**Executive Summary**
This document provides information on the re-structuring of the National Horticulture Mission (NHM), originally launched in 2004-05, and its integration with the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH). It also details the implementation of the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) to support farmers. It was released by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on February 10, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and MIDH Scheme:**
* NHM was launched in 2004-05 for the holistic development of the horticulture sector.
* The scheme was restructured and subsumed under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme in 2014-15.
* The MIDH scheme was re-structured in 2025 with revised Operational Guidelines implementing it throughout the country, including all districts.
* The scheme aims to enhance cost norms, incorporate high-value crops, and promote innovative technologies in horticulture.
* **Market Intervention Scheme (MIS):**
* The government is implementing MIS for the procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities.
* MIS aims to provide remunerative prices to farmers for perishable commodities not covered under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime.
* It protects farmers from distress sales during bumper crops when prices fall below the cost of production.
* New components of Price Differential Payment (PDP) have been added, allowing direct payment of the price difference between the Market Intervention Price (MIP) and the selling price to farmers for crops traded in APMC mandis.
* Reimbursement is provided for transportation and storage costs of TOP crops (Tomato, Onion, and Potato) to central and state agencies.
* Payment under MIS is made directly into the bank accounts of registered farmers.
**Impact Analysis**
**Farmers:**
* **Impact:** Benefit from remunerative prices for agricultural and horticultural commodities, especially perishable items. They are protected from distress sales and receive price difference payments directly.
* **Action Required:** Register for the scheme to receive direct payments in their bank accounts.
**Central Nodal Agencies & State Designated Agencies:**
* **Impact:** Responsible for storing and transporting TOP crops from producing states to consuming states, with reimbursement for transportation and storage costs.
* **Action Required:** Facilitate the storage and transportation of TOP crops as per the scheme guidelines.
Key Entities Referenced
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): A scheme covering a broad spectrum of the horticulture sector, restructured with revised Operational Guidelines implementing it throughout the country.
National Horticulture Mission (NHM): A scheme launched in 2004-05 for the holistic development of the horticulture sector, later subsumed under MIDH.
Market Intervention Scheme (MIS): A scheme for procurement of agriculture and horticulture commodities to provide remunerative prices to farmers, especially for perishable goods not covered by MSP.
Price Differential Payment (PDP): A component of the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) that offers direct payment of the price difference between the Market Intervention Price (MIP) and the selling price to farmers for crops traded in APMC mandis.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare: The ministry responsible for the National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and related initiatives.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
RE-STRUCTURING OF NATIONAL
HORTICULTURE MISSION
Posted On: 10 FEB 2026 6:39PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India launched National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in 2004-05 with the aim for the
holistic development of horticulture sector in the country. The said scheme was re-structured and
subsumed under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) schemein 2014-15 covering
broader spectrum of horticulture sector and the MIDH scheme was re-structured in 2025 with revised
Operational Guidelines implementing MIDH scheme throughout the country which included all districts of
the country, enhancing cost norms of various interventions, incorporating high value, exotic and medicinal
crops and promoting latest and innovative technologies being used in horticulture sector.
Government is implementing Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of agriculture and
horticulture commodities to provide remunerative price to the farmers for agricultural and horticultural
commodities which are perishable and are not covered under the Minimum Support Price regime. The
objective is to protect the farmers from distress sale in the event of a bumper crop during the peak arrival,
when the prices tend to fall below cost of production.New components of Price Differential Payment
(PDP) with an option to make direct payment of the price difference between the Market Intervention
Price (MIP) and the selling price to the farmers for the crops traded in the APMC mandis has been added.
Additionally, reimbursement for transportation and storage cost ofTOP crops (Tomato, Onion and Potato)
to central nodal agencies & State designated agencies for storing and transporting them from producing
state to consuming state are allowed. The payment under MIS is made directly into the bank account of
registered farmers.
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath
Thakur in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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