Additional Central Assistance Scheme 'Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna'

A new Additional Central Assistance Scheme’ Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna’ (RKVY) has been launched by the Government of India during the year 2007-08. Under this scheme, the need felt projects for horticulture development based on the district plans are proposed for approval by the State level Sanctioning Committee(SLSC) of RKVY as State Horticulture Plan for inclusion into Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna.The funds are received under two streams.

The farmer centric components covered under Stream-I & II under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna are as follows:

Stream-I

-Establishment & Strengthening of Mushroom Units in Private sector

Stream-II-

  1. Area Expansion
    • New Plantation
    • Replacement of old plantations
  2. Creation of water Resources
  3. On farm water management
  4. Protected cultivation
  5. Production of Planting material
  6. Popularization of organic farming
  7. Promotion of Integrated Pest Management
  8. Development of Beekeeping
  9. Mechanization of Horticulture
  10. Improvement of Plant/Soil health
  11. Transfer of Technology
  12. Women Empowerment
  13. On farm handling of fruits

Pattern of Assistance under Stream I&II of RKVY is as under:

STREAM-I

S. No. Name of the Component Name of the Activity Pattern of assistance 50% per unit
1 2 3 4
  Establishment & Strengthening of Mushroom Units Private sector:  
i) Establishment of small scale Mushroom house(20'x12'x10') handling 4
MT (400 Bags ) compost		 50,000
ii) Installation of tools and Equipments in Mushroom house 10,000
iii) Assistance for procurement/ preparation of substrate upto 800 bags (8MT) 20,000

STREAM-II

S. No. Name of the Component Name of the activity Pattern of assistance (50%)
1 Area Expansion    
  A.New Plantation i) Fruits (For three years) Rs.22500/- per ha.
    ii) Vegetables Rs.13000/- per ha
    iii) Floriculture Rs.13000/- per 0.2 ha
    iv) Aromatic plants Rs.5000/- per ha
    v) Medicinal Plants Rs.13000/- per ha
  B.Replacement of old plantations   Rs.15000/- per ha
2 Creation of water Resorces i)Water harvesting from source to tank Rs. 20,000/-per ha.
    ii)Creation of Water Storage tanks (300 Cu.M.) Rs.1,00,000/- per unit
    iii) Tubewell/borewell Rs. 12500/- per unit
3 On farm water management i) Drip irrigation Rs.25000/- per ha
    ii) Sprinkler Irrigation Rs.15000/- per ha
4 Protected cultivation i) Low cost Green House Rs.125/- per sq.m.
    ii) Hi-tech Green House Rs.325/- per sq.m.
    iii) Shade net Rs.14/- per sq.m.
    iv) Anti hail net Rs.500/- per tree
5 Production of Planting material i) Establishment of small nursery Rs.3,00,000/- per unit
6 Popularization of organic farming Vermi-compost unit (30'x8'x2.5') Rs.30,000/- per unit
7 Promotion of Integrated Pest Management Insect traps, Sticky bands, Biopesticides etc. Rs.1000/- per ha.
8 Development of Beekeeping Supply of Bee colonies with hives Rs.800/- per colony
& hive
9 Mechanization of Horticulture i) Manually operated equipments Rs.1500/- per unit
    ii) Power operated equipments Rs.5000/- per unit
    iii)Diesel engine Rs.9000/- per unit
    iv)Power Tiller Rs.45000/- per unit
10 Improvement of Plant/Soil health Use of micronutrients and Biofertilizers Rs 1500/- per Ha.
11 Transfer of Technology i) Training of farmers within state(7 days) Rs.1500/- per farmer
    ii) Training/Exposure visits of farmers (7 days) outside the State Rs.2500/- per farmer
    iii) One day farmer's training camp(25 Farmers per camp) Rs.1250 per camp
    iv)Organization of Horticulture Fair/Exhibition Rs.1,00,000/- per fair
12 Women Empowerment i) Training of women farmers (5 days) Rs. 1000 per farmer
    ii) Seld Help Groups Rs.5000/- per group
13 On farm handling of fruits Supply of Plastic crates/ Kiltas/baskets Rs. 2500/- per farmer
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