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DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION
G O V E R N M E N T O F A N D H R A P R A D E S H
Hon'ble Chief Minister of A.P.
Sri Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
Hon'ble Minster for Horticulture
Shri Ramireddy Ventakata Reddy
Mission Director & Director of
Horticulture,
Hyderabad
Sri D. Balaji Naik ,
Executive Director, SHM
Hyderabad

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION
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State Profile – AP vs. INDIA
A P is the 4 th largest State in India with 275068 Sq. Km area, accounting for 8.37% of net India’s 32, 87, 263 Sq.km
area.
A P’s net irrigated area is 4.82 Million Hectares, accounting for 8.82 % of the India’s net irrigated 62.29 Million
Hectares area.
A P is the 5 th most popular State with projected population of 8.27 Crores as on 1 st March, 2007 accounting for
7.4% of India’s 111.75 Crores population.
The net area sown was 10.95Million Hectares , constituting 39.90% of its own geographical area, and accounting
7.7% of India’s 140.86 Million Hectares area.
A P has the 2 nd longest coastline with coastline of 974 km, accounting 15.96% of India’s mainland coastline of 6100
km.
Andhra Pradesh is blessed with many major rivers, the most important being Godavari, Krishna, Penna and
Vamsadhara.
The energy available for use as on 30.9.2006 is 28,366 M.W. Number of consumers served has increased from 1.73
Crores at the end of March 2006 to 1.77 Crores at the end of September 2006.
There five airports in AP including Hyderabad International Airport at Shamshabad.
There are four major ports in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION
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Horticulture
A.P. is endowed with varied agro-climatic conditions for growing a variety of horticulture crops like fruits,
vegetables, spices, tuber crops, plantation crops and floriculture.
An area of about 16.49 lakh Hectares is under various horticulture crops with an estimated production of
143.87 lakh Tones of horticulture produce and 88.50 lakh cut flowers.
A.P. holds :
1 st position in production of mango, mosambi, lime, papaya, chillies, and turmeric.
2 nd in tomato and coriander
3 rd in pomegranate,
4 th in tapioca, bendi and grapes
5 th in banana, sapota and onion.
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and Govt. of India have jointly set up 4 agri. export zones in the state.

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION
G O V E R N M E N T O F A N D H R A P R A D E S H
1. Director Message
2. Major Thrust Areas click here
3. Functions of the Department click here
4. Milestones from 2004-05 to 2009-10 click here
5. Ongoing Activities Programs click here
6. Area and Production of Horticulture Crops click here
7. District wise and production of Major Horticulture Crops click here
8. State Support Schemes ( Dept. of Horticulture) click here
9. Schemes – State Horticulture Mission click here
10. Process Flow charts for availing subsidy under the schemes click here
11. Good Agricultural Practices click here
12. Farm Tools and Machinery click here
13. Package of Practices click here
14. Key Contacts click here
15. For more details click here
16. For any queries contact: click here

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION
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RIPENING CHAMBER – AVAILING FINANCIAL BENIFITS
UNDER STATE HORITICULTURE MISSION
Step 1
Beneficiary should approach local officer ( H.O) with the proposal to get Application Form -- Attached
Step 2
Approach the Bank with filled up Application Form to get bankers willingness to finance the proposal.
Step 3
Submit all necessary documents and Project Report to the Bank and obtain loan sanction letter.
Step 4
Step 5
Submit Bank sanction letter, application form with project report along with local District Collector approval to
SHM office.
SHM obtains the approval from State Level Executive Committee and forward the documents to NHM for approval
Step6
On Receipt of approval from NHM, Tentative Administrative sanction will be forwarded to the beneficiary by SHM
Step 7
Beneficiary completes Civil Works and installation of the equipment.
Step 8
ADH forwards the completion report along with Bank disbursement statement to SHM office
Step 9
Step 10
SHM office conducts joint inspection and submit the report
Based on the Report the subsidy will be released to the bank, which has sanctioned the loan

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION
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Note:
1. Maximum allowed cost is Rs 6,000 per Metric Tonne (Civil works and equipments) and
total capacity of the unit is restricted to 5000 Metric Tones. The total cost of the
project is not more than Rs 3 crores.
2. Eligible Subsidy is 40% of the total Permissible cost and 55% subsidy in case of
beneficiaries from Hilly regions
3. SHM – State Level Horticulture Mission (http://apshm.ap.nic.in)
4. ADH – Assistant Director Horticulture based in Districts Head Quarters.
5. National Horticulture Mission: www.nhm.nic.in/
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DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION
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