Archive · 25 Dec 2025
Maharashtra to boost Vidarbha citrus growers
The government of Maharashtra is planning to help orange and sweet lime farmers in Vidarbha.
They want to make sure the fruits grown there are of high quality and can compete with fruits from other countries.
They will make it mandatory for nurseries to register and meet certain standards.
They also plan to use special technology and set up model farms to help the farmers.
The government will give farmers a few years to make the necessary improvements.
Maharashtra government to take strategic decisions to improve the quality of life for citrus growers in Vidarbha.
Registration of nurseries with the National Horticulture Board will be made mandatory.
AI-based machinery and model farms to be introduced for fruit thinning and research.
Amendments to the Maharashtra Fruit Nurseries Act, 1969, to enforce quality standards for nurseries.
Existing nurseries given a period of three to five years to carry out necessary improvements.
- Who
- Maharashtra State Government, Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharane, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
- What
- Strategic decisions to improve the quality of life for citrus growers and make fruit production globally competitive
- When
- Recent high-level meeting in Nagpur
- Where
- Vidarbha, Maharashtra
- Why
- To enhance the quality of life for citrus growers and make the region's fruit production globally competitive
- Location
- Vidarbha, Maharashtra
- Key Figures
- Dattatray Bharane, Nitin Gadkari
- Key Initiatives
- Mandatory nursery registration, AI-based machinery, model farms
- Focus Areas
- Quality standards, sustainable development, global competitiveness
- Legal Framework
- Amendments to Maharashtra Fruit Nurseries Act, 1969