Subsidy On Packing House – APEDA Subsidy for Pack house is a facility where fruit is received and processed prior to distribution to market.
1. Under The APEDA Scheme
Assistances For The Establishment Of Processing And Supply Chain Infrastructure
Beneficiaries:
APEDA registered Exporters are eligible to apply for assistance under 1(a)-(e)
Central, State government institutions and public sector enterprises are eligible to
apply for assistance-APEDA subsidy for Pack house
Integrated Pack House and processing facilities for addressing missing gaps
Facilities include equipment for collection, cleaning, washing, sorting/ grading, pre- cooling, packing, cold storage, Hand held Near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) instrument (on pre-harvesting quality evaluation of Mango Fruits), Hot water dip treatment etc. and processing facilities for addressing missing gaps.
Pattern of Assistance – The assistance will be upto 40% subject to a ceiling of Rs 200
lakhs
Note : Maximum assistance that can be provided to each beneficiary per geographical location for all
the activities mentioned at 1 (a) to (e) above shall not exceed Rs. 200 lakhs with the stipulation that
maximum assistance that can be availed under this sub component shall not exceed Rs. 500 lakhs per
beneficiary during the five year plan period
Common infrastructure facilities such as Integrated Pack houses, Processing Units, Laboratories etc. to be set up by Central and State government institutions
The assistance will be up to 90% of the approved cost subject to a ceiling of Rs. 600 lakhs. The funds shall be released against bank guarantee-APEDA Subsidy for Pack house
2. Under NHB Horticulture Scheme
Bulk fruit (such as apples, oranges, pears, and the like) is delivered to the plant via trucks or wagons, where it is dumped into receiving bins and sorted for quality and size. In the case of citrus, ripe fruit with a greenish tint is placed in special storage rooms where ethylene gas is used to bring out the color. Obvious “culls” (fruit that is not suitable to sell for eating due to cosmetic defects) is removed and sold for juice or other uses. Fruit that is ready to be packed into crates or flats is run through a washer and then air-dried. A light coating of natural wax is applied to help the fruit retain moisture and enhance its appeal.
Equipment for packinghouse
- Packing grading equipments for fruits and vegetables
- Equipments for ripening of fruits including ethylene generator
- Adiabatic humidifiers for cold rooms
- Gas sensor and controlled system covering Co2, ethylene and oxygen levels
- Ethylene scrubbers
- Co2 scrubbers
- Blast freezers for IQF plants
- Doors for gastight rooms, applications like CA, Banana/fruit ripening
- Nitrogen generators
- Gas controlling systems for CA stores
- Bulk bins for CA stores
- Reach stackers for cold stores and warehouses
- Belt driven conveyors for bulk handling of cargo
- Gantry cranes, unloading, mechanized loaders for bulk and break bulk cargo
Subsidy for packing house
Integrated Post Harvest Management Projects
e.g. Pack House, Ripening Chamber, Refer Van, Retail Outlets, Pre-cooling units, Primary Processing etc
Cost Norms: Rs. 145.00 lakh per project. The add-on components of pre-cooling, pack house, grading, packing, cold room can be taken up as individual components.
Financial assistance : Credit linked back ended subsidy @ 35% of cost limited to Rs.50.75 lakh per project in general areas and @ 50% of project cost limited to Rs. 72.50 lakh per project in NE, Hilly and scheduled Areas, ensuring backward and forward linkage.
Component wise cost norms of Integrated Post Harvest Management
| Item | Cost Norms | Pattern of Assistance |
| Pack house | Rs. 4.00 lakh/unit with size of 9Mx6M | 50% of the capital cost. |
| Integrated pack house with facilities for conveyer belt, sorting, grading units, washing, drying and weighing | Rs. 50.00 lakh per unit with size of 9Mx18M | Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the cost of project in general areas and 50% of cost in case Hilly States & Scheduled areas for individual entrepreneurs. |
| Pre-cooling unit | Rs. 25.00 lakh / unit with capacity of 6 MT. | Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the cost of project in general areas and 50% of cost in case Hilly States & Scheduled areas for individual entrepreneurs |
| Cold room (staging) | Rs. 15.00 lakh/ unit of 30 MT capacity | Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the cost of project in general areas and 50% of cost in case Hilly States & Scheduled areas |
| Mobile pre- cooling unit | Rs. 25.00 lakh | Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the cost of project in general areas and 50% of cost in case Hilly States & Scheduled areas |
| Ripening Chamber | Rs. 1.00 lakh/MT (11 cum of chamber volume shall be equivalent of 1 MT of storage capacity.) | Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the cost of project in general areas and 50% of cost in case Hilly States & Scheduled areas |
| Primary Processing of Fruits,vegetables, Flowers, Aromatic plants (Distillation unit) and Cashew | Rs. 25.00 lakh/ unit | Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the cost of project in general areas and 50% of cost in case Hilly States, NE Region & Scheduled areas |
| Retail Outlets (Environmentally controlled) | Rs. 15.00 lakh/ unit | Credit linked back-ended subsidy @ 35% of the cost of project in general areas and 50% of cost in case Hilly States, NE Region & Scheduled areas |
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