Lok Sabha Question No. 3958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Centres of Excellence in Horticulture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti, Dr. Byreddy Shabari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3958

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2026

## CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE IN HORTICULTURE

3958.  SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI: DR. BYREDDY SHABARI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised for establishment and operation of  Centres of Excellence for Horticulture and related protected cultivation activities during the last five years in the country, State/UT and year-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  farmers  trained  through  these  Centres  and  adopting  protected cultivation during the last five years along with the total area covered, State/UT and yearwise especially district-wise in Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) whether such Centres are mandated to demonstrate advanced horticultural technologies  including protected  cultivation,  precision irrigation, if so, the details of demonstration activities conducted during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the quantity and type of elite planting material, vegetable seedlings or nursery stock produced and supplied by these Centres during the said period; and
- (e) whether  any  assessment  has  been  undertaken  to  evaluate  the  impact  of  these Centres on adoption of protected cultivation and improvement in farmer incomes and if so, the findings thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY)

(a) Government is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme for holistic development of horticulture sector in the country. State/UT wise details of funds allocated, released and utilised under MIDH for various activities including Centres of Excellence for Horticulture and related protected cultivation activities during the last five years is placed at Annexure I.

(b): Details of the number of farmers trained through these CoEs and adopting protected cultivation  during  the  last  five  years  and  State/UT  and  year-wise  details  of  the  total  area covered  under  protected  cultivation  in  MIDH  scheme,  is  placed  at Annexure  II and Annexure III respectively.

(c): Yes.  Centres  of  Excellence  (CoEs)  established  under  MIDH  have  a  mandate  to demonstrate  advanced  horticultural  technologies  to  farmers,  entrepreneurs  and  other stakeholders.  Demonstrations  conducted  under  CoEs  mainly  include  activities  related  to protected  cultivation,  irrigation  &  fertigation  techniques,  high  density  planting  techniques, nursery and orchard management practices etc.

(d): Centre of Excellence under MIDH  produces  planting material related to all horticulture crops i.e. fruits, vegetables, flowers etc. as per the requirement of the farmers of  the  region.  State-wise  details  of  the  Quality  Planting  Material  produced  at  the  CoEs under MIDH scheme during the last five years is placed at Annexure IV.

(e): Yes.  The  activities  of  Centres  of  Excellence  (CoEs)  established  under  MIDH  are periodically monitored and reviewed in coordination with the concerned State Governments through progress reports, field visits and review meetings. The reviews indicate that these Centres  have  played  a  significant  role  in  demonstration  and  dissemination  of  advanced horticulture  technologies,  particularly  protected  cultivation  practices  such  as  polyhouses, shade-net houses, precision irrigation and improved nursery management techniques.

The adoption of these technologies has contributed to improved productivity, better quality produce, efficient use of water and inputs, and enhanced income opportunities for farmers  in  several  States.  The  Centres  have  also  supported  the  availability  of  quality planting  material  and  modern  cultivation  practices,  thereby  strengthening  the  overall horticulture ecosystem.

## Annexure I

State/UT  wise  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  under  MIDH  for  various  activities  including  Centres  of  Excellence  for Horticulture and related protected cultivation activities during the last five years is as under:

