MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF
STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC
DISTRIBUTION(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a) & (b): Yes,Madam.India’s share in World Floriculture Market is 0.43%.
The reasons for India’s low share in world trade are as under:
i) The global recession has drastically reduced the export of flowers.
ii) The prices of flowers are not lucrative for exports.According to the industry sources,
the prices of roses in domestic as well as international market are as under:
Flowers Domestic Market International Market
Roses(Bangalore) Rs.6.00 per stem Rs.4.00 per stem
Roses(Pune) Rs.4.00–5.00 per stem Rs.3.25 per stem
(c) & (d): The Government has implemented a number of schemes to promote floriculture in the
country which are as follows:
(i) The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture is implementing
two Centrally Sponsored Schemes namely (a)Technology Mission for Integrated Development of
Horticulture in North Eastern States, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal
Pradesh (TMNE) and (b) National Horticulture Mission (NHM) for the remaining states for the
overall development of horticultural crops including flowers in the country.
(ii) Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has
set up Special Floriculture Rehabilitation Fund (SFF) in the XIth Plan with an outlay of
Rs. 26.59 crore to provide financial assistance to sick floriculture units so as to nurse
them back to health thereby enabling them to produce exportable quality produce. Besides,
the following projects have also been implemented:
(a) For processing and mechanized handling of bulbous material, using latest equipments
with Dutch technology and expertise at Chhaffi, Nainital (Uttarakhand). The capacity of the
project, set up with assistance from ASIDE scheme of the Department of Commerce, is 30
million flower bulbs per annum and the product range is Lilium, Tulip, Gladiolus, Iris,
Zanthedeschia.
(b) For production of Cymbidium Orchids, projects are being setup at a cost of Rs. 1.22
crore and a pack house for anthurium at a cost of Rs. 3.09 crore at Rango and Melli in Sikkim
with assistance from ASIDE scheme.
(iii) Six agri-export zones have been set-up to promote the floriculture industry in key
producing regions in various parts of the country namely Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra,
Sikkim and Uttarakhand.
(iv) New floriculture units are now coming up in these AEZs and new products are also
being introduced. Besides fresh cut flowers, there are investment also taking place in the
production of bulbs, potted plants and other new products for the international markets.
(v) APEDA has setup cold storage and cargo handling facilities at the key airports of New
Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum and Kolkatta.
(vi) To develop a market locally (a supply base for exports), APEDA has also setup Flower
Auction cum Market Facilitation Centre (FAMFC) at Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Noida, etc.
