A Program to Provide 90 Percent Assistance in Planting Material of Horticultural Fruit Crops

• Farmers receive up to 90% financial assistance on the cost of planting materials.

> Pre-fixed assistance rates per hectare for different crops:

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Fruit Assistance Mango₹32,000/haSapota (Chiku)₹22,000/haPomegranate₹20,000/haGuava₹16,650/haAonla (Indian Gooseberry)₹5,560/haMandarin / Orange₹5,560/haBer₹2,780/haCoconut₹13,000/ha<br>

> Note:

• Only saplings costing up to ₹250/- per unit are eligible for subsidy.
• For fruit crops and cuttings: Planting material will have to be purchased from nurseries accredited by NHB/Agricultural University/Horticulture Department.- For coconut crops: seedlings prepared from seeds will have to be purchased from nurseries accredited by NHB/Agricultural University/Horticulture Department.- For tissue culture: Planting material (planting) will have to be purchased from tissue labs approved/accredited by DBT, GNFC, GSFC, Tissue Labs of Agricultural University, Government Public Institutions like

1. The applicant must be a farmer.
2. The applicant must be a resident of Gujarat.
3. The applicant must purchase planting materials from approved/accredited sources.

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Step 1: The applicant may visit and apply online at I-Khedut Portal: https://ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in/

Step 2: On the home page, click on ‘Schemes’ and then click on ‘Agricultural Schemes’.

Step 3: Now select the scheme, click on the ‘Apply’ button and an application page will open.

Step 4: Click on &amp;quot;Apply New&amp;quot; button and submit a new application.

Step 5: Click on the &amp;quot;Update Application&amp;quot; button to add corrections to the application.

Step 6: Once the application is done, confirm it.

Step 7: Take a print out of the confirmed application.

Step 8: Applicant can also check their Application Status/View/Print/Upload Application details from the below link: https://ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in/public/frm_Applicant_Corner.aspx

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