Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Implementation of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Posted On:
19 JUL 2022 6:30PM by PIB Delhi
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented from 2014-15 for holistic development of horticulture in the country, covering fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashewand cocoa. All States/UTs are covered under MIDH.
Under MIDH, financial & technical assistance is provided to States/UTs for following major interventions/activities:
- Setting up of nurseries, tissue culture units for production of quality seed and planting material.
- Area expansion i.e. Establishment of new orchards and gardens for fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
- Rejuvenation of unproductive, old, and senile orchards.
- Protected cultivation, i.e. poly-house, green-house, etc, to improve the productivity & grow off season high value vegetables and flowers.
- Organic farming and certification.
- Creation of water resources structures and watershed management.
- Bee-keeping for pollination.
- Horticulture Mechanization.
- Creation of Post Harvest Management and Marketing infrastructure.
- Training of farmers.
Mission is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme being implemented through State Governments, where the subsidy is shared between the Central Government and State Governments in the ratio of 60:40 in all the states other than North Eastern and Himalayan states, where the pattern of assistance is shared in the ratio of 90:10. Hence, the active support of State Governments is paramount for the success of Mission. Under the Mission, funds are released to the State Horticulture Missions (SHMs) through State Finance Department/ Treasury. Many SHMs have told about considerable delay in receipt of funds released under the Scheme from the State Finance Department/ State Treasury.
State-wise details of number of farmers trained under MIDH since inception i.e. from 2014-15 to 2021-22 is as under:
S. No.
|
State
|
Number of farmers trained
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
151
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
119913
|
3
|
Bihar
|
16510
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
22853
|
5
|
Goa
|
1052
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
42438
|
7
|
Haryana
|
15780
|
8
|
Jharkhand
|
39430
|
9
|
Karnataka
|
38270
|
10
|
Kerala
|
4829
|
11
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
57978
|
12
|
Maharashtra
|
71554
|
13
|
Odisha
|
69549
|
14
|
Puducherry
|
3776
|
15
|
Punjab
|
6743
|
16
|
Rajasthan
|
7060
|
17
|
Tamilnadu
|
31548
|
18
|
Telangana
|
35046
|
19
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
27736
|
20
|
West Bengal
|
835
|
21
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
11997
|
22
|
Assam
|
12792
|
23
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
3316
|
24
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
17217
|
25
|
Ladakh
|
1924
|
26
|
Manipur
|
3566
|
27
|
Meghalaya
|
36517
|
28
|
Mizoram
|
38825
|
29
|
Nagaland
|
4643
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
57714
|
31
|
Tripura
|
8651
|
32
|
Uttarakhand
|
10491
|
|
Total
|
820704
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: as reported by States
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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