Lok Sabha Question No. 345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-02
Subject: Clean Plant Programme under MIDH
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 345

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  DECEMBER, 2025

## CLEAN PLANT PROGRAMME UNDER MIDH

345. SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has approved the Clean Plant Program (CPP) under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH);
- (b) if so, the objective of this programme to provide farmers with high-quality, virusfree planting material and to establish nine world-class Clean Plant Centres across the country;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to establish one such centre in Madhya Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government intends to expand this program to other States in the near future; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a): Yes.
- (b): Yes, the objective of this programme to provide farmers with high-quality, virusfree  planting  material  and  to  establish  nine  world-class  Clean  Plant  Centres  in  the crop specific horticultural institutes of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) across the country. The details are as follows:

|   S.No. | ICAR institute                                    | Location             | Proposed target crops               |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|       1 | National Research Center for Grapes (NRCG)        | Pune, Maharashtra    | Grapes                              |
|       2 | Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) | Bangalore, Karnataka | Mango, Guava, Dragon Fruit, Avocado |

|   3 | Central Citrus Research Institute (CCRI)              | Nagpur, Maharashtra     | Citrus                                                 |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture (CITH)   | Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand | Apple, Almond, Walnut, Berries, other temperate fruits |
|   5 | National Research Center on Pomegranate (NRCP)        | Solapur, Maharashtra    | Pomegranate                                            |
|   6 | Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh  | Mango, Guava, Litchi                                   |
|   7 | Central Institute of Arid Horticulture (CIAH)         | Bikaner, Rajasthan      | Citrus                                                 |
|   8 | ICAR - CISH, Regional Station                         | Malda, West Bengal      | Mango, Guava, Litchi, Avocado                          |
|   9 | Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture (CITH)   | Jammu and Kashmir       | Apple, Almond, Walnut, Berries, other temperate fruits |

(c) to (e) :  There is no such proposal under consideration in this Ministry to establish a  Clean  Plant  Centre  in  Madhya  Pradesh.    However,  the  CPP  program  will  be beneficial  for  the  farmers  across  the  country  and  the  Clean  Plant  Centres  being established will cater the need of various agro-climatic zones throughout the country including Madhya Pradesh. The scheme provides for the establishment of large or medium-sized nurseries for the propagation and  supply  of clean  planting  material, with particular emphasis on crops predominantly grown in the States.

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