The Government introduced a comprehensive Agriculture Export Policy with the following vision:
“Harness export potential of Indian agriculture, through suitable policy instruments, to make India a global power in agriculture, and raise farmers’ income.”
Inter-alia, the objectives of the Agriculture Export policy are as under:
- To diversify our export basket, destinations and boost high value and value added agricultural exports, including focus on perishables.
- To promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, traditional and non-traditional Agri products exports.
- To provide an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers and dealing with sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
- To strive to double India’s share in world agri exports by integrating with global value chains.
- To enable farmers to get benefit of export opportunities in overseas market.
As part of the Agriculture Export Policy (AEP), several unique product-district clusters have been identified for export promotion, based on factors like existing production and export endowments, scalability of operations, size of the export market / India’s share, and the potential for increase in exports. The list of indicative clusters identified in the AEP is at Annexure-I.
Annexure-I
List of Clusters
|
Product |
Region |
State |
District |
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Banana |
South |
Kerala |
Thrissur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
Kadapa, Anantapur |
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Tamil Nadu |
Trichy, Theni, Pollachi |
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|
West |
Maharashtra |
Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur |
|
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Gujarat |
Bharuch, Narmada, Surat |
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|
Pomegranate |
South |
Andhra Pradesh |
Anantapur, Kurnool |
|
Karnataka |
Belgaum, Mysore |
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|
West |
Maharashtra |
Solapur, Ahmednagar, Pune |
|
|
Central |
Madhya Pradesh |
Khargone, Khandwa, Burhanpur |
|
|
Mango |
West |
Maharashtra |
Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg |
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Gujarat |
Junagarh, Valsad, Kutch, Navsari |
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|
North |
Uttar Pradesh |
Saharanpur, Meerut, Lucknow |
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South |
Telangana |
Rangareddy, Mehboobnagar, Warangal |
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Andhra Pradesh |
Krishna, Chittoor, Kurnool |
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|
Grapes |
West |
Maharashtra |
Pune, Nasik, Sangli |
|
Rose Onion |
South |
Karnataka |
Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura |
|
Onion |
West |
Maharashtra |
Nasik |
|
Central |
Madhya Pradesh |
Indore, Sagar, Damoh |
|
|
Potato |
North |
Uttar Pradesh |
Agra, Farukkabad |
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Punjab |
Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Navashehar |
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|
West |
Gujarat |
Banaskantha, SabarKantha |
|
|
Central |
Madhya Pradesh |
Indore, Gwalior |
|
|
Tea |
East |
Assam |
Tinsukia, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh |
|
Coffee |
South |
Karnataka |
Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Hassan |
|
Marine products |
South |
Andhra Pradesh |
East Godavari, Vishakapatnam, West Godavari, Nellore |
|
East |
Odisha |
Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Balasore |
|
|
West |
Gujarat |
Kutch, Veraval, Navasari, Valsad |
|
|
Chilli |
South |
Telangana |
Khammam, Warangal |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
Guntur |
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Turmeric |
South |
Telangana |
Nizamabad, Karimnagar |
|
Kerala |
Wayanad, Alleppy |
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|
East East |
Meghalaya |
West Jaintia Hills |
|
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Odisha |
Kandhamal |
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Cumin |
West |
Gujarat |
Banaskantha, Mehsana |
|
North |
Rajasthan |
Jalore, Jodhpur, Barmer, Nagaur, Pali |
|
|
Pepper |
South South |
Kerala |
Wayanad |
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Karnataka |
Chikmagalur |
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Cardamom |
South |
Kerala |
Idukki |
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Isabgol |
North |
Rajasthan |
Jodhpur, Nagaur, Barmer, Jaisalmer |
|
Castor |
West |
Gujarat |
Banaskantha, Kutch, Patan, Sabarkantha, Mehsana |
|
Orange |
West |
Maharashtra |
Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha |
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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