Rs. in crore

| Sl. No.   | State/UT             | 2020-21    | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22    | 2021-22   | 2021-22    | 2022-23    | 2022-23    | 2022-23   | 2023-24    | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25    | 2024-25    | 2024-25   |
|-----------|----------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT             | Allocation | Release   | Utilized  | Allocation | Release   | Utilized   | Allocation | Release    | Utilized  | Allocation | Release   | Utilized  | Allocation | Release    | Utilized  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 120.00     | 95.00     | 104.46    | 108.00     | 50.00     | 77.02      | 100.00     | 50.00      | 38.48     | 63.90      | 24.00     | 12.00     | 65.00      | 51.13      | 23.79     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 22.00      | 8.00      | 22.58     | 17.60      | 4.40      | 15.97      | 18.24      | 9.00       | 9.36      | 37.30      | 37.30     | 18.88     | 30.00      | 30.00      | 35.00     |
| 3         | Assam                | 60.00      | 45.00     | 53.45     | 54.00      | 27.00     | 46.37      | 54.00      | 27.00      | 29.98     | 67.00      | 30.74     | 38.81     | 93.92      | 69.46      | 51.96     |
| 4         | Bihar                | 25.00      | 15.87     | 14.44     | 20.00      | 9.60      | 17.64      | 20.00      | 15.00      | 16.32     | 15.00      | 14.06     | 16.85     | 40.00      | 40.00      | 28.58     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 110.00     | 85.00     | 103.96    | 88.00      | 63.00     | 43.91      | 80.00      | 60.00      | 78.83     | 60.00      | 46.56     | 56.37     | 100.00     | 100.00     | 75.00     |
| 6         | Goa                  | 3.00       | 0.00      | 1.07      | 2.40       | 0.60      | 0.23       | 2.40       | 0.60       | 0.86      | 2.30       | 0.58      | 0.95      | 4.00       | 3.25       | 2.30      |
| 7         | Gujarat              | 110.00     | 30.00     | 67.08     | 88.00      | 87.18     | 62.35      | 82.00      | 20.50      | 50.21     | 95.00      | 95.00     | 68.79     | 70.00      | 35.00      | 48.65     |
| 8         | Haryana              | 120.00     | 89.32     | 77.14     | 96.00      | 46.00     | 48.87      | 80.00      | 32.40      | 38.28     | 76.80      | 38.40     | 42.89     | 55.00      | 27.50      | 31.00     |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     | 55.00      | 20.00     | 18.85     | 44.00      | 11.00     | 19.92      | 35.00      | 17.50      | 25.48     | 16.00      | 7.95      | 20.45     | 30.00      | 12.75      | 12.00     |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 100.00     | 72.18     | 67.70     | 35.00      | 67.75     | 70.00      | 25.00      | 34.25      | 45.00     | 67.00      | 50.25     | 50.07     | 90.99      | 90.99      | 37.00     |
| 11        | Jharkhand            | 30.00      | 10.00     | 13.45     | 21.00      | 0.00      | 2.04       | 21.00      | 0.00       | 0.40      | 10.00      | 1.86      | 10.86     | 30.00      | 12.88      | 12.32     |
| 12        | Karnataka            | 130.00     | 113.66    | 125.54    | 117.00     | 54.00     | 60.17      | 108.00     | 78.83      | 77.36     | 91.93      | 74.95     | 76.75     | 117.00     | 117.00     | 34.19     |
| 13        | Kerala               | 40.00      | 10.00     | 21.08     | 28.00      | 28.00     | 17.59      | 28.00      | 21.00      | 24.68     | 30.38      | 13.19     | 17.96     | 40.00      | 22.25      | 10.00     |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       | 65.00      | 27.00     | 18.49     | 52.00      | 0.00      | 17.51      | 45.00      | 22.00      | 17.34     | 30.00      | 17.35     | 28.32     | 60.00      | 59.96      | 35.00     |
| 15        | Maharashtra          | 130.00     | 63.50     | 41.38     | 91.00      | 18.63     | 25.97      | 84.00      | 63.00      | 81.57     | 81.64      | 61.23     | 80.59     | 80.00      | 80.00      | 69.56     |
| 16        | Manipur              | 26.00      | 25.30     | 26.75     | 25.60      | 10.94     | 17.69      | 26.00      | 13.00      | 21.19     | 15.80      | 7.90      | 14.35     | 30.00      | 22.50      | 15.00     |
| 17        | Meghalaya            | 25.00      | 7.25      | 13.57     | 18.70      | 8.60      | 17.37      | 20.00      | 7.84       | 6.92      | 24.50      | 18.38     | 16.23     | 25.00      | 15.62      | 15.00     |
| 18        | Mizoram              | 40.00      | 40.00     | 49.61     | 32.00      | 6.75      | 6.75       | 32.00      | 15.99      | 15.99     | 39.50      | 29.63     | 20.00     | 53.16      | 18.75      | 15.00     |
