Lok Sabha Question No. 379 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Mango Development Board and MSP for Mango
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.379

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## MANGO DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND MSP FOR MANGO

*379.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR YADAV:

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

(a) whether India is the leading mango producing country in the world, if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  constitute  'Mango  Development  Board'  for scientific production, marketing, export, research and value addition of mango;

(c) if so, the present status of its constitution along with the proposed area of work in this regard; and

(d) whether the Government proposes to include various traditional and scientific varieties of mango under the MSP list so as to ensure stable income and financial security for the mango producers, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

(a): India is the largest producer of mango in the world with production of 228.37 Lakh Tonnes (2 nd  estimate 2024-25) , which is around 40-45 percent of world mango production. The details of area and production of mango for the last five years are given at Annexure.

(b) & (c): There is no such proposal for establishment of Mango Board. However, Government  of  India  is  focusing  on  scientific  cultivation  &  research  of  mango, marketing  &  export  and  value  addition.  Under  this,  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare, Government of India implements Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in all states and Union Territories which offers a holistic approach  for  development  of  horticulture  crops including  mango  for production of quality planting material, area expansion, Post-harvest Management, Primary processing and creation of Marketing Infrastructure etc. Assistance is also provided for establishment of packhouses and infrastructures for promotion of export by MIDH, National Horticulture Board (NHB), Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) and Agricultural & Processed  Food  Products  Export Development  Authority (APEDA). Besides this, other flagship programmes like Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojna, RKVY- Per drop more crop under the Ministry directly or indirectly supports the promotion and development of  mango in the country.

Further,  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  has  dedicated organizations for research and development related to mango viz. Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture (CISH), Lucknow, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR),  Bengaluru  and  Indian  Agricultural  Research  Institute  (IARI),  which  have developed various varieties for commercial cultivation in India. Currently, ICAR is also running 23 All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) Centre in mango. Along with ICAR, State Agricultural Universities are also engaged in research work related to production, post-harvest management & value addition in mango.

(d):  The  Government  fixes  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  for  twenty-two  (22) mandated crops based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP). The Mango crop is not included among these twenty-two (22) mandated crops.

However,  to provide remunerative price to the farmers,  Government implements Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), a component under Pradhan Mantri

Annadata Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), for procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities, which are perishable in nature and are not covered under the  Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS).  The  objective  of  intervention  is  to  protect  the growers of these commodities from making distress sale in the event of a bumper crop  during  the  peak  arrival  period  when  the  prices  tend  to  fall  below  economic levels. The scheme is implemented at the request of a State/ Union Territory (UT) government, which is ready to bear 50 percent of the loss (25 percent in case of North-Eastern States), if any, incurred on its implementation.

Government has introduced a new component of Price Differential Payment (PDP)  under  Market  Intervention  Scheme  (MIS)  from  2024-25  season  for  direct payment of the price difference between the Market Intervention Price (MIP) and the selling price to the farmers of perishable crops. States/ UTs have an option to choose either to do physical procurement of the crop or to make the differential payment between the MIP & Sale Price to the farmers. Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare approves procurement of Mangoes at Market Intervention Price (MIP) under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) on the request of States/UTs when the market prices fall below the MIP.

Details of area and production of mango for the last five years in India

|           | Area in '000 Ha   | Area in '000 Ha   | Area in '000 Ha   | Area in '000 Ha   | Area in '000 Ha   | Area in '000 Ha           |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| Crop name | 2019-20           | 2020-21           | 2021-22           | 2022-23           | 2023-24           | 2024-25 ( second advance) |
| Mango     | 22.94             | 23.17             | 23.50             | 23.46             | 23.96             | 23.93                     |

|           | Production in '000 MT   | Production in '000 MT   | Production in '000 MT   | Production in '000 MT   | Production in '000 MT   | Production in '000 MT     |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
| Crop name | 2019-20                 | 2020-21                 | 2021-22                 | 2022-23                 | 2023-24                 | 2024-25 ( second advance) |
| Mango     | 203.17                  | 203.86                  | 207.72                  | 208.72                  | 223.98                  | 228.37                    |

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