The Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme is a central sector initiative aimed at improving agricultural infrastructure in India.
Main Features:
Credit Guarantee for Loans up to ₹2 crores with an interest subvention of 3% per annum for a maximum period of 7 years.
ELIGIBLE ENTITIES:
- Agricultural Produce Market Committee
- Agri-Entrepreneur
- Central sponsored Public-Private Partnership Project
- Farmer
- Farmer Producers Organization
- Federation of Farmer Produce Organisations
- Joint Liability Groups
- Local Body sponsored Public-Private Partnership Project
- Marketing Cooperative Society
- Multipurpose Cooperative Society
- National Federations of Cooperatives
- Primary Agricultural Credit Society
- Self Help Group
- Federations of Self Help Groups
- Start-Up
- State Agencies
- State Federations of Cooperatives
- State sponsored Public-Private Partnership Project
Eligible projects for all beneficiaries
- Organic inputs production
- Bio stimulant production units
- Nursery
- Tissue culture
- Seed Processing
- Custom Hiring Center
- Infrastructure for smart and precision agriculture
- Farm/Harvest Automation
- Purchase of drones, putting up specialized sensors on field, Blockchain and AI in agriculture etc.
- Remote sensing and Internet of Things (IOT) such as automatic weather station, Farm advisory services through GIS applications.
- Logistics facilities – Reefer Van& Insulated vehicles
- Assaying Units
- Supply chain services including e-marketing platforms
- Warehouse & Silos
- Cold Stores and Cold Chain
- Packaging Units
- Primary Processing activities
Govt. Subsidy Schemes
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Crop Wise List of Eligible Primary Processing Activities
| SR. NO. | CROPS | ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES | NOT ELIGIBLE |
| 1 | Cereals & Millets Wheat, rice, sorghum,barley, maize, oat, etc. | • Cleaning • De-stoning • Sorting & grading • Hulling • Milling (flour, maida, sooji, daliya) • Pounding • Grinding • Tempering • Parboiling • Soaking • Drying • Sieving • Irradiation • Packaging • Flaking • Storage (warehouse, silos) | • Fermentation • Baking • Puffing • Frying • Extrusion • Blending • Roasting • Rice fortification (Bread, biscuits, pasta, snack foods, etc. not eligible) |
| 2 | Fruits and vegetables | Washing Cleaning Drying Sorting Grading Freezing (IQF & blast) Blanching for primary processing Cooling Waxing Conditioning Packhouse Cold store Ripening chamber Reefer van Bucket elevators Packaging | Dehydrated products Concentrated products Canning Juice extraction Sauces Candies Jam and Jelly |
| 3 | Oilseeds & Oil palms Groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower, linseed, olives, oil palm etc. | • Cleaning • De-stoning • De-husking (decorticating machines) • Winnowing • Oil extraction (ghani, hydraulic press etc.) • Solvent Extraction • Oil seed cake | • Refining |
| 4 | Pulses Bengal Gram , Pigeon Peas, Green Gram, Chick Peas, Black Gram, Red Kidney Beans, Black Eyed Peas, White Peas etc. | • Cleaning • De-stoning • Drying • Sorting & grading • De-husking • Splitting • De-hulling • Milling (Besan) • Irradiation • Packaging • Storage | • Canning • Products like Papads • Pulse based ready to eat foods • Puffed chickpea |
| 5 | Spices Red chilli, Cumin, Clove, Coriander, Cinnamon, Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric, Fenugreek,Cardamom etc. | • Cleaning • Drying • Sorting • Boiling • Polishing • Grinding • Packaging • Storage • Irradiation | Roasted products, Paste |
| 6 | Cash Crops | ||
| Cotton | • Cleaning • Drying • Ginning • Pressing & Bailing • Linting • Cotton seed oil • Seed cake | • Fibre making • FibreScouring • Weaving | |
