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Modifications in the MIDH guidelines under protected cultivation — Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare letter of 12 August 2025

Issued by Horticulture Division, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

  • M-14011/5/2024-MIDH
  • Current
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A one-page letter from the Deputy Secretary (MIDH). The revised MIDH operational guidelines of 2025 had cut the protected cultivation limit for NHM and HMNEH from 4,000 square metres to 2,500 square metres per beneficiary, while keeping the National Horticulture Board above 2,500 square metres.

After representations from stakeholders, the limit is restored to 4,000 square metres per beneficiary for the MIDH sub-schemes, and set at 4,000 square metres and above for the National Horticulture Board, stated to be in order to avoid duplication between the sub-schemes. The change applies from the date of the letter, 12 August 2025.

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Addressed to the Mission Directors of the NHM and HMNEH States and Union Territories, copied to the Managing Director of the National Horticulture Board. It changes one number, the per-beneficiary area limit for protected cultivation, for both the MIDH sub-schemes and NHB. It does not change any rate or cost norm.

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Retrieved 07 Sep 2026 · effective from 12 Aug 2025
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