Annual Report 2009-2010 - Department of Agriculture & Co-operation

Annual Report 2009-2010
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CHAPTER-10
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
Agricultural Marketing Programmes in North Eastern States
Annexure-10.1
The programmes/schemes implemented by the Directorate are meant for the overall development of agricultural
marketing in the country including North Eastern (NE) States. There is no separate programme exclusively for
NE States. The state -wise implementation of various schemes for NE States are as under:
Rural Godown Scheme:
1. The benefit under Rural Godown Scheme has so far been availed by five States in the NE Region viz.
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland. A total of 214 projects with a total capacity of
2,97,575 MTs involving a Central subsidy of Rs. 12.23 crores have been sanctioned so far in these five states.
The State-wise details are given below:
State-wise number of projects, capacity and amount of subsidy released
from inception up to October 2009 in the NE States
Sl.No. State No. of projects Capacity (MT) Amount (Rs. in lakh)
1 Assam 173 2,83,189 1,178.389
2 Nagaland 1 250 0.833
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 945 6.3
4 Meghalaya 38 12,435 35.7118
5 Mizoram 1 756 2.5198
Total 214 2,97,575 1,223.7536
State-wise number of projects, capacity and amount of subsidy released
during 2009-10 (up to October 2009) in the NE States
Sl.No. State No. of projects Capacity (MT) Amount (Rs. in lakh)
1 Assam 8 29,368 166.734
2 Nagaland 0 0 0
3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0
4 Meghalaya 0 0 0
5 Mizoram 1 756 2.5198
Total 9 30,124 169.2538
Marketing Research and Information Network:
2. Under the scheme of Marketing Research and Information Network, 105 market nodes have been
covered in NE States. Out of these, 76 nodes have been provided with connectivity and only 24 markets are