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With the Chief Minister’s polyhouse scheme failing to take off in Uttarakhand, the state government has announced new incentives for farmers, which include a cash subsidy of Rs 10,000 and free disbursement of seeds worth Rs 5000.
Faced with problems like undulating topography, fragile environment, fragmented and small holdings, little or no irrigation facilities, poor marketing structure, that hamper the growth of the horticulture sector in the state, the horticulture department last year had launched an ambitious project to set up cluster-based 20,000 modern polyhouses to boost production of vegetables and flowers. Since the scheme has hit a roadblock, the target has been brought down to 6,000 now.
Under the Chief Minister’s Protected Cultivation Scheme, farmers are being given 50 per cent central subsidy under the Horticulture Technology Mission and the rest of the amount is made available through loans from various banks for setting up polyhouses.
“We want to increase the number of polyhouses in the state. With farmers virtually showing no interest, we have decided to increase the subsidy level to 65 per cent,” said a top government official. Till now, only 10 to 20 polyhouses have been set up against this year’s target of 2,000.
With the cost of a polyhouse being around Rs 1 lakh, the government will now provide cash subsidy of Rs 10,000 and free disbursement of seeds worth Rs 5000 in addition to the 50 per cent central subsidy to attract all those farmers who want to set up new polyhouses, the official added.
The polyhouses are proposed to be constructed in an area of 100-300 square metres. “This is an ambitious project of the chief minister for which we have also invited new bids from various companies for providing polyhouses to farmers in remote areas,” said the official. This is in addition to the six companies which have already been selected by the government to provide polyhouses to farmers that include Jain Irrigation.
The move to provide additional incentives came after the government failed to achieve the target of setting up 4,000 polyhouses in the first phase.
According to an official report, the government has already identified nearly 750 clusters in about 5,000 villages where the government sees tremendous scope in the horticulture sector.
Through this project, the government is aiming four to ten times higher productivity of cash crops. The project will also provide support for capacity building of local youth and employment of local artisans in the construction of polyhouse designs.
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