DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
24 April, 2020
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Recently, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare released the Third Advanced Estimate (2018-19) of Area and Production of various Horticulture Crops. As per the report, the total horticulture production in the country is estimated to be 313.85 million tonnes which is 0.69% higher than the horticulture production of 311.71 million tonnes in 2017-18. The area under horticulture crops has increased to 25.49 million hectares in 2018-19 from 25.43 million hectares in 2017-18.
What is Horticulture?
Classification
Features of Horticulture in India
Indian Council of Agricultural Resource (ICAR)
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
While Government of India (GOI) contributes 85% of total outlay for developmental programmes in all the states except the states in North East and Himalayas, 15% share is contributed by State Governments. In the case of North Eastern States and Himalayan States, GOI contribution is 100%. Similarly, for development of bamboo and programmes of National Horticulture Board (NHB), Coconut Development Board (CDB), Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland and the National Level Agencies (NLA), GOI contribution will be 100%.
Main objectives of Mission
Sub-schemes and area of operation
Sl. No. |
Sub Scheme |
Target group / area of operation |
1 |
National Horticulture Mission (NHM) |
All states & UTs except states in NE and Himalayan Region. |
2 |
Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH) |
All states in NE and Himalayan Region - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir |
3 |
National Bamboo Mission (NBM) |
All states & UTs |
4 |
National Horticulture Board (NHB) |
All states & UTs focusing on commercial horticulture |
5 |
Coconut Development Board (CDB) |
All States and UTs where coconut is grown |
6 |
Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH) |
NE states, focusing on HRD and capacity building. |
Activities for which financial assistance is provided
Under MIDH, financial assistance is provided for following major interventions/activities:
Key elements of the mission
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