“Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture”(MIDH) Scheme

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• 1
• 2 What is the News?
• 3  Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture(MIDH):
• 4 Funding: Under the scheme,

What is the News?

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has provided an enhanced allocation of Rs. 2250 Crore for the year 2021-22 for ‘Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture’(MIDH).

 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture(MIDH):

• The mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture(MIDH) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector.
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing the MIDH scheme since 2014-15.
• Part of: The scheme is being implemented as a part of the Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana.
• Coverage: The scheme covers fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops. The scheme also covers mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew and cocoa.

Sub Schemes under MIDH: The mission has the following sub-schemes as its component:

• National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
• Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH)
• National Horticulture Board (NHB)
• Coconut Development Board (CDB)
• Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland.

Funding: Under the scheme,

• The government of India(GOI) contributes 60% of the total outlay for developmental programmes in all the states except states in the North East and the Himalayas.
• In the case of the North-Eastern States and the Himalayan States, GOI contributes 90%.
• In the case of the following the GOI contributes 100%.
  • National Horticulture Board(NHB),
  • Coconut Development Board(CDB),
  • Central Institute for Horticulture(CIH)
  • The National Level Agencies(NLA)
• Further, the scheme also provides for technical and administrative support to State Governments/ State Horticulture Missions(SHMs). It also provides technical and administrative support for the Saffron Mission and other horticulture-related activities.

Performance of the scheme: MIDH scheme has played a significant role in increasing the area under horticulture crops such as:

• Area and production under horticulture crops during the years 2014 – 15 to 2019 – 20 has increased by 9% and 14% respectively.
• During the year 2019-20, the country recorded its highest ever horticulture production of 320.77 million tonnes from an area of 25.66 million hectares.
• However, the sector is still facing a lot of challenges. Such as,
  • High post-harvest loss
  • Gaps in post-harvest management
  • Supply chain infrastructure.

Source: PIB

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