Under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, Operation Greens Scheme TOP to TOTAL provides 50 per cent subsidy on transport and storage of notified fruits and vegetables if prices are below the trigger price.
Eligible fruits: The eligible fruits are Mango, Banana, Guava, Kiwi, Litchi, Mousambi, Orange, Kinnow, Lime, Lemon, Papaya, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Jackfruit, Apple, Aonla, Passion fruit and Pear.
Eligible vegetables: The eligible vegetables are French beans, Bitter Gourd, Brinjal, Capsicum, Carrot, Cauliflower, Green Chillies, Okra, Cucumber, Peas, Onion, Potato and Tomato.
Kisan Rails: Any person, including farmers can transport any notified fruit and vegetable crops through Kisan Rails. Indian Railways has introduced first “Kisan Rail” from Devlali to Danapur on August 7, 2020 from Devlali. At present Railways is operating three Kisan Rails between Devlali (Maharashtra) and Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh and Delhi, Bangalore and Delhi.
50 per cent of freight charges: Railways will charge only 50 per cent of freight charges on these items. Remaining 50 per cent of the freight charges will be provided as subsidy under Operation Greens Scheme by the Ministry to the Indian Railways.
Operation Greens: Operation Greens was announced in the Budget speech of 2018-19 with an outlay of Rs 500 crores to stabilize the supply of Tomato, Onion and Potato(TOP) crops and to ensure availability of TOP crops throughout the country round the year without price volatility. Later it was converted into TOTAL.
(Source: PIB and AIR)
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