Lok Sabha Question No. 255 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Price Realization for Horticulture Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Chandan Chauhan

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 255

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  MARCH, 2026

## PRICE REALIZATION FOR HORTICULTURE CROPS

*255. SHRI CHANDAN CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) the details of schemes and mechanism adopted by the Government for ensuring price realization to the farmers growing horticulture crops; (b) whether the Government is considering any new scheme for the realization of prices to the farmers growing horticulture crops, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and the details and number of beneficiaries and commodities procured in Uttar Pradesh under  Pradhan  Mantri  Annadata  Aay  Sanrakshan  Abhiyan  (PM-AASHA)  during  the
- (c) financial year 2023-24 and 2024-25, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

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

## STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 255 FOR 10 TH  MARCH, 2026 REGARDING PRICE REALIZATION FOR HORTICULTURE CROPS.

(a): Government implements Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), a component of PMAASHA, for procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities, which are perishable in nature and are not covered under the Minimum Support Price regime. The objective of MIS is to protect the farmers from distress sale in the event of a bumper crop during peak arrival period when the prices tend to fall below economic levels. There should be at least a 10% decrease in the ruling market prices over the previous normal year. The scheme is implemented at the request of  State/UT government, which is ready to bear 50 % of the loss (25%  in  case  of  North-Eastern  States),  if  any,  incurred  on  its  implementation.  The maximum quantity of procurement is  upto 25% of estimated production of the state for the crop for the particular season.

From 2024-25, Government has introduced a new component of Price Differential Payment (PDP) with an option to make direct payment of the price difference between the Market Intervention Price (MIP) and the selling price to the farmers for the crops traded in the  Agriculture  Produce  Market  Committee  (APMC).  Additionally,  reimbursement  for transportation and storage cost of TOP crops (Tomato, Onion and Potato) to central nodal agencies & State designated agencies for storing and transporting them from producing state to consuming state is allowed.

Government is also implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), scheme for holistic growth of the horticulture sector in the country. Under  MIDH,  assistance  is  also  provide  for  creation  of  infrastructures  for  post  harvest management and marketing for better price realization of farmer produce.

(b):     Since, Government is already implementing various schemes for realization of price to farmers for horticulture crops, no new scheme is being considered.

(c) : The  district-wise  details  of  commodities  procured  and  farmers  benefited    under Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) in Uttar Pradesh during the financial year 2023-24 and  2024-25 are given at Annexure.

## Annexure

## Districts wise procurement and farmers benefited  under PM-AASHA during 2023-24 and 2024-25 in Uttar Pradesh

## Quantity in MT

|           | Districts   | 2023-24   | 2023-24            | 2024-25     | 2024-25            |
|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|           | Districts   | Quantity  | Farmers benefitted | Quantity    | Farmers benefitted |
| Groundnut | Hamirpur    | 2,220.78  | 335                | 20,835.79   | 5,021              |
| Groundnut | Jalaun      | 524.51    | 150                | 2,161.87    | 942                |
| Groundnut | Jhansi      | 19,494.34 | 4,855              | 58,005.79   | 26,320             |
| Groundnut | Lalitpur    | 3,139.12  | 1,032              | 10,394.99   | 4,353              |
| Groundnut | Mahoba      | 1,768.72  | 465                | 5,941.75    | 2,520              |
| Groundnut | Badaun      | -         | -                  | 2,099.82    | 1,001              |
| Groundnut | Etawa       | -         | -                  | 949.99      | 450                |
| Groundnut | Aligarh     | -         | -                  | 3,798.18    | 1,570              |
| Groundnut | Hardoi      | -         | -                  | 2,054.22    | 675                |
| Groundnut | Hathras     | -         | -                  | 136.17      | 63                 |
| Groundnut | Sub Total   | 27,147.47 | 6,837              | 1,06,378.57 | 42,915             |
| Toor      | Badaun      | -         | -                  | 103.20      | 53                 |
| Toor      | Hamirpur    | -         | -                  | 11,024.71   | 4,710              |
| Toor      | Jalaun      | -         | -                  | 2,942.30    | 1,222              |
| Toor      | Prayagraj   | -         | -                  | 4,830.55    | 2,120              |
| Toor      | Sub Total   | -         | -                  | 18,900.76   | 8,105              |
| Masoor    | Banda       | -         | -                  | 181.95      | 135                |
| Masoor    | Chitrakoot  | -         | -                  | 150.00      | 104                |
| Masoor    | Hamirpur    | -         | -                  | 4,882.15    | 2,248              |
| Masoor    | Jalaun      | -         | -                  | 1,547.44    | 761                |
| Masoor    | Jhansi      | -         | -                  | 18,257.97   | 8,215              |
| Masoor    | Lalitpur    | -         | -                  | 14,133.05   | 5,858              |
| Masoor    | Mahoba      | -         | -                  | 2,551.25    | 1,235              |
| Masoor    | Mirzapur    | -         | -                  | 264.28      | 119                |
| Masoor    | Orai        | -         | -                  | 429.35      | 238                |
| Masoor    | Sonebhadra  | -         | -                  | 73.35       | 39                 |
| Masoor    | Prayagraj   | -         | -                  | 340.50      | 159                |
| Masoor    | Sub Total   | -         | -                  | 42,811.29   | 19,111             |
|           | Jhansi      | -         | -                  | 1,568.70    | 634                |
|           | Lalitpur    | -         | -                  | 4,841.95    | 1,980              |
|           | Hamirpur    | -         | -                  | 1,742.70    | 353                |
|           | Jalaun      | -         | -                  | 2,652.45    | 927                |
|           | Sub Total   | -         | -                  | 6,410.65    | 2,614              |

|             | Agra          | -         | -     | 328.05      | 154    |
|-------------|---------------|-----------|-------|-------------|--------|
|             | Aligarh       | -         | -     | 5,581.86    | 2,529  |
|             | Ambedkarnagar | -         | -     | 272.57      | 173    |
|             | Aurraiya      | -         | -     | 908.07      | 410    |
|             | Badaun        | -         | -     | 542.07      | 239    |
|             | Barabanki     | -         | -     | 179.70      | 77     |
|             | Bareilly      | -         | -     | 230.15      | 114    |
|             | Behraich      | -         | -     | 68.27       | 36     |
|             | Bulandshahar  | -         | -     | 9.35        | 10     |
|             | Chitrakoot    | -         | -     | 143.56      | 86     |
|             | Etah          | -         | -     | 739.15      | 327    |
|             | Etawa         | -         | -     | 1,003.53    | 422    |
|             | Fatehpur      | -         | -     | 322.90      | 134    |
|             | Firozabad     | -         | -     | 18.75       | 12     |
|             | Ghazipur      | -         | -     | 363.30      | 152    |
|             | Gonda         | -         | -     | 976.75      | 437    |
|             | Hamirpur      | -         | -     | 972.50      | 441    |
|             | Hapur         | -         | -     | 134.05      | 144    |
|             | Hardoi        | -         | -     | 1,370.65    | 599    |
| Mustard     | Hathras       | -         | -     | 259.94      | 131    |
|             | Jalaun        | -         | -     | 984.85      | 455    |
|             | Jhansi        | -         | -     | 10,159.06   | 4,426  |
|             | Kanpur Nagar  | -         | -     | 2,474.28    | 1,095  |
|             | Kasganj       | -         | -     | 397.98      | 172    |
|             | Kaushambi     | -         | -     | 152.88      | 65     |
|             | Mahoba        | -         | -     | 5,134.35    | 2,353  |
|             | Mainpuri      | -         | -     | 150.00      | 75     |
|             | Mathura       | -         | -     | 184.55      | 111    |
|             | Mirzapur      | -         | -     | 1,974.00    | 954    |
|             | Moradabad     | -         | -     | 640.55      | 284    |
|             | Orai          | -         | -     | 248.70      | 131    |
|             | Prayagraj     | -         | -     | 1,297.68    | 581    |
|             | Sambhal       | -         | -     | 756.10      | 357    |
|             | Shamli        | -         | -     | 33.25       | 22     |
|             | Sonebhadra    | -         | -     | 1,591.96    | 800    |
|             | Unnao         | -         | -     | 355.00      | 146    |
|             | Lalitpur      | -         | -     | 4,086.70    | 1,700  |
|             | Sub Total     | -         | -     | 45,047.06   | 20,354 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | 27,147.47 | 6,837 | 2,19,548.33 | 93,099 |

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