| Sugarcane | • Cane unloading • Cleaning • Cane breaking • Cane milling • Straining • Evaporators • Centrifugation • Storage tanks • Dryers • Sugar crystals • Jaggery • Packaging & storage | • Formation of paper & board with bagasse • Fermentation • Alcoholic distillation | |
| Jute | • Cutting • Retting • Stripping • Washing • Drying • Bailing • Packing • Storage | • Formation of Jute cloth • Bags • Sacks | |
| Tea & coffee | • Cleaning & Washing • Withering • Rolling • Fermentation • Drying • Sorting • Drying of cherries • Hulling • Pulping • Oxidation • Packaging (including tea bags) • White tea, green tea, black tea | • Formation of chocolates | |
| Coconut | • Dehusking • Deshelling • Cutting • Drying (copra) • Grinding • Extraction of coconut water • Coconut milk extraction • Centrifugation • Hot processing • Virgin coconut oil • Packaging | • Cream • Butter | |
| Rubber | • Mastication • Mixing • Shaping • Curing • Irradiation | • Secondary rubber products like tyres, mattresses, bottles, boots etc. | |
| Tobacco | • Cleaning • Grading • Sorting • Curing • Drying • Storage | • Making of Chew, Cigars, Dips etc. | |
| 7 | Nuts Cashew Almonds Walnuts Pistachios etc. | • Cleaning • Grading • Streaming in boiler • Shell cutting • Drying • Peeling • Grading • Packaging • Shelling • Separation • Packaging • Hulling • Washing • Drying • Storage • Packaging • Conveying belts | • Cashew fruit juice • Roasted products • Nut spreads • Almond milk • Powder • Spreads • Roasting |
| 8 | Herbal, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops Barberry, Liquorice, Bael, Isabgol,Guggal, Kerth, Aonla, Chandan, Senna, Baiberang, Brahmi, Eucalyptus, Jatamansi etc. | • Cleaning • Sorting • Drying • Milling • Extraction of oil • Packaging • Storage | • Syrup • Pills • Cream • Frying |
| 9 | Bamboo | • Drying • Cutting • Stripping • Formation of sheets • Bamboo Charcoal • Powder • Granules • Bamboo treatment plant • Bamboo depots &godown | • Processed food products like pickles, curry etc. • Products such as fibre, furniture, agarbatti, etc. |
| 10 | Fodder crops Berseem, forage sorghum, etc. | • Cutting • Mixing • Grinding | • Pelleting |
| 11 | Tuber crops Sweet Potatoes, Cassava etc. | • Peeling and washing • Grating • Fermentation • Drying • Sieving • Milling • Storage | • Alcoholic products • Starch |
| 12 | Arecanut | • Cleaning • Dehusking • Peeling • Splitting • Boiling • Drying • Packaging | • Preparation of hardboard, insulation wool, cushions, paper, paper board etc. |
Eligible projects for building community farming assets
In addition to above activities farmer groups such as FPOs, PACS, SHGs, JLGs, Cooperatives, National and State Level Federation of Co-operatives, FPOs federations, Federations of SHGs, National and State Level Agencies etc. are eligible for following activities:
- Hydroponic Farming
- Mushroom farming
- Vertical farming
- Aeroponic farming
- Poly house/ Greenhouse
- Logistics facilities (including non-refrigerated/insulated vehicles)
Crop Wise List of Eligible Primary Processing Activities
| Sr. No. | Crops | Eligible Activities | Not Eligible |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Cereals & Millets Wheat, rice, sorghum,barley, maize, oat, etc. |
• Cleaning • De-stoning • Sorting & grading • Hulling • Milling (flour, maida, sooji, daliya) • Pounding • Grinding • Tempering • Parboiling • Soaking • Drying • Sieving • Irradiation • Packaging • Flaking • Storage (warehouse, silos) |
• Fermentation • Baking • Puffing • Frying • Extrusion • Blending • Roasting • Rice fortification (Bread, biscuits, pasta, snack foods, etc. not eligible) |
|
2 |
Fruits and vegetables |
• Washing • Cleaning • Drying • Sorting • Grading • Freezing (IQF & blast) • Blanching for primary processing • Cooling • Waxing • Conditioning • Packhouse • Cold store • Ripening chamber • Reefer van • Bucket elevators • Packaging |
