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What this is
The scheme aims to motivate the growers to bring more area under irrigation by constructing water storage structures, rain water harvesting structures and installation of irrigation equipments for increasing the productivity and improving quality of large cardamom.
In detail
The scheme “Large Cardamom Irrigation Land Development: Irrigation Equipment (Nos)” is a component of the Integrated Scheme for Export Promotion and Quality Improvement in Spices and Research and Development of Cardamom implemented during the 15th Finance Commission period (2021–22 to 2025–26) under the Export-Oriented Production component. The scheme aims to motivate growers to bring more area under irrigation by supporting the construction of water storage structures, rainwater harvesting systems, and the installation of irrigation equipment, thereby increasing productivity and improving the quality of large cardamom.
Who qualifies
- The applicant should be a large cardamom grower located in Sikkim, Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal, or other North Eastern States.
- The applicant should submit the application for consideration under the scheme in the prescribed format.
What you get
- 50 % of cost of equipment subject to a maximum of ₹ 15,000 for General and 75% subject to maximum of ₹ 20,000/- for SC/ST
- Large cardamom growers having land holding size of 0.10 Ha to 8 Ha
not about the scheme.
Provenance
| schemeName | Large cardamom Irrigation Land Development : Irrigation equipment (nos) | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | Ministry Of Commerce And Industry | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |