Development / Strengthening of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization
(25-33.33% subsidy from Directorate of Marketing & Inspection (DMI))
Objective: To encourage rapid development of infrastructure projects in agriculture and allied sectors including dairy, meat, fisheries and minor forest produce.
Investment Subsidy:
25% of the capital cost upto Rs. 50 lakh in each project providing 'Direct' service delivery to producers/ farming community in post harvest management/ marketing of their produce. In case of NE States, hilly and tribal areas, and in the State of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and to SC/ST entrepreneurs and their cooperatives in vestment subsidy shall be 33.33% of the capital cost up to Rs.60 lakh.
Conditions:
- Applicable only in such States/Union Territories, which undertake reforms in APMC Act to allow 'Direct Marketing' and 'Contract Farming' and to permit agriculture produce markets in private and cooperative sectors.
- Promoter's contribution in project cost to be decided by financing Bank with minimum bank loan of 50% in general cases and 46.67% in hilly areas, etc. State Agencies may take up infrastructure project from their own funds dovetailing the subsidy under the scheme, with bank loan or without borrowing from the financial institution.
Eligible Projects:
- Market user common facilities like market yards, platforms for loading, assembling and auctioning of the produce, weighing and mechanical handling equipments etc.
- Functional Infrastructure for assembling, grading, standardization and quality certification, labeling, packaging, value addition facilities (without changing the product form)
- Infrastructure for Direct Marketing from producers to consumers/ processing units/ bulk buyers etc.
- Infrastructure for E-trading, market extension and market oriented production planning.
- Mobile Infrastructure for post harvest operation viz. grading, packaging, quality testing etc. (excluding transport equipment)
- Reefer vans, or any other refrigerated vans used for transporting agriculture produce, which are essential for maintaining cold supply chains.