• Dehydrated products • Concentrated products • Canning • Juice extraction • Sauces • Candies • Jam and Jelly |
|
3 |
Oilseeds & Oil palms Groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower, linseed, olives, oil palm etc. |
• Cleaning • De-stoning • De-husking (decorticating machines) • Winnowing • Oil extraction (ghani, hydraulic press etc.) • Solvent Extraction • Oil seed cake |
• Refining |
|
4 |
Pulses Bengal Gram , Pigeon Peas, Green Gram, Chick Peas, Black Gram, Red Kidney Beans, Black Eyed Peas, White Peas etc. |
• Cleaning • De-stoning • Drying • Sorting & grading • De-husking • Splitting • De-hulling • Milling (Besan) • Irradiation • Packaging • Storage |
• Canning • Products like Papads • Pulse based ready to eat foods • Puffed chickpea |
|
5 |
Spices Red chilli, Cumin, Clove, Coriander, Cinnamon, Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric, Fenugreek,Cardamom etc. |
• Cleaning • Drying • Sorting • Boiling • Polishing • Grinding • Packaging • Storage • Irradiation |
• Roasted products • Paste |
|
6 |
Cash Crops (A)Cotton |
|
• Fibre making • FibreScouring • Weaving |
|
(B) |
Sugarcane |
• Cane unloading • Cleaning • Cane breaking • Cane milling • Straining • Evaporators • Centrifugation • Storage tanks • Dryers • Sugar crystals • Jaggery • Packaging & storage |
• Formation of paper & board with bagasse • Fermentation • Alcoholic distillation |
|
(C) |
Jute |
• Cutting • Retting • Stripping • Washing • Drying • Bailing • Packing • Storage |
• Formation of Jute cloth • Bags • Sacks |
|
(D) |
Tea & coffee |
• Cleaning & Washing • Withering • Rolling • Fermentation • Drying • Sorting • Drying of cherries • Hulling • Pulping • Oxidation • Packaging (including tea bags) • White tea, green tea, black tea |
• Formation of chocolates |
|
(E) |
Coconut |
• Dehusking • Deshelling • Cutting • Drying (copra) • Grinding • Extraction of coconut water • Coconut milk extraction • Centrifugation • Hot processing • Virgin coconut oil • Packaging |
• Cream • Butter |
|
(F) |
Rubber |
• Mastication • Mixing • Shaping • Curing • Irradiation |
• Secondary rubber products like tyres, mattresses, bottles, boots etc. |
|
(G) |
Tobacco |
• Cleaning • Grading • Sorting • Curing • Drying • Storage |
• Making of Chew, Cigars, Dips etc. |
|
7 |
Nuts Cashew Almonds Walnuts Pistachios etc. |
• Cleaning • Grading • Streaming in boiler • Shell cutting • Drying • Peeling • Grading • Packaging • Shelling • Separation • Packaging • Hulling • Washing • Drying • Storage • Packaging • Conveying belts |
• Cashew fruit juice • Roasted products • Nut spreads • Almond milk • Powder • Spreads • Roasting |
|
8 |
Herbal, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops Barberry, Liquorice, Bael, Isabgol,Guggal, Kerth, Aonla, Chandan, Senna, Baiberang, Brahmi, Eucalyptus, Jatamansi |
• Cleaning • Sorting • Drying • Milling • Extraction of oil • Packaging • Storage |
• Syrup • Pills • Cream • Frying |
|
9 |
Bamboo |
• Drying • Cutting • Stripping • Formation of sheets • Bamboo Charcoal • Powder • Granules • Bamboo treatment plant • Bamboo depots &godown |
Processed food products like pickles, curry etc. • Products such as fibre, furniture, agarbatti, etc |
|
10 |
Fodder crops Berseem, forage sorghum, etc. |
• Cutting • Mixing • Grinding |
• Pelleting |
|
11 |
Tuber crops Sweet Potatoes, Cassava etc. |
• Peeling and washing • Grating • Fermentation • Drying • Sieving • Milling • Storage |
• Alcoholic products • Starch |
|
12 |
Arecanut |
• Cleaning • Dehusking • Peeling • Splitting • Boiling • Drying • Packaging |
• Preparation of hardboard, insulation wool, cushions, paper, paper board etc. |