  severity  of  disease  (spread), availability of diagnostic methodology, consumer demand projection, current production,  commercial  nursery  request  and  commercial  benefits  following  location has  been  identified  for  establishment  of  Clean  Plant  Centres  in  the  country  under Clean Plant Programme.
- (e): The benefit of the Clean Plant Programme (CPP) will be made available to all the  farmers  in  the  country  engaged  in  farming  of  selected  fruits  crops  including Tamil Nadu through the network of accredited nurseries under the CPP.

|   Sr. No. | Location of the Clean Plant Centre                                                                | Proposed Target Crops                                  |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | National Research Center for Grapes (NRCG), Pune, Maharashtra                                     | Grapes                                                 |
|         2 | Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture (CITH), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir (without ADB Loan) | Apple, Almond, Walnut, Berries, other Temperate fruits |
|         3 | Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH), Lucknow Uttar Pradesh                      | Mango, Guava, Litchi                                   |
|         4 | Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture (CITH), Mukteshwar, Uttrakhand                       | Apple, Almond, Walnut, Berries, other Temperate fruits |
|         5 | Central Citrus Research Institute (CCRI), Nagpur, Maharashtra                                     | Citrus                                                 |
|         6 | National Research Center on Pomegranate (NRCP), Solapur, Maharashtra                              | Pomegranate                                            |
|         7 | Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore, Karnataka                           | Mango, Guava, Dragon fruit, Avocado                    |
|         8 | Central Institute of Arid Horticulture (CIAH), Bikaner, Rajasthan                                 | Citrus                                                 |
|         9 | ICAR-East India Horticulture Center, CISH RS, Malda, West Bengal                                  | Tropical and Subtropical fruit Crops                   |

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