A Program to Provide 90 Percent Assistance in Planting Material of Horticultural Fruit Crops

"A Program to Provide 90 Percent Assistance in Planting Material of Horticultural Fruit Crops" introduced by the Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Cooperation Department, Gujarat, aims to support farmers by providing 90% subsidy on the cost of planting materials like grafted/tissue culture saplings and seedlings for various fruit crops.

• Farmers receive up to 90% financial assistance on the cost of planting materials.

Pre-fixed assistance rates per hectare for different crops:

Fruit Assistance Mango₹32,000/haSapota (Chiku)₹22,000/haPomegranate₹20,000/haGuava₹16,650/haAonla (Indian Gooseberry)₹5,560/haMandarin / Orange₹5,560/haBer₹2,780/haCoconut₹13,000/ha

Note:

• Only saplings costing up to ₹250/- per unit are eligible for subsidy.
• For fruit crops and cuttings: Planting material will have to be purchased from nurseries accredited by NHB/Agricultural University/Horticulture Department.- For coconut crops: seedlings prepared from seeds will have to be purchased from nurseries accredited by NHB/Agricultural University/Horticulture Department.- For tissue culture: Planting material (planting) will have to be purchased from tissue labs approved/accredited by DBT, GNFC, GSFC, Tissue Labs of Agricultural University, Government Public Institutions like

1. The applicant must be a farmer.
2. The applicant must be a resident of Gujarat.
3. The applicant must purchase planting materials from approved/accredited sources.

Online application

Step 1: The applicant may visit and apply online at I-Khedut Portal: https://ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in/

Step 2: On the home page, click on ‘Schemes’ and then click on ‘Agricultural Schemes’.

Step 3: Now select the scheme, click on the ‘Apply’ button and an application page will open.

Step 4: Click on "Apply New" button and submit a new application.

Step 5: Click on the "Update Application" button to add corrections to the application.

Step 6: Once the application is done, confirm it.

Step 7: Take a print out of the confirmed application.

Step 8: Applicant can also check their Application Status/View/Print/Upload Application details from the below link: https://ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in/public/frm_Applicant_Corner.aspx

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