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India is the 2nd largest shaper of fruits and vegetables successful the world. (Representational Photo/Express File)
The Union Government has reportedly decided to see 4 caller components – Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Vertical Farming, and Precision Agriculture – nether the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) – a Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS) that promotes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, basal and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
According to sources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has besides begun the process of revising the MIDH operational guidelines and outgo norms and the aforesaid volition beryllium released wrong a month. The outgo norms nether the MIDH whitethorn spot an upward revision of 20 per cent arsenic compared to the existing rates, the sources said.
The outgo norms and guidelines were past fixed successful April 2014. Since then, the Centre has not revised MIDH guidelines. The Centre supports pre-production, production, post-harvest management, processing, and selling activities nether the MIDH.
The determination to revise guidelines comes aft respective states raised the contented of aged rates nether the MIDH. For instance, during a precocious held conference, Odisha Agriculture Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said, “We are inactive giving 10-year-old rates.”
On earlier occasions, too, authorities authorities officials person raised the contented of non-revision of the MIDH guidelines and outgo norms, said a source.
According to sources, the Agriculture Ministry has already taken in-principal support for the revision of guidelines and outgo norms erstwhile the Union Cabinet approved the rationalisation of each CSS operating nether the ministry into two-umbrella schemes – Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY) and Krishonnati Yojana (KY). Now, these volition beryllium notified wrong a month, said the sources.
The horticulture assemblage successful India has seen a large leap successful accumulation successful caller years. India’s full horticulture accumulation accrued to 334.60 cardinal metric tonnes successful 2020-21 from 240.53 cardinal metric tonnes successful 2010-11. In fact, the horticulture accumulation is higher than the accumulation of nutrient grains successful the country. India is the 2nd largest shaper of fruits and vegetables successful the world. The yearly allocation of the MIDH is Rs 2,000 crore for the existent fiscal twelvemonth (2024-25).
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