The vocabulary
Glossary
The words the guidelines use, explained in everyday language and in the context of the scheme they come from. A term can mean different things under NHB and NHM, so each entry says which one it belongs to.
- 26 terms
- 21 with the Hindi word
- our wording, not a quoted rule
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4 terms filed under NHB, of 26. Each one is our explanation of a concept, not a statement quoted from a document — where a figure matters, the document settles it.
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Start with the scheme guides
NHB subsidy guide
Commercial horticulture projects, protected cultivation above one acre, and cold storage from 5,001 MT.
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NHM subsidy guide
The scheme that covers most states and union territories, component by component.
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NHM by state
What we have verified for your state, and what is still an open question.
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Official documents
The guidelines and circulars behind every explanation, with the version we checked.
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Glossary
Cost norm, back-ended, credit-linked and the rest, in everyday language.
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The questions people ask us most
Myth versus rule
Does NHM give 50% subsidy?
Rates run from 30% to 50% depending on the component, and every one carries a ceiling.
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What a cost norm actually means
The upper limit used to calculate subsidy, not the price of your project. The single most misread number in the scheme.
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Protected cultivation
Polyhouse subsidy under NHM
Area-wise cost norms for both polyhouse types, and the 4,000 square metre ceiling that shapes the project.
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Choosing a route
NHB or NHM: which applies?
Project size usually decides. Where an NHM ceiling stops, the NHB route begins.
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