The Government introduced a comprehensive Agriculture Export Policy with the following vision:
“Harness export potential of Indian agriculture, through suitable policy instruments, to make India a global power in agriculture, and raise farmers’ income.”
Inter-alia, the objectives of the Agriculture Export policy are as under:
- To diversify our export basket, destinations and boost high value and value added agricultural exports, including focus on perishables.
- To promