FAE

The scheme aims to increase fruit production by encouraging farmers to establish new orchards, providing fruit plants at a 50% subsidy to support the expansion of fruit cultivation across Uttarakhand.

The scheme “Fruit Area Expansion” is implemented by the Department of Horticulture, Government of Uttarakhand. It aims to increase fruit production by encouraging farmers to establish new orchards, providing fruit plants at a 50% subsidy to support the expansion of fruit cultivation across Uttarakhand.

• The applicant must be a resident of Uttarakhand.
• The applicant must be a farmer and hold a Udhyan Card.
• The farmer must either own agricultural land or have land on lease.
• If the farmer owns land, the maximum land allowed per beneficiary is 4 hectares and the minimum land allowed is 0.02 hectares.
• The maximum land area allowed under the scheme is 4 hectares.

• Increasing production by establishing new orchards.
• Fruit plants are provided at a subsidy of 50% of the total cost.
• For developing orchards, fruit plants such as mango, guava, pomegranate, apple, litchi, plum, peach, apricot, walnut, citrus, malta, kiwi, dragon fruit, etc., are provided to farmers. (For example, if a walnut plant costs ₹400/-, the farmer has to deposit ₹200/- at the concerned Horticulture Mobile team Centre, and the government bears the remaining ₹200/- as subsidy, so the farmer receives the plant for ₹200/-.)