Lok Sabha Question No. 441 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: National Horticulture Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.441

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  19 TH  JULY, 2016

## NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION

441.   SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE   ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण

½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  districts  covered  under  the  National  Horticulture  Mission across the country, details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  expand  the  National  Horticulture Mission to the remaining districts as well , if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received a representation from the State Government of Tamil Nadu in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a):   A total of three hundred and eighty four (384) districts under National Horticulture Mission  (NHM)  are  covered  in  23  States/UTs.  State-wise  number  of  districts  covered under NHM is at Annexure-A.
- (b) to (d): No such proposal is under consideration. However, references from Tamil Nadu state government have been received requesting for inclusion of all districts of the state under NHM.

On this issue consistent view of the department is that while finalizing/identifying districts for inclusion under NHM,  a  cluster approach for developing potential horticultural crops while ensuring backward and forwarded linkages was adopted. The selection of the district was decided on the comparative advantage of crops based on agro  climatic  conditions,  potential  for  developing  marketing  opportunities  were  taken into consideration. No new districts are being added as this may result in thinning out of already limited resources.

However, there is a provision under NHM scheme for setting up of infrastructure units relating to post harvest management, marketing and other project based activities in non NHM districts, provided there is a clear linkage of the units with the horticulture produce. Apart from this, activities for development of horticulture in non-NHM districts can be carried out under other Government schemes like Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

(RKVY)  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA), Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) etc.

Above view of the department was conveyed to the state government.

## Annexure-A

Statement  showing  State  wise  Districts  covered  under  National  Horticulture  Mission under MIDH.

| Sl.No.   | Name of States/UTs   | No. of Districts   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar    | Two (2)            |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       | Eleven (11)        |
| 3        | Bihar                | Twenty Three (23)  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh         | Nineteen (19)      |
| 5        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | One (1)            |
| 6        | Delhi                | One (1)            |
| 7        | Goa                  | Two (2)            |
| 8        | Gujarat              | Fifteen (15)       |
| 9        | Haryana              | Eighteen (18)      |
| 10       | Jharkhand            | Seventeen (17)     |
| 11       | Karnataka            | Thirty (30)        |
| 12       | Kerala               | Fourteen (14)      |
| 13       | Lakshadweep          | One (1)            |
| 14       | Maharashtra          | Thirty Three (33)  |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       | Thirty Nine (39)   |
| 16       | Odisha               | Twenty Four (24)   |
| 17       | Punjab               | Eighteen (18)      |
| 18       | Puducherry           | Four (4)           |
| 19       | Rajasthan            | Twenty Four (24)   |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu           | Twenty (20)        |
| 21       | Telengana            | Nine (9)           |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh        | Forty Five (45)    |
| 23       | West Bengal          | Fourteen (14)      |
| Total:   |                      | 384                |

Note:  Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH):  All the districts of North-Eastern and three Himalayan States namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir are covered under HMNEH scheme.

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