Development Support for Coffee in Traditional Areas: Replantation

What is Development Support for Coffee in Traditional Areas: Replantation?

The objective of the scheme "Development Support for Coffee in Traditional Areas: Replantation" is to improve the production and productivity of coffee plantations by encouraging replantation of old/senile and unproductive plantations with high-yielding, disease-tolerant coffee varieties.

Benefit

**Unit Cost for Arabica:** ₹ 2,75,000/- per ha **Unit Cost for Robusta:** ₹ 2,00,000/- per ha. **Scale of Subsidy:** 40% of the unit cost Coffee growers belonging to the SC/ST community with a coffee holding size of up to 4.00 Ha are eligible for additional support of 10% of the unit cost. ##### **Release of Subsidy Instalments** > **In the case of Clean Replanting:** - 1st Instalment: 70% of the Applicable Unit Cost. - 2nd Instalment: 30% of the Applicable Unit Cost. > **In the case of Replantation by Interlining Method:** - 1st Instalment: 30% of the Applicable Unit Cost. - 2nd Instalment: 70% of the Applicable Unit Cost.

Level

Central

Ministry / Dept.

Ministry Of Commerce And Industry

Benefit type

cash

Key eligibility

1. Only Small growers with coffee holding sizes of up to 10 Ha. are eligible. 1. Applicable for replantation of existing old/senile and low-productive Arabica and Robusta coffee plantations; aged 25 years in the case of Arabica, 40 years in the case of Robusta and 15 years in the case of Arabica dwa

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Benefits

**Unit Cost for Arabica:** ₹ 2,75,000/- per ha **Unit Cost for Robusta:** ₹ 2,00,000/- per ha. **Scale of Subsidy:** 40% of the unit cost Coffee growers belonging to the SC/ST community with a coffee holding size of up to 4.00 Ha are eligible for additional support of 10% of the unit cost. ##### **Release of Subsidy Instalments** > **In the case of Clean Replanting:** - 1st Instalment: 70% of the Applicable Unit Cost. - 2nd Instalment: 30% of the Applicable Unit Cost. > **In the case of Replantation by Interlining Method:** - 1st Instalment: 30% of the Applicable Unit Cost. - 2nd Instalment: 70% of the Applicable Unit Cost.

Eligibility

Documents Required

How to Apply

1. Step 1: Online application — step 1

   Procedure for Claiming Subsidy

2. Step 2: Online application — step 3

   Step 1: Obtaining Technical Feasibility Report (TFR)

3. Step 3: Online application — step 4

   The applicant/s shall submit the application online and also in the prescribed format along with necessary documents to their jurisdictional Coffee Board Office before taking up the activity. The concerned office will scrutinize the documents, carry out a field inspection and issue a Technical Feasibility Report to the grower for taking up replantation activity or otherwise. The activity taken up before issuing TFR is not eligible for claiming subsidy.

4. Step 4: Online application — step 6

   Step 2: Claiming 1st Instalment of Subsidy

5. Step 5: Online application — step 7

   The applicant/s shall submit the claim in the prescribed format along with relevant documents during the same financial year of replanting as far as possible. The concerned office will scrutinize the documents, carry out a field inspection, prepare a physical verification report with full details of the activity and forward the claim statement along with relevant records to the concerned Deputy Director (Extn). The Deputy Director (Extn.) after scrutinizing the claim and records and confirming the admissibility of the claim in all respects will release the 1st instalment of the replantation subsidy amount to the bank account of the applicant through EFT/RTGS/NEFT.

6. Step 6: Online application — step 9

   Step-3: Claiming 2nd Instalment of Subsidy

7. Step 7: Online application — step 10

   Clean Replantation Method

8. Step 8: Online application — step 11

   The applicant shall submit the claim for 2nd instalment of subsidy in the prescribed format (in duplicate) along with relevant documents at the jurisdictional Coffee Board office during the second year of replanting / financial year, after filling up vacancies and attending to necessary aftercare measures. The JLO/SLO shall recommend for release of 2nd instalment to the concerned DDE after ensuring satisfactory maintenance of the area and vacancy filling. The Deputy Director (Extn.) after scrutinizing the claim and records and confirming the admissibility of the claim, will release the 2nd instalment of subsidy amount to the bank account of the applicant through EFT/RTGS/NEFT.

9. Step 9: Online application — step 12

   Replantation by Interlining Method

10. Step 10: Online application — step 13

    The applicant shall submit the claim for 2nd instalment of subsidy in the prescribed format (in duplicate) along with relevant documents at the jurisdictional Coffee Board office after harvesting a maximum of 2 crops from the old plants and after complete removal of the old plants. The JLO/SLO shall recommend for release of 2nd instalment to the concerned DDE after ensuring the complete removal of old plants and satisfactory maintenance of the area and vacancy filling. The Deputy Director (Extn.) after scrutinizing the claim and records and confirming the admissibility of the claim, will release the 2nd instalment of subsidy amount to the bank account of the applicant through EFT/RTGS/NEFT.

Sources & References

• Official scheme website ↗
• Source record ↗
• Information is summarised from official government sources. Verify all details on the official website before applying.