Investment in Viable Projects for Post-Harvest Management Infrastructure and Community Farming Assets

06 August 2021, New Delhi: The objective of the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) scheme is to mobilize a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets through incentives and financial support in order to improve agriculture infrastructure in the country.

The scheme provide financial assistance in the form of interest subvention and credit guarantee for setting Post Harvest Management (PHM) projects which will help better post harvest management and reduction in wastage.

The following community farming assets projects are eligible under the scheme:-

1. Organic inputs production
2. Bio stimulant production units
3. Infrastructure for smart and precision agriculture.
4. Projects identified for providing supply chain infrastructure for clusters of crops including export clusters.
5. Projects promoted by Central/State/Local Governments or their agencies under PPP for building community farming assets or post-harvest management projects.

State-wise details of beneficiaries of AIF

S.No.	State	Sanctioned (No.)	Sanctioned Amount (in Rs. Crore)
1	MADHYA PRADESH	1311	1021.8
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	351	124.7
	Agri-Entrepreneur	789	754.3
	Farmer	159	129.1
	Farmer Producers Organization	1	1.1
	Joint Liability Groups	3	6.0
	Self Help Group	1	1.0
	Startup	6	4.4
	Public-Private Partnership Project	1	1.1
2	RAJASTHAN	467	279.0
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	258	48.6
	Agri-Entrepreneur	170	187.2
	Farmer	35	37.4
	Farmer Producers Organization	1	1.5
	Joint Liability Groups	1	1.3
	Multipurpose Cooperative Society	1	1.5
	Startup	1	1.6
3	MAHARASHTRA	418	187.6
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	309	71.6
	Agri-Entrepreneur	1	0.5
	Agri-Entrepreneur	82	93.1
	Public-Private Partnership Project	3	5.8
	Farmer	17	11.7
	Farmer Producers Organization	5	4.2
	Startup	1	0.7
4	GUJARAT	237	160.3
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	151	55.7
	Agri-Entrepreneur	75	97.0
	Farmer	9	5.3
	Farmer Producers Organization	1	1.6
	Startup	1	0.7
5	TELANGANA	256	246.2
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	207	178.3
	Agri-Entrepreneur	47	64.9
	Farmer	1	1.0
	Startup	1	2.0
6	HARYANA	121	61.2
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	95	26.3
	Agri-Entrepreneur	22	31.8
	Farmer	1	2.0
	Farmer Producers Organization	3	1.1
7	CHHATTISGARH	146	40.9
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	123	19.7
	Agri-Entrepreneur	13	11.3
	Farmer	3	0.4
	Joint Liability Groups	5	9.2
	Self Help Group	1	0.1
	Startup	1	0.2
8	UTTAR PRADESH	568	99.3
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	549	83.0
	Agri-Entrepreneur	16	15.4
	Farmer	2	0.7
	Startup	1	0.3
9	ODISHA	119	34.2
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	103	25.5
	Agri-Entrepreneur	15	7.4
	Public-Private Partnership Project	1	1.3
10	ANDHRA PRADESH	1320	1448.5
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	1305	1426.2
	Agri-Entrepreneur	13	20.9
	Farmer	1	1.1
	Farmer Producers Organization	1	0.4
11	KARNATAKA	813	296.1
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	799	278.5
	Agri-Entrepreneur	12	15.7
	Farmer	1	1.0
	Startup	1	1.0
12	TAMIL NADU	209	314.8
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	201	310.0
	Agri-Entrepreneur	4	2.8
	Farmer	2	1.2
	Farmer Producers Organization	1	0.6
	Startup	1	0.2
13	PUNJAB	67	15.0
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	60	7.2
	Agri-Entrepreneur	7	7.8
14	KERALA	75	145.9
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	70	143.5
	Agri-Entrepreneur	3	1.0
	Farmer Producers Organization	1	0.2
	Marketing Cooperative Society	1	1.3
15	JHARKHAND	4	2.9
	Agri-Entrepreneur	4	2.9
16	UTTARAKHAND	105	16.0
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	102	13.5
	Agri-Entrepreneur	1	0.9
	Self Help Group	1	0.0
	Startup	1	1.5
17	WEST BENGAL	202	43.2
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	200	40.9
	Agri-Entrepreneur	2	2.3
18	ASSAM	9	6.7
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	7	2.7
	Agri-Entrepreneur	1	2.0
	Public-Private Partnership Project	1	2.0
19	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1	1.0
	Agri-Entrepreneur	1	1.0
20	BIHAR	41	71.7
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	40	70.9
	Agri-Entrepreneur	1	0.8
21	DELHI	1	2.0
	Agri-Entrepreneur	1	2.0
22	HIMACHAL PRADESH	21	6.7
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	20	6.1
	Farmer	1	0.6
23	Nagaland	10	1.4
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	10	1.4
24	Andaman & Nicobar	3	0.3
	Primary Agricultural Credit Society	3	0.3
	Grand Total	6524	4503

This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.