Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)

The Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure sub-scheme was introduced in 2014 to fund storage and marketing infrastructure in the farm-to-market chain.

The reason it exists is the harvest-price problem: a farmer with no storage has to sell when everyone else is selling, which is exactly when prices are lowest. Storage near the farm converts a forced sale into a choice about timing.

AMI now sits inside the broader marketing infrastructure effort alongside e-NAM and the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. The PRS analysis of the 2026-27 budget does not state a separate allocation for AMI for that year, so check its current status before planning around it.

• Assistance for creating and modernising storage and agricultural marketing infrastructure.
• Storage near the farm means produce can be held back from a glutted harvest-time market.
• Infrastructure built under AMI can be combined with the marketing reach of e-NAM.

The official compilation and the budget analysis confirm AMI's purpose and its 2014 start, but do not publish the current subsidy percentages or unit cost ceilings. Those rates decide what a project actually costs you, so get them from your state agricultural marketing board or the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection before you commit money.

• Farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations, cooperatives and entrepreneurs undertaking storage or marketing infrastructure projects.
• Projects are sanctioned through the state agricultural marketing board or state department, so the operative eligibility rules are the state's.

• Subsidy is tied to approved project types and to the unit cost ceilings in force. Confirm both before starting construction, because a project begun before sanction is usually not eligible.
• Availability depends on your state's current allocation and on whether AMI has a live allocation in the relevant year.

How to apply

1. Approach your state agricultural marketing board or the state agriculture marketing department. AMI is implemented through the states, so this is where applications start.
2. Ask specifically for: the current subsidy rate, the unit cost ceiling for the structure you want, and whether sanction must precede construction.
3. Submit the project proposal with land documents and costings.
4. Compare the terms against the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, which offers 3% interest subvention and a credit guarantee on similar storage projects. For many borrowers one of the two is clearly better, and it is worth asking the question before choosing.

• Land ownership or lease document for the project site
• Project report with costings
• Registration documents for an FPO, cooperative or company
• Bank account details