| 19        | Nagaland             | 26.00      | 26.00     | 35.10     | 29.40      | 11.70     | 5.80       | 30.00      | 15.00      | 13.58     | 36.00      | 31.74     | 37.93     | 48.85      | 48.85      | 40.00     |
| 20        | Orissa               | 67.00      | 11.00     | 26.49     | 46.90      | 11.00     | 32.08      | 41.00      | 20.50      | 38.57     | 55.13      | 33.68     | 26.24     | 45.00      | 15.30      | 23.22     |
| 21        | Punjab               | 47.00      | 22.50     | 11.08     | 32.90      | 8.22      | 19.00      | 31.10      | 15.55      | 24.36     | 29.86      | 22.40     | 18.94     | 40.00      | 25.00      | 15.45     |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 60.00      | 30.00     | 34.42     | 42.00      | 10.00     | 11.89      | 39.00      | 19.50      | 30.06     | 28.44      | 18.72     | 20.51     | 60.00      | 55.63      | 38.59     |
| 23        | Sikkim               | 25.00      | 19.85     | 26.24     | 22.50      | 10.93     | 17.31      | 22.50      | 16.87      | 16.52     | 32.65      | 29.06     | 32.14     | 46.06      | 42.05      | 36.42     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 115.00     | 114.73    | 117.39    | 103.50     | 75.00     | 60.93      | 102.50     | 102.40     | 103.73    | 120.00     | 120.00    | 101.92    | 80.00      | 80.00      | 58.41     |
| 25        | Telangana            | 28.00      | 16.15     | 9.99      | 19.60      | 0.00      | 12.03      | 19.00      | 4.74       | 11.41     | 9.44       | 4.36      | 2.47      | 29.00      | 29.00      | 13.25     |
| 26        | Tripura              | 26.00      | 10.00     | 31.40     | 20.20      | 9.00      | 9.87       | 21.00      | 14.77      | 13.85     | 19.43      | 18.94     | 15.75     | 30.00      | 18.75      | 11.64     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        | 80.00      | 64.16     | 50.58     | 64.00      | 32.00     | 28.71      | 60.00      | 44.64      | 48.81     | 68.50      | 68.50     | 57.23     | 80.00      | 70.00      | 82.23     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 55.00      | 45.00     | 44.85     | 44.00      | 22.00     | 38.10      | 35.00      | 34.25      | 37.63     | 35.50      | 35.50     | 31.62     | 30.00      | 18.75      | 29.97     |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 34.00      | 10.00     | 6.74      | 23.80      | 0.00      | 4.85       | 23.00      |            | 15.24     | 12.00      | 11.00     | 17.14     | 40.00      |            | 19.03     |
| 30        | A & N Islands        | 3.00       | 0.30      | 0.41      | 2.10       | 0.53      | 0.71       | 2.10       | 17.25 0.53 | 0.53      | 3.00       | 0.75      | 0.41      | 3.00       | 15.40 0.75 | 0.92      |
| 31        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.50       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.35       | 0.00      | 0.00       | 1.00       | 0.00       | 0.00      | 1.00       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.00       | 0.00       | 0.00      |
| 32        | Daman & Diu          | 1.00       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.80       | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.50       |            | 0.00      | 0.40       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.50       | 0.00       | 0.00 0.00 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep          | 0.50       | 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 | 0.40       | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.40       | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.40       |           | 0.00      | 0.40       | 0.00       | 0.00      |
| 33        | Delhi                | 0.00       | 1.40      | 0.79      | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00       |            | 0.00       | 0.00      | 2.00       | 0.00      | 0.94      | 1.25       | 0.94       | 0.43      |
| 35        | Puducherry           | 3.00       |           | 14.35     | 2.10       | 0.00      | 1.51 18.67 | 1.50 19.00 | 0.70 26.25 | 0.91      | 19.00      | 1.00 9.50 | 12.88     | 25.00      | 17.13      | 17.06     |
| 36        | Ladakh               | 20.00      | 15.00     |           | 16.00      | 25.82     |            |            |            | 22.86     |            |           |           | 1574.13    | 1246.59    |           |
|           | Total                | 1802.00    | 1143.17   | 1250.43   | 1408.85    | 709.65    | 828.83     | 1309.24    | 820.86     | 956.31    | 1296.80    | 974.46    | 967.24    |            |            | 937.97    |

