Agri-Export Scheme

Subsidy schemes for setting up agriculture processing industries, warehouses, cold storage, pack houses, milk chilling plants, etc.

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Capital subsidy for farmers & their organizations

  • 50% of capital cost, up to ₹1 crore.
  • Interest subsidy of 6% for 5 years, up to ₹1 crore.
  • Capital subsidy for other eligible entrepreneurs:-
    • 25% of capital cost, up to ₹50 lakh.
    • Interest subsidy of 5% for 5 years, up to ₹50 lakh (processing units) & ₹1 crore (infrastructure).
  • Additional Capital Subsidy:-
    • 10% extra for farmers (up to ₹1 crore) & other entrepreneurs (up to ₹50 lakh) if supported under central government schemes.
  • Special Benefits for Backward Regions & Categories:
    • Extra 1% interest subsidy for units in tribal areas, backward districts, SC/ST, women, and youth (below 35 years).
  • Ease of Land Use Conversion:-
    • No land conversion required for setting up food processing units up to 10 hectares.
  • Electricity Reimbursement & Solar Power Incentives:
    • ₹1 per unit reimbursement, up to ₹2 lakh annually for 5 years.
    • 30% subsidy on solar energy plants, up to ₹10 lakh.

Eligible Activities

  • Food Processing & Value Addition
    • Fruit & vegetable processing, spice processing
    • Grain milling, rice mills, flour mills, pulse processing
    • Herbal & medicinal plant processing, minor forest produce processing
    • Honey processing, non-food agri-processing
    • Food flavors, colors, oleoresins, mushroom processing
    • Agri-waste processing units
  • Animal Husbandry Sector
    • Milk processing, meat & poultry processing, fish processing
    • Cattle feed, poultry feed, fish meal products
  • Service Enterprises & Infrastructure Development
    • Storage & primary processing centers
    • Warehouses, cold storage, irradiation processing plants
    • Pack houses, food parks, agro-processing clusters, reefer vans