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Official Documents
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) — Operational Guidelines, April 2025Modifications in the MIDH guidelines under protected cultivation — Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare letter of 12 August 2025National Horticulture Board — Public Circular of 21 August 2026: amendment in the scheme guidelines of the Commercial Horticulture and Cold Storage schemesNational Horticulture Board — Public Circular of 3 September 2026: temporary suspension of fresh Grant of Clearance applications under Scheme No. 1 and Scheme No. 2National Horticulture Board — scheme guidelines and online application pages on nhb.gov.in
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Guides
Cold storage and post-harvest under NHM: why the rate is 35% and where 5,000 MT comes from
Does NHM give 50% subsidy?
Farm machinery under NHM, and why most of it says “as per SMAM norms”
Growing crops inside a polyhouse: the cost norm you probably missed
Horticulture subsidy in Andhra Pradesh: the site you reach is a different scheme
Horticulture subsidy in Arunachal Pradesh: the state we got least far with
Horticulture subsidy in Assam: a department that files things properly
Horticulture subsidy in Bihar: the checklists nobody else publishes
Horticulture subsidy in Chandigarh: a city with very little farmland
Horticulture subsidy in Chhattisgarh: the state that publishes the current book
Horticulture subsidy in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Horticulture subsidy in Delhi: the word means three different things here
Horticulture subsidy in Goa: documents you can read but cannot cite
Horticulture subsidy in Gujarat: you need the GR number to find the GR
Horticulture subsidy in Haryana: a state running schemes beside the Mission
Horticulture subsidy in Himachal Pradesh: a department built around apple
Horticulture subsidy in Jammu and Kashmir: announced but not published
Horticulture subsidy in Jharkhand: the shelves exist and they are empty
Horticulture subsidy in Karnataka: what the department actually publishes
Horticulture subsidy in Kerala: an undated page from an old edition
Horticulture subsidy in Ladakh: two national rules that land differently here
Horticulture subsidy in Lakshadweep: coconut goes to a different board
Horticulture subsidy in Madhya Pradesh: the guidelines on offer are eleven years old
Horticulture subsidy in Maharashtra: a guideline you cannot download
Horticulture subsidy in Manipur: an active department, an empty link
Horticulture subsidy in Meghalaya: the Mission filed as its own category
Horticulture subsidy in Mizoram: the state that uses the right name
Horticulture subsidy in Nagaland: the institute the whole North East uses
Horticulture subsidy in Odisha: a state scheme with a date on it
Horticulture subsidy in Puducherry: a page that dates itself
Horticulture subsidy in Punjab: a department we reached and a paper trail we did not
Horticulture subsidy in Rajasthan: a site a search engine cannot see either
Horticulture subsidy in Sikkim: the organic state and the organic component
Horticulture subsidy in Tamil Nadu: the order, the money and the counter
Horticulture subsidy in Telangana: the department points at a door we cannot open
Horticulture subsidy in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: no door yet
Horticulture subsidy in Tripura: orders and circulars are where windows open
Horticulture subsidy in Uttar Pradesh: read the dates before the numbers
Horticulture subsidy in Uttarakhand: norms older than the ones in force
Horticulture subsidy in West Bengal: horticulture filed with food processing
Integrated nutrient and pest management, and organic farming, under NHM
MIDH, NHM and SHM: what the three names actually mean
Mushroom production and rejuvenating old orchards under NHM
New orchards and area expansion under NHM: cost norms, 40% and the two-hectare limit
NHB cold storage: capacity bands, rates and the 35% pattern
NHB commercial horticulture projects: open field and large-scale hi-tech
NHB mushroom units and refrigerated transport
NHB protected cultivation: per-acre cost norms above 4,000 square metres
NHB's Technology Development and Transfer scheme
Nurseries and planting material under NHM
Polyhouse add-ons under NHM: hydroponics, fans, fertigation, mulching and fencing
Polyhouse and net house cost in India, and what you really pay after subsidy
Polyhouse subsidy under NHM: fan and pad, naturally ventilated, and the 4,000 square metre ceiling
Shade net houses, tunnels and protective nets under NHM
Vegetables, flowers and spices under NHM: what the cost norms are
Water sources and beekeeping under NHM
What a “cost norm” means, and why it is not the price of your project
What changed in the NHB schemes in August 2026
What NHB supports, and how it differs from NHM
Your state's horticulture subsidy page is probably eleven years out of date
News & Updates
All News
MIDH Operational Guidelines, April 2025 registered as a source
NHB assistance revised to 35% and 45% from 21 August 2026
NHB components and cold storage norms added
NHB has paused new applications since 4 September 2026
NHM cost norms and pattern of assistance now explained
Three official NHB circulars registered as sources
Why we label the NHB annexure as “proposed changes”
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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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