Note: During 2020-21, Rs.57.18 crore, during 2021-22, Rs.58.00 crore and during 2022-23, Rs. 28.00 crore relased for Prime Minister's Development Package 2015 for J & K.

During 2021-22, an amount of Rs.16.82 crore and during 2022-23, Rs.12.00 crore has been released under PMDP to UT of Ladakh Fund utilized reported includes unspent balance of previous years.

State-wise details of the farmers trained at the CoEs under MIDH scheme is as under:

| S. No.   | State            |   No. of Farmers Trained |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                     6682 |
| 2        | Bihar            |                    39414 |
| 3        | Gujarat          |                    59199 |
| 4        | Haryana          |                   130247 |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh |                     3140 |
| 6        | Jammu & Kashmir  |                     3500 |
| 7        | Karnataka        |                     9092 |
| 8        | Kerala           |                     1756 |
| 9        | Ladakh           |                      780 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh   |                      836 |
| 11       | Maharashtra      |                    12587 |
| 12       | Mizoram          |                      577 |
| 13       | Punjab           |                    12050 |
| 14       | Rajasthan        |                    41338 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       |                    42967 |
| 16       | Telangana        |                     4242 |
| 17       | Uttar pradesh    |                    91557 |
| 18       | West Bengal      |                     2028 |
|          | Total            |                   461992 |

## Annexure III

State-wise details of the total area covered in protected cultivation under MIDH scheme during the last five years is as under:

Area in Hectare

| State             |   2020-21 |   2021-22 | 2022-23   |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   Total |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |        28 |       299 | 17        |        59 |       202 |     605 |
| Assam             |         8 |        18 | 20        |        21 |       158 |     225 |
| Bihar             |         2 |         2 |           |         2 |         0 |       6 |
| Chhattisgarh      |        22 |        74 | 71        |        61 |        68 |     296 |
| Goa               |         0 |         0 | 0         |         1 |         0 |       1 |
| Gujarat           |        29 |        23 | 22        |        15 |         0 |      89 |
| Haryana           |        75 |        91 | 131       |        28 |         0 |     325 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |         4 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         2 |       6 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |         0 |         5 | 0         |         0 |         0 |       5 |
| Jharkhand         |         0 |         0 | 0         |         0 |        30 |      30 |
| Karnataka         |       231 |       162 | 90        |        99 |       259 |     841 |
| Kerala            |         5 |         5 | 1         |         2 |        17 |      30 |
| Ladakh            |         5 |         7 | 1         |         1 |         2 |      16 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |         3 |        10 | 14        |        19 |        37 |      83 |
| Maharashtra       |        16 |         3 | 35        |        40 |       220 |     314 |
| Manipur           |         2 |         0 | 2         |         0 |         3 |       7 |
| Meghalaya         |         2 |         2 | 0         |         1 |         2 |       7 |
| Mizoram           |        14 |         0 | 3         |         1 |         1 |      19 |
| Nagaland          |         3 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         4 |       7 |
| Odisha            |         9 |        14 | 19        |        14 |         0 |      56 |
| Puducherry        |         0 |         1 | 0         |         0 |         0 |       1 |
| Punjab            |        38 |        15 | 39        |         0 |         0 |      92 |
| Rajasthan         |       105 |        24 | 67        |        17 |       136 |     349 |
| Sikkim            |        20 |        15 | 16        |         0 |        11 |      62 |
| Tamil Nadu        |        73 |        10 | 28        |        44 |        25 |     180 |
| Telangana         |         3 |         3 | 0         |         0 |         6 |      12 |
| Tripura           |         0 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         6 |       6 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |        42 |        28 | 18        |        33 |         0 |     121 |
| Uttarakhand       |       118 |       177 | 356       |        91 |       378 |    1120 |
| West Bengal       |        17 |         6 | 15        |        18 |        36 |      92 |
| Total             |       874 |       994 | 965       |       567 |      1603 |    5003 |

Source: as reported by States on web portal

Note: Date includes area covered under the protected structures i.e. Poly house, shade net house, plastic tunnel, walk in tunnels and anti-hail nets.

State-wise details of the Quality Planting Material produced at the CoEs under MIDH scheme during the last five years is as under:

| S. No.   | State            |   (Number in Lakhs) |
|----------|------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |              300.34 |
| 2        | Bihar            |              100.55 |
| 3        | Gujarat          |               46.65 |
| 4        | Haryana          |              497.43 |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh |                1.01 |
| 6        | Jammu & Kashmir  |                2.8  |
| 7        | Karnataka        |                7.04 |
| 8        | Kerala           |               46.66 |
| 9        | Ladakh           |                0    |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh   |                1    |
| 11       | Maharashtra      |                3.95 |
| 12       | Mizoram          |                3.66 |
| 13       | Punjab           |              109.5  |
| 14       | Rajasthan        |                4.24 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       |              526.53 |
| 16       | Telangana        |              212.59 |
| 17       | Uttar pradesh    |               61.68 |
| 18       | West Bengal      |                1.29 |
|          | Total            |             1926.93 |

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