Archive · 21 Sep 2025
India Launches Clean Plant Programme for Horticulture
India is starting a new program called the Clean Plant Programme to help grow better fruits and vegetables.
The government will build special centers to make sure plants are healthy and free from diseases.
They're getting money from the Asian Development Bank to help.
The program will focus on fruits like grapes, oranges, and pomegranates.
They'll test plants to make sure they're healthy before using them to grow more plants.
Big farms can get money to help too.
This will make the fruits better, help farmers, and protect them from problems.
The Clean Plant Programme (CPP) aims to boost India's horticulture sector.
The program will establish nine clean plant centers across India.
A $98 million loan from the Asian Development Bank supports the initiative.
Three centers will be in Maharashtra, focusing on grapes, oranges, and pomegranates.
The program will increase yields, fruit quality, and protect farmers.
- Who
- The Indian government, with support from the Asian Development Bank.
- What
- Launched the Clean Plant Programme to enhance horticulture.
- When
- The program was recently approved.
- Where
- Across India, with three centers in Maharashtra.
- Why
- To boost the horticulture sector by providing virus-free planting material.
- Programme Name
- Clean Plant Programme (CPP)
- Total Cost
- Rs 1,765.67 crore
- Financial Support
- $98 million loan from the Asian Development Bank
- Primary Goal
- Provide virus-free planting material
- Key Crops
- Grapes, oranges, and pomegranates
- Centers to be Established
- 9
- ICAR Role
- Oversees technical progress and capacity building