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Fruit and Grain Festival Subsidy Scheme

The scheme is being implemented to organize festivals for sale of seasonal fruits like mangoes, oranges, sweet oranges, grapes,etc as well as grains directly from producers to consumers.

Beneficiaries -

Agricultural Produce Market Committees in the State, Co-operative Societies established for marketing of agricultural commodities, Government Departments, Producers Co-operative Societies, Farmer Producers Companies, Public Charitable Trusts and Societies Registered under the Act 1860

Terms and Conditions -

  • The duration of the festival should be at least 5 (five) days.
  • Financial assistance of Rs.2000 / - per stall for the festival will be payable.
  • Subsidy will be payable for minimum 10 and maximum 50 stalls in the festival.
  • A maximum subsidy of Rs. 1.00 lakh will be payable for the festival.
  • Grant will be payable once in a financial year to the beneficiary for organizing Fruit and Grain Festival.
  • It will be mandatory for the organizers to name the Agriculture Marketing Board as the co-sponsor in the promotion and publicity of the festival e.g. banners, advertisements, news, backdrop, hand bill, etc.
  • If the Agricultural Marketing Board wants to have a stall in the festival, it will be mandatory for the organizers to provide the required stalls free of cost.
  • The report of the festival and some selected photos should be submitted to the Marketing Board for publication in the 'Krishi Panan Mitra' magazine of the Krishi Panan Mandal.
  • The Agricultural Marketing Board will not be responsible for quality, rates and other ancillary and legal matters of the festival. However, it will be binding on the stall holders to sell only good quality produce. It will be up to the organizers to ensure this.
  • A complete proposal for organizing the festival must be submitted with the recommendation of the Divisional Office of the Agricultural Marketing Board.
  • As the festival is for producers only, traders will not be able to participate in it or will not be able to bring produce from the market and sell them.
  • Subsidy will not be payable under this scheme if it is taken under any other government scheme for the festival.
  • It is mandatory to write a guarantee on the stamp paper of Rs. 100 / - that all the above mentioned terms and conditions are acceptable.
  • The Agricultural Produce Market Committees of the State can organize the festival a maximum of five times in a one financial year and for all the festivals together 50 stalls (minimum 10 stalls per festival) per stall Rs. 2000, the maximum subsidy will be Rs. 1.00 lakhs.
  • It will be mandatory to get No Objection Certificate (Fire NOC) from the Fire Department for organizing the festival.