Lok Sabha Question No. 428 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-02
Subject: Projects Approved under MIDH in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 428

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 ND  December, 2025

## PROJECTS APPROVED UNDER MIDH IN ANDHRA PRADESH

428: SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

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

(a)  the  details  regarding  the  project  proposals  received  and  approved  for  various subcomponents of the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, State and districtwise for Andhra Pradesh; (b)  the  number  of  projects  approved  under  each  of  these  sub-components  in  Andhra Pradesh, along with the funds sanctioned, released and utilised, year-wise for the past five years; (c) the number of farmers benefitted under each sub-component, year, State and districtwise for Andhra Pradesh; and (d) the area expanded under horticulture cultivation through the above  scheme interventions, State-wise?

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## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR) (a): During 2025-26, a total of 71 project proposals have been received and approved at district level. District-wise details of the project proposals are placed at Annexure I . (b):  Details  of  the  projects  approved under each of sub-components in Andhra Pradesh, along with the funds sanctioned, released and utilised, for the past five years is placed at Annexure II . (c): Details of the number of farmers benefited under project-based components and districtwise for Andhra Pradesh during the last five years is placed at Annexure III . (d):  State-wise details of area expanded under Horticulture cultivation through the above scheme interventions during the last five years is as under:

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |  13914    |  14092    |     10799 |  11919    |      8281 |
| 2         | Bihar               |   6662    |   3661    |      4780 |   2021    |      3596 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh        |  14767    |  14430    |     16704 |  14739    |     26918 |
| 4         | Goa                 |    204    |     11    |       152 |     96    |       178 |
| 5         | Gujarat             |  15551    |  12278    |     10454 |   7526    |     12500 |
| 6         | Haryana             |  15803    |   9227    |      3564 |   5588    |      2197 |
| 7         | Jharkhand           |   6191    |      0    |         0 |      0    |      3290 |
| 8         | Karnataka           |   8725    |   5887    |      2070 |   4931    |     31263 |
| 9         | Kerala              |   5746    |   3431    |      3245 |   4999    |      6545 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh      |    250    |  10523    |      6246 |   6590    |     17392 |
| 11        | Maharashtra         |    255    |     33    |       759 |   1789    |      3094 |
| 12        | Orissa              |   6002.83 |   9573.18 |     11353 |   7367.12 |      6365 |
| 13        | Punjab              |   2057    |   2141    |      3144 |   1855    |      3427 |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |   4630    |   3006    |      1518 |    953    |      3565 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu          |  30492    |  24068    |     25220 |  19844    |     12072 |
| 16        | Telangana           |   1893    |   2861    |      3467 |   1547    |      5818 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh       |   9429    |   8859    |     12386 |   3907    |      1257 |
| 18        | West Bengal         |   1508    |   2414    |      2108 |   2459    |      4278 |
| 19        | A & Nicober Islands |    161    |     10    |         9 |     56    |         0 |
| 20        | Puducherry          |    258    |    245    |       210 |    221    |       254 |
| 21        | Arunachal Pradesh   |      0    |      0    |       980 |      0    |      3016 |
| 22        | Assam               |   2100    |   5500    |      3300 |   2150    |      4495 |
| 23        | Sikkim              |   3109    |   2438    |      2128 |   2462    |      2297 |
| 24        | Manipur             |   4473    |   2028    |      2150 |   1420    |      3496 |
| 25        | Meghalaya           |   1708    |   1086    |         0 |   1349    |      2102 |
| 26        | Mizoram             |   3325    |   1598    |      1723 |   2290    |      1645 |
| 27        | Nagaland            |   2640    |   2100    |       770 |   2373    |      2247 |
| 28        | Tripura             |   4146    |   4943    |      4122 |   4472    |      2800 |
| 29        | Jammu & Kashmir     |      0    |    142    |         0 |      0    |       336 |
| 30        | Himachal Pradesh    |    559    |     77    |       277 |    388    |       461 |
| 31        | Uttarakhand         |   4707    |   2776    |      2442 |    522    |      4451 |
| 32        | Ladakh              |    170    |     93    |        83 |    103    |        96 |
|           | Total               | 171435    | 149533    |    136163 | 115935    |    179732 |

