Lok Sabha Question No. 3510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: Poly-Houses for Agricultural Activities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & COOPERATION

**LOK  SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3510**

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH AUGUST, 2015

**POLY- HOUSES FOR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES**

3510.	 SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE 	      कृषि मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether the Government has formulated any comprehensive plan to launch schemes to make the poly-houses for agricultural activities popular especially amongst small farmers to uplift their economic condition and to reduce dependence on                                             non-agricultural professions forcing them to migrate to cities and town from their respective villages;

(b) 	if so, the details thereof along with the financial assistance provided by the Government to various States during the last three years and current year, State-wise;

(c) 	whether the Government has any proposal to make available technological skill to the farmers desirous of undertaking agricultural activities using poly-houses; and

(d)	 if so, the details thereof ?

### 1 ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

कृषि मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री     (SHRI MOHANBHAI  KUNDARIA)

(a) & (b):	 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is being implemented in all states/UTs during XII Plan and provides assistance for protected cultivation through Green House structures/poly houses. For Fan & Pad and Naturally ventilated system Green house (Tubular structure), assistance is provided @ 50% of cost for a maximum area of 4000 sq. mtrs. per beneficiary.  For wooden and bamboo structure green house, assistance is provided @ 50% of cost limited to 20 units per beneficiary and each unit not exceeding 200 sq. m. Assistance for protected cultivation is also being provided under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).

Statement indicating State wise assistance provided under MIDH during the last three years and current year, for Protected Cultivation is given at **Annexure** .

(c) & (d):	 Under the HRD programme under MIDH, training of farmers, entrepreneurs, field level workers and officials is envisaged, including for protected cultivation,

Further, 22 Precision Farming Development Centres (PFDCs) have been established in the country to standardize precision farming, promote use of various plasticulture technologies and to provide training & awareness programmes. Farmers are also provided technical literature and information about financial assistance under the scheme in local languages.

|                                                                                                                                     |                   |                   |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | **Annexure**                                  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| **Statement indicating State wise and Year wise assistance provided for Green House under Protected Cultivation component of MIDH** |                   |                   |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |
|                                                                                                                                     |                   |                   |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | Rs. in lakh                                   |
| **S. No.**                                                                                                                          |                   | **State**         | **2012-13**                            |                                               | **2013-14**                            |                                               | **2014-15**                            |                                               | **2015-16**                            |                                               |
|                                                                                                                                     |                   |                   | **Green House (Fan & Pad System)** | **Green House (Naturally Ventilated System)** | **Green House (Fan & Pad System)** | **Green House (Naturally Ventilated System)** | **Green House (Fan & Pad System)** | **Green House (Naturally Ventilated System)** | **Green House (Fan & Pad System)** | **Green House (Naturally Ventilated System)** |
| **NHM States**                                                                                                                      |                   |                   |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh    | Andhra Pradesh    |                                        | 476.86                                        |                                        | 894.10                                        |                                        | 562.66                                        |                                        | 222.50                                        |
| 2                                                                                                                                   | Bihar             | Bihar             |                                        | 317.91                                        |                                        | 337.77                                        |                                        | 158.95                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh      | Chhattisgarh      | 124.53                                 | 198.79                                        | 186.79                                 | 178.82                                        | 28.05                                  | 225.25                                        |                                        | 26.50                                         |
| 4                                                                                                                                   | Goa               | Goa               |                                        | 9.93                                          |                                        | 79.48                                         |                                        |                                               |                                        | 46.75                                         |
| 5                                                                                                                                   | Gujarat           | Gujarat           |                                        | 4425.56                                       | 261.20                                 | 5035.93                                       | 19.47                                  | 1306.45                                       |                                        |                                               |
| 6                                                                                                                                   | Haryana           | Haryana           |                                        | 4193.95                                       |                                        | 3288.70                                       |                                        | 2535.83                                       |                                        | 762.11                                        |
| 7                                                                                                                                   | Jharkhand         | Jharkhand         | 49.81                                  | 15.90                                         |                                        | 7.95                                          | 321.57                                 | 116.68                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                                   | Karnataka         | Karnataka         |                                        | 1134.55                                       | 31.13                                  | 1033.18                                       |                                        | 2181.47                                       |                                        | 949.50                                        |
| 9                                                                                                                                   | Kerala            | Kerala            | 993.44                                 |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 1337.25                                       |                                        |                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh    | Madhya Pradesh    | 68.49                                  | 516.59                                        |                                        | 1192.13                                       |                                        | 442.09                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 11                                                                                                                                  | Maharashtra       | Maharashtra       |                                        | 1492.14                                       |                                        | 1135.50                                       |                                        | 688.99                                        |                                        | 584.36                                        |
| 12                                                                                                                                  | Odisha            | Odisha            |                                        | 308.64                                        | 24.90                                  | 397.38                                        |                                        | 177.61                                        |                                        | 208.95                                        |
| 13                                                                                                                                  | Punjab            | Punjab            | 211.68                                 | 223.72                                        | 217.92                                 | 516.59                                        | 302.80                                 | 766.38                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 14                                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan         | Rajasthan         |                                        | 158.95                                        |                                        | 596.06                                        |                                        | 511.91                                        |                                        | 161.69                                        |
| 15                                                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu        | Tamil Nadu        |                                        | 953.06                                        |                                        | 1939.53                                       |                                        | 1898.35                                       |                                        | 1285.63                                       |
| 16                                                                                                                                  | Telangana         | Telangana         |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 783.28                                        |                                        | 414.33                                        |
| 17                                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh     | Uttar Pradesh     | 735.14                                 |                                               |                                        | 405.32                                        | 397.40                                 | 804.75                                        |                                        | 247.78                                        |
| 18                                                                                                                                  | West Bengal       | West Bengal       |                                        | 143.23                                        |                                        |                                               |                                        | 252.00                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 24                                                                                                                                  | Andaman & Nicobar | Andaman & Nicobar |                                        | 33.58                                         |                                        | 29.07                                         |                                        | 10.00                                         |                                        | 56.10                                         |
| 25                                                                                                                                  | Puducherry        | Puducherry        | 17.43                                  |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 23.84                                         |                                        |                                               |
| **HMNEH States**                                                                                                                    |                   |                   |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 197.34                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                                   | Assam             | Assam             |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 304.75                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                   | Manipur           | Manipur           |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 630.7                                         |                                        | 345.65                                        |
| 4                                                                                                                                   | Meghalaya         | Meghalaya         |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 254.17                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                                   | Mizoram           | Mizoram           |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 529.8                                         |                                        | 60.95                                         |
| 6                                                                                                                                   | Nagaland          | Nagaland          |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 356.56                                        |                                        | 249.9                                         |
| 7                                                                                                                                   | Sikkim            | Sikkim            |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 504.35                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                                   | Tripura           | Tripura           |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 109.2                                         |                                        | 62.28                                         |
| 9                                                                                                                                   | Jammu & Kashmir   | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               |                                        | 444.7                                         |                                        |                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh  | Himachal Pradesh  |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               | 100.98                                 | 509.76                                        |                                        | 414.91                                        |
| 11                                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand       | Uttarakhand       |                                        |                                               |                                        |                                               | 14.2                                   | 492.28                                        |                                        | 547.5                                         |

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