1.1 Commercial Horticulture Development in open field conditions on project mode

Activity (ies) allowed and Area norms:

National Horticulture Board will take up integrated commercial horticulture development projects in open field conditions on project mode, including components viz. planting material, plantation, irrigation, fertigation, mechanization, precision farming, GAP etc. for projects covering area over 2.00 ha. (5 Acres). In case of NE Region, projects having area over 1 Acre are eligible – Horiculture schemes NHB.

Pattern of assistance:

Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 40% of the total project cost limited to Rs 30.00 lakh per project in general areas and @ 50% of project cost limited to Rs. 37.50 lakh in NE Region, Hilly States and scheduled areas.

1.2 Commercial Horticulture Development in protected cover on project mode

Activity (ies) allowed and Area norms:

The Board will also take up commercial horticulture development projects under protected cover on project mode including components viz. planting material, plantation, irrigation, fertigation, mechanization, etc. for projects having area over 2500 sq meter. In case of NE Region, projects having area over 1000 sq meter are eligible. Activities like construction of green
houses, shade net house, plastic mulching, and plastic tunnel, anti bird/ hail nets, etc. would be promoted.

Crops eligible:

 a. Flowers: Anthurium, Orchids, Rose, Lilium, Chrysanthemum, Carnation, and Gerbera.

 b. Vegetables: High value vegetables: Capsicum, Cucumber, Tomato.

Pattern of assistance:

Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 50% of the total project cost limited to Rs. 56.00 lakh per project as per admissible cost norms for green houses, shade net house, plastic tunnel, anti bird/ hail nets, & cost of planting material.

1.3 Integrated Post Harvest Management projects

Activity (ies) allowed:

The Board will take up Integrated Post Harvest Management projects relating to Pack House, Ripening Chamber, Reefer Van, Retail Outlets, Pre-cooling unit, Primary processing, etc. NHB will also take up projects in component mode and for standalone projects of PHM components.

Crops eligible:

In case of primary processing, projects related to Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Aromatic plants and Cashew are only eligible for subsidy.

Pattern of assistance:

Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the total project cost limited to Rs. 50.75 lakh per project in general area and @ 50 % of project cost limited to Rs. 72.50 lakh per project in NE Region, Hilly States, and Scheduled areas.

2. Capital Investment subsidy scheme for construction/ expansion/ modernization of cold storage and storage for Horticulture Produce

Infrastructure/Activity and Crops eligible:

Assistance for setting up of new Cold Storage infrastructure will be available only to Multi-Chamber cold Storage units with technologies which are energy efficient with provision of thermal insulation, humidity controlled, advance cooling systems, automation, etc, having specification and standards approved by the Ministry. To ensure, compliance of notified standards, all projects will be subjected to technical scrutiny by NHB empaneled Technical appraisal agency. 

In case of CA Stores, projects of temperate fruit crops located in production areas for which to protocols are available, are only are allowed.

Capacity and Pattern of Assistance:

The assistance will be given as subsidy @ 35% of the capital cost of project in  general areas and 50% in case of NE, Hilly States & Scheduled Areas for a storage capacity above 5000 MT up to 10000 MT. In case of North East states, projects with a capacity of 1000 MT or above are also eligible for application and consideration.

Calculation of Capacity for subsidy: For calculation of capacity, 3.4 cubic meters (cum.) (120 cubic feet (cft.) of chamber volume shall be considered equivalent to 1 MT storage capacity.

3. Technology Development and Transfer Scheme

Components:

1. Setting up of block/ mother plant and root stock nursery (Area above 4 ha).
2. Acquisition of technologies including import of planting material from other countries for evaluation and mass multiplication in order to increase production & productivity of horticulture crops.
3. Import/procurement of machines and Tools for horticulture for demonstration purpose.
4. Development & Transfer of Technology.
5. Long Distance Transport Solution.
6. Product Promotion and Market Development Services – Horti-fairs.
7. Exposure visit of farmers (Outside State).
8. Visit Abroad for Government Officers.
9. Organization/ Participation in Seminar/ symposia/ workshop for development of horticulture.
10. Accreditation and Rating of Fruit Plant Nurseries.

4. Market Information Service for Horticulture Crops

• To generate information on wholesale prices, arrivals and trends in various markets of the country for important fruits, vegetables & flowers, etc. and also on retail prices for increased number of selected markets.
• To analyze the trends of arrivals, prices, and other related factors of the selected fruit and vegetables such as stock in storage, crop, stand, etc. and generate Market Intelligence Reports.
• To establish a nation-wide communication network for speedy collection and dissemination of market information data for its efficient and timely utilization.
• To prepare farmers’ advisory and issue the same for the benefit of producer farmers especially by making use of statistics so generated and collected for optimizing returns to the producers.
• To collect and compile horticulture database and strengthen existing system of ‘Crop Estimation Survey – Fruits & Vegetables’ (CES-F&V) as far as possible. Information dissemination through publicity, advertisements, films, printed literature etc.
• Development of technology packages in electronic form to be shared through IT.

Pattern of assistance:

Project based as per actual cost.