Source: as reported by States on MIDH web portal

## District-wise details of the project proposals may be seen as under:

| S. No.   | District                     | Small nursery   | Large nursery   | Upgradation   | Mushroom production unit   | Minimal Processing unit   | Refer van   | Collection centers   | Cold storage   | Solar PV System for Cold storage   | Cold rooms   | Integrated pack house   | Rural market   | Retail market   | Secondary processing unit   |
|----------|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|----------------------|----------------|------------------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Srikakulam                   |                 | 1               |               |                            |                           |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 2        | Vizianagaram                 |                 |                 | 1             |                            |                           |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 3        | Parvathipuram Manyam         | 1               |                 |               |                            |                           |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 4        | Visakhapatnam                | 1               |                 |               |                            |                           |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 5        | Anakapalli                   |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 6        | Alluri Seetarama Raju        |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             | 2                    |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 7        | Kakinada                     |                 |                 |               |                            | 3                         |             | 1                    |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 8        | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             | 5                    |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 9        | East Godavari                | 1               |                 |               | 1                          |                           |             | 2                    |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 10       | West Godavari                |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             | 1                    |                |                                    | 1            |                         |                | 1               | 1                           |
| 11       | Eluru                        |                 |                 |               | 1                          |                           |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 12       | NTR                          | 1               | 1               |               |                            | 1                         | 2           |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 13       | Krishna                      | 1               |                 |               |                            | 1                         |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 14       | Guntur                       |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             | 1                    |                | 3                                  |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 15       | Palnadu                      |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             |                      |                | 1                                  |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 16       | Prakasam                     | 1               |                 | 1             |                            |                           |             | 2                    |                | 5                                  |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 17       | SPSR Nellore                 | 5               |                 | 1             |                            |                           |             | 2                    |                |                                    | 5            |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 18       | Tirupathi                    |                 |                 |               |                            |                           | 1           |                      |                |                                    |              | 1                       | 1              |                 |                             |
| 19       | Chittoor                     |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             |                      | 1              | 1                                  |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 20       | Annamayya                    | 1               |                 |               |                            |                           |             |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 21       | YSR                          |                 |                 |               |                            |                           |             |                      |                | 1                                  |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 22       | Ananthapuramu                | 1               |                 |               |                            | 1                         | 1           |                      |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
| 23       | Nandyal                      |                 | 1               |               |                            |                           |             | 2                    |                |                                    |              |                         |                |                 |                             |
|          | Total                        | 13              | 3               | 3             | 2                          | 6                         | 2           | 20                   | 1              | 11                                 | 6            | 1                       | 1              | 1               | 1                           |

## Annexure I

## Annexure II

## Details of the projects approved under each of sub-components in Andhra Pradesh, along with the funds sanctioned/released/utilized for the past five years is as under:

Rs. in Lakhs

| S. No.   | Component                                                                                        |   Projects approved |   Funds sanctioned |   Funds Released |   Funds Utilised |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Small Public Sector Nursery                                                                      |                  14 |             210    |           45     |           45     |
| 2        | Small Private Sector Nursery                                                                     |                  35 |             262.5  |           48.75  |           48.75  |
| 3        | Seed Infrastructure                                                                              |                   7 |             700    |          125     |          125     |
| 4        | Pack houses (9mX6m)                                                                              |                3863 |            7726    |         2814.47  |         2814.47  |
| 5        | Integrated Pack house                                                                            |                  34 |             364.5  |           17.5   |           17.5   |
| 6        | Cold storage                                                                                     |                  63 |            9310    |         2094.5   |         2094.5   |
| 7        | Primary / Mobile / Minimal processing units                                                      |                 179 |            1870    |          271.85  |          271.85  |
| 8        | Ripening chambers                                                                                |                  50 |            1071    |           64.5   |           64.5   |
| 9        | Onion Storage Structures                                                                         |                 152 |             133    |            1.75  |            1.75  |
| 10       | Cold Rooms                                                                                       |                 437 |            2304.75 |          278.045 |          278.045 |
| 11       | Technology induction and modernisation of cold-chain (Solar PV System)                           |                  71 |             894.25 |          234.36  |          234.36  |
| 12       | Modernisation of refrigeration and insulation                                                    |                   2 |             300    |            0     |            0     |
| 13       | Rural Marketing                                                                                  |                  40 |             400    |           10     |           10     |
| 14       | Retail Markets / out lets (environment marketing controlled)                                     |                  23 |             120.75 |            5.25  |            5.25  |
| 16       | Functional infrastructure for collection, sorting / grading / packing units (Collection Centers) |                1253 |            7518    |         1219.56  |         1219.56  |
|          | Total                                                                                            |                6225 |           33234.8  |         7230.55  |         7230.55  |

## Annexure III

Details of the number of farmers benefited under project-based components and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh during the last five years is as under:

| S.   | Name of the district        | Plantation      | Plantation           | Plantation               | Infrastructure Post Harvest   | Infrastructure Post Harvest   | Infrastructure Post Harvest              | Infrastructure Post Harvest   | Infrastructure Post Harvest                          | Infrastructure Post Harvest   | Infrastructure Post Harvest   | Marketing                | Marketing       | Marketing               | Marketing          |
|------|-----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| No   | Name of the district        | Small nurseries | Seed Infra Structure | Mushroom production unit | Pack Houses                   | Cold Storage                  | Primary/mobile/ minimal processing units | Cold Rooms                    | Technology induction and modernisation of cold-chain | Integrated Pack House         | Ripening Chambers             | Onion Storage Structures | Rural Marketing | Retail Markets/ outlets | Collection centres |
| 1    | Chittoor                    | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 305                           | 1                             | 0                                        | 3                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 29                 |
| 2    | SPSR Nellore                | 3               | 0                    | 0                        | 167                           | 0                             | 1                                        | 4                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 11                 |
| 3    | Palnadu                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 18                            | 1                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 4                  |
| 4    | Ananthapuramu               | 1               | 0                    | 0                        | 110                           | 2                             | 0                                        | 9                             | 0                                                    | 1                             | 0                             | 0                        | 1               | 0                       | 8                  |
| 5    | East Godavari               | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 11                            | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 10                 |
| 6    | YSR                         | 2               | 0                    | 0                        | 307                           | 0                             | 0                                        | 5                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 0                  |
| 7    | Annamaya                    | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 30                            | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 0                  |
| 8    | Kurnool                     | 1               | 0                    | 0                        | 30                            | 1                             | 1                                        | 1                             | 1                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 1                        | 0               | 0                       | 18                 |
| 9    | Tirupati                    | 0               | 0                    | 1                        | 171                           | 0                             | 0                                        | 3                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 26                 |
| 10   | Alluri Seeta Ramaraju       | 2               | 0                    | 0                        | 3                             | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 19                 |
| 11   | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 6                             | 0                             | 5                                        | 1                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 10                 |
| 12   | Sri Satyasai                | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 16                            | 0                             | 0                                        | 4                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 6                  |
| 13   | Anakapalli                  | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 32                            | 0                             | 0                                        | 9                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 2                             | 0                        | 0               | 1                       | 16                 |
| 14   | Prakasam                    | 0               | 2                    | 0                        | 50                            | 3                             | 0                                        | 5                             | 7                                                    | 0                             | 2                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 18                 |
| 15   | Srikakulam                  | 1               | 0                    | 0                        | 45                            | 0                             | 24                                       | 7                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 15                 |
| 16   | Nandyal                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 81                            | 2                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 0                  |
| 17   | Eluru                       | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 42                            | 0                             | 0                                        | 1                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 1                  |
| 18   | Bapatla                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 8                             | 0                             | 0                                        | 2                             | 9                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 5                  |
| 19   | West Godavari               | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 0                             | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 4                  |
| 20   | Parvathipuram Manyam        | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 14                            | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 9                  |
| 21   | Visakhapatnam               | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 3                             | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 0                  |
| 22   | NTR                         | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 10                            | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0 0                      | 0               | 0                       | 1                  |
| 23   | Kakinada                    | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 6                             | 0                             | 0                                        | 0                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 1                             |                          | 0               | 0                       | 0                  |
| 24   | Vizianagaram                | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 3                             | 0                             | 0                                        | 1                             | 0                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 5                  |
| 25   | Guntur                      | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 2                             | 6                             | 0                                        | 3                             | 9                                                    | 0                             | 0                             | 0                        | 0               | 0                       | 4                  |
|      |                             |                 | 0                    | 0                        | 2                             |                               | 0                                        |                               | 0                                                    |                               | 1                             | 0                        |                 | 0                       |                    |
| 26   | Krishna                     | 0               |                      |                          |                               | 0                             |                                          | 0                             |                                                      | 0                             |                               |                          | 0               |                         | 1                  |
|      | Total                       | 10              | 2                    | 1                        | 1472                          | 16                            | 31                                       | 58                            | 26                                                   | 1                             | 6                             | 1                        | 1               | 1                       | 220                |