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 (2nd 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
Andhra Pradesh
79.38
95.00
50.00
Arunachal Pradesh
12.50
8.00
4.40
Assam
79.16
45.00
27.00
Bihar
15.15
15.87
9.60
Chhattisgarh
68.44
85.00
63.00
Goa
1.50
0.00
0.60
Gujarat
63.50
30.00
87.18
Haryana
64.91
89.32
46.00
Himachal Pradesh
23.15
20.00
11.00
Jammu & Kashmir
64.99
72.18
67.75
Jharkhand
10.00
Karnataka
107.40
113.66
54.00
Kerala
28.00
Madhya Pradesh
25.99
Maharashtra
82.35
18.63
Manipur
26.50
25.30
10.94
Meghalaya
9.10
7.25
8.60
18
Mizoram
22.58
40.00
6.75
19
Nagaland
23.60
11.70
20
Orissa
49.00
21
Punjab
22.50
8.22
22
Rajasthan
25.00
23
Sikkim
22.84
19.85
10.93
24
Tamil Nadu
93.02
114.73
75.00
25
Telangana
16.15
26
Tripura
9.00
27
Uttar Pradesh
62.35
64.16
32.00
28
Uttarakhand
22.32
22.00
29
West Bengal
8.06
30
A & N Islands
1.00
0.30
0.52
31
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
0.25
32
Daman & Diu
33
Delhi
34
Lakshadweep
35
Puducherry
1.40
36
Ladakh
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.