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Under the Walk-In Tunnel, the Rajasthan government provides the benefit of a subsidy to the farmers with affordable and efficient structures that offer protection from adverse weather conditions, pests, and diseases.

The Walk-In Tunnel under the Agriculture Department of the Rajasthan government provides the benefit of a subsidy to the farmers with affordable and efficient structures that offer protection from adverse weather conditions, pests, and diseases.

Walk In Tunnels are basically protected structures made from Pre-galvanized pipe and covered with UV Stabilized Plastic sheets. Generally Tunnels are used to give favorable controlled environments like temperature, humidity, light intensity, ventilation, soil media, disease control, irrigation, Fertigation, and other agronomical practices throughout the season irrespective of the natural conditions outside. Walk In Tunnel has a variety of applications, the majority being, the growing of vegetables, floriculture, planting material acclimatization, and fruit crop growing for the export market.

> Important points

• The construction of Walk in Tunnel can be started only after the administrative approval/work order issued by the Horticulture Department.
• Verification can be done by the committee formed after construction.
• Payment of the grant amount directly into the bank account of the farmer or to the producer firm with the written consent of the farmer.

• The applicant must be a native of Rajasthan.
• The applicant should be a Farmer.
• The applicant must have agricultural land ownership and irrigation sources.

• 50 percent grant is payable for the area.
• 800 square meters (maximum 5 units per beneficiary).
• 400 square meters (maximum 10 units per beneficiary).