Ministry/Department : Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Aims to promote farmer producers organisations, processing facilities, agri-logistics and professional management.
Scheme:
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It also aims to aid farmers and help control and limit erratic fluctuations in the prices of all Perishable Fruits & Vegetables.
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Earlier scheme was limited to tomatoes, onions and potatoes (TOP). Extended to all.
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It is essentially price fixation scheme that aims to ensure farmers are given the right price for their produce.
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The idea behind it is to double the income of farmers by the end of 2022.
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Its major objectives are:
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Price stabilisation for producers and consumers by proper production planning in clusters.
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Reduction in post-harvest losses by creation of farm gate infrastructure, development of suitable agro-logistics, and creation of appropriate storage capacity linking consumption centres.
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Enhance value realisation of farmers by targeted interventions to strengthen production clusters and their FPOs,
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Increase in food processing capacities and value addition in value chain.
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Set up of market intelligence network to collect and collate real time data on demand and supply and price of TOP crops.
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National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) will be nodal agency to implement price stabilisation measures.
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Pattern of Assistance: Ministry will provide subsidy 50 % of the cost of the following two components subject to the cost norms:
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Transportation of eligible crops from surplus production cluster to consumption centre and/or
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Hiring of appropriate storage facilities for eligible crops (for a maximum period of 3 months).
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