Horticulture Schemes

Name of the Scheme	TEA DEVELOPMENT
Objectives	To continue experimental plantation of tea and to find the possibility of growing tea economically as well as in commercial scale. Seedlings are raised in the experimental station and distributed free to farmers.
Pattern Of Assistance	1.Seedlings are offered for sale at the rate 1.00 per tea seedling and one time financial assistance at the rate 10,000 per hectare. 2.PP chemicals, equipments, brush cutters, tea harvesters etc on sale at the rate 50% subsidy.

Type Of Assistance And Entitlement (IF Any)	Entitlement	Owantum of Assistance
	1. Training programme to the Tea Growers at Village	1. 100% assistance
	2. To promote tea plantation by providing tea seedling to the growers at District level/ Tea Development Centre.	2. . 1/- per seedling sale to the growers
	3. Sale of Bio fertilizers, Bio pesticides, Bio fungicides, equipments etc. to the tea growers by Tea Development Centre situated at Umsning, Rongram, Riangdo.	3. 50% subsidy sale to the growers.

Eligibility Criteria	Bonafide farmers engaged in Agricultuure, possessing own or leased land of not exceeding 2 Ha/family
How to Avail	Bonafide farmers can apply in plain paper through the nearest Horticulture Development, supported with land document Officer of a CD Block/ Horticulture Circle.
Mode of Selection of Beneficiary(s)	Bonafide farmers on first come first serve basis.
Whom to Contact	1. District Horticulture Officer 2. Horticulture Development Officer.