Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme for the holistic development of horticulture in the country. All States/UTs are covered under MIDH. Assistance is provided under MIDH, for promotion of exotic/foreign fruits like Dragon fruit, Kiwi, Passion fruit etc. in the country. State/UT wise details of area and production for major exotic/foreign fruits is as follows:

                                               Area in ‘000 ha

                                                                                             Production in ‘000 MT

Sl. No.	STATES/UTs	Area*	Production*
1	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	3.37	7.43
2	CHHATISGARH	0.78	7.61
3	HARYANA	0.17	3.08
4	HIMACHAL PRADESH	10.23	2.53
5	JAMMU & KASHMIR	0.55	2.94
6	JHARKHAND	0.05	0.08
7	KARNATAKA	5.00	26.00
8	KERALA	18.50	140.89
9	MADHYA PRADESH	1134.58	12875.28
10	MAHARASHTRA	1120.64	11638.28
11	MANIPUR	4.02	40.74
12	MEGHALAYA	0.12	1.04
13	MIZORAM	3.63	4.53
14	NAGALAND	6.49	17.05
15	SIKKIM	315.96	396.21
16	TAMIL NADU	74.18	519.12
17	TELANGANA	125.50	1625.31
	TOTAL	2823.76	27308.13

* as per 2021-22 (2^nd Advance Estimates)

 

Under MIDH assistance is provided for setting up new hi-tech nurseries, small nurseries, Tissue Culture (TC) units and upgradation of existing TC units, for production and distribution of good quality seeds and planting material of fruit crops including exotic/foreign fruit. Assistance is also provided for meeting the expenditure on planting material and cost of material for drip irrigation, trellies and INM/IPM etc. for area expansion of exotic/foreign fruits.  

State-wise details of the assistance provided by the Government under MIDH scheme including production of planting material and area expansion of exotic/foreign fruits during the last three years is as follows:

 

                                                                                                                          Rs. in Crore

S. No.	Name of the State/UT	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
1	Andhra Pradesh	79.38	95.00	50.00
2	Arunachal Pradesh	12.50	8.00	4.40
3	Assam	79.16	45.00	27.00
4	Bihar	15.15	15.87	9.60
5	Chhattisgarh	68.44	85.00	63.00
6	Goa	1.50	0.00	0.60
7	Gujarat	63.50	30.00	87.18
8	Haryana	64.91	89.32	46.00
9	Himachal Pradesh	23.15	20.00	11.00
10	Jammu & Kashmir	64.99	72.18	67.75
11	Jharkhand	10.00	10.00	0.00
12	Karnataka	107.40	113.66	54.00
13	Kerala	10.00	10.00	28.00
14	Madhya Pradesh	25.99	27.00	0.00
15	Maharashtra	82.35	63.50	18.63
16	Manipur	26.50	25.30	10.94
17	Meghalaya	9.10	7.25	8.60
18	Mizoram	22.58	40.00	6.75
19	Nagaland	23.60	26.00	11.70
20	Orissa	49.00	11.00	11.00
21	Punjab	10.00	22.50	8.22
22	Rajasthan	25.00	30.00	10.00
23	Sikkim	22.84	19.85	10.93
24	Tamil Nadu	93.02	114.73	75.00
25	Telangana	0.00	16.15	0.00
26	Tripura	20.00	10.00	9.00
27	Uttar Pradesh	62.35	64.16	32.00
28	Uttarakhand	22.32	45.00	22.00
29	West Bengal	8.06	10.00	0.00
30	A & N Islands	1.00	0.30	0.52
31	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.25	0.00	0.00
32	Daman & Diu	0.00	0.00	0.00
33	Delhi	0.25	0.00	0.00
34	Lakshadweep	0.00	0.00	0.00
35	Puducherry	1.50	1.40	0.00
36	Ladakh	0.00	15.00	25.82
	Total	1105.79	1143.17	709.64

 

Apart from MIDH scheme, exotic/foreign fruits are also being promoted through Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana on specific project submitted by State Governments.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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