For the promotion of agro processing and agri-marketing in the State, Rajasthan Government has decided to adopt a two pronged strategy and launched its Agro Policy 2015.
Objectives:
The policy is aimed at following objectives:
- To create supply chain infrastructure needed for agro industrial development.
- To encourage value addition in agriculture and to reduce post harvest losses thereby increasing the income of farmers and delivering better quality products to consumers.
- To create rural employment and improve the quality of life of rural people.
- To bring in new technologies and practices to modernize agro processing and marketing.
- To assist small scale agro based processing units to remain competitive in global market.
- To increase the export of value added agri-products from the State.
Eligible Industries:
All enterprises with investment of Rs. 100 Crore and provides employment to at least minimum 250 persons, engaged in following activities will be eligible for the benefits under the policy:
- Post Harvest Crop Activities
- Refrigerated Warehousing
- Manufacturing and Processing of Animal products
- Manufacturing and Processing of Agri products
- Manufacturing of fruit and vegetable juices or their concentrates, squashes and powder.
- Manufacturing of sauce, jam and jellies
- Manufacturing of pickles, chutney etc.
- Manufacturing of cereal breakfast obtained by roasting and swelling cereal grains.
- Manufacturing of starches and starch products
- Processing of medicinal/aromatic plants and minor forest products
- Processing of spices and condiments
- Manufacturing of cattle feed/fish feed/poultry feed
Operative Period:
The policy has been come into effect from 1st April 2015 and will remain in force till 31st March 2019.
Nodal Agency:
Department of Agriculture is the Nodal Department and The Rajasthan State Agriculture Marketing Board is the Nodal Agency for the implementation of this policy.
Benefits:
- Transport Subsidy up to Rs. 15 Lakhs per beneficiary per year for maximum 3 year will be provided to all types of transport on export of spices.
- Subsidy up to Rs 10 Lakhs per beneficiary per year for maximum 3 years will be provided for export of fruits and vegetables.
- Subsidy up to Rs. 15 Lakhs per beneficiary per year for maximum 3 years will be provided for the transportation of fruits and vegetables beyond a distance of 300 Kms.
- Incentive @50% of the cost of development of new prototype subject to maximum of Rs. 20 Lakhs per year will also be provided.
- Incentive @50% of the cost of development of the DPR (Max. 10 Lakhs for 5 years)
- Incentive for quality and certification will be provided as below:
- Up to Rs. 2 Lakhs per beneficiary per year for patent and design registration
- Up to Rs. 2 Lakhs to each enterprise for each quality certification per year.
- Assistance @40% of actual cost of sending agri-products for test marketing abroad, subject to maximum of Rs. 50,000 per beneficiary for one sample of one commodity to one country.
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