Government of Rajasthan has issued Rajasthan Agro-processing, Agri-business & Agri-export Promotion Policy, 2019 (Agro Policy of Rajasthan) in order to make Rajasthan as a production and supply hub of processed agricultural products and a destination of choice for investors, processors and exporters.
Eligibility criteria for availing benefit of this policy i.e. eligible persons, eligible activities and ineligible activities are explained here under.
Eligible Persons/ Organizations:
Following list of persons/ organizations are eligible to avail benefit of the scheme.
- Individuals
- Group of Farmers/ Growers
- FPOs/ FPCs registered under respective companies Act/ cooperative societies Act/ societies registration Act (with minimum 50 number of farmer members)
- Partnership/ Proprietary firms
- LLP
- Companies
- Corporations
- Self Help Groups
- Cooperatives
- Cooperative Marketing Federations engaged in Agro & Food processing
Eligible Sector:
The policy will cover the following sectors:
- Fruits & vegetables processing
- Spices processing
- Cereal/ other consumer food products
- Oilseeds products
- Rice & flour milling
- Pulse processing
- Herbal, medicinal, flower and aromatic products
- Minor forest produce processing
- Honey processing
- Milk processing
- Meat (other than beef), Poultry, Fishery processing
- Cattle feed, poultry feed, fish meal products
- Non edible agriculture produce processing
- Other such agricultural and horticulture products processing activities for preparing food flavors and colors, oleoresins and mushrooms products
- Agri waste processing units
- Infrastructure projects: Collection/ Aggregation Center, Warehouses, Cold storage, Food Irradiation processing plants, Cold Chain, Pack houses, agro processing clusters or parks declared by State Government, Reefer Vans etc.
Ineligible Sector:
Following sectors will not be eligible under the policy:
- Investment for manufacturing Tobacco products, Pan Masala containing tobacco, Gutka other intoxicated products
- Investment in stand alone bottling or packaging plants including bottling/ packaging plants for potable liquor, beef or aerated drinks
- Beef Meat processing units
- Manufacturing of soft drinks, production of mineral waters and other bottled/ pouched waters.
- Manufacturing of sizing of wood, manufacture of furniture and products made from wood and cork
- Production of firewood and charcoal
- Processing units discharging toxic effluent without having effluent treatment plant.
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