Chandigarh , September 28 – The Haryana Government has implemented the ‘ Grant Provision for Cultivation of Horticultural Crops ‘ scheme with the aim of promoting horticulture in the state and increasing the income of farmers .
Giving detailed information in this regard, a spokesperson of the Horticulture Department Haryana said that the government is providing huge subsidy to the farmers of the state for cultivation of fruits , vegetables , flowers , spices and aromatic plants. Under this scheme, the application and grant limit has also been fixed , according to which a maximum of 5 acres can be availed for planting new fruit orchards and cultivation of spices . At the same time, for vegetable cultivation, general category farmers can avail a maximum of 5 acres and scheduled category farmers can avail a maximum of 1 acre , while this limit has been fixed for cultivation of flowers and aromatic plants up to 5 acres.
The spokesperson further informed about the grant amount that farmers will be given a grant ranging from ₹24,500 to ₹1,40,000 per acre for planting new orchards . For vegetable cultivation, a grant of ₹15,000 per acre will be given to the general category and ₹25,500 per acre to the scheduled category , which will be payable only on adopting integrated models like mulching , low tunnel , drip or bamboo staking . Similarly, a grant of ₹15,000 to ₹30,000 per acre has been arranged for spice cultivation , ₹8,000 to ₹40,000 per acre for flower cultivation and ₹8,000 per acre for aromatic plants cultivation . To ensure transparency, this entire grant amount will be directly transferred to the bank account of the beneficiary farmer.
The spokesperson further said that to avail the benefits of the scheme, it is mandatory to register on the ‘ Meri Fasal-Mera Biora ‘ portal and ‘ Hortnet ‘ . Along with this, the applicants must have personal details , family identity card , complete details of the bank account (account number , bank name , branch and IFSC code) and a Scheduled Caste certificate if required .
He appealed to all the interested farmers of the state to take maximum benefit of this scheme and said that for detailed information, farmers can contact their respective District Horticulture Officer or call toll-free number 1800-180-2021 . Apart from this , information can also be obtained through the departmental website www.hortharyana.gov.in or e-mail horticulture@hry.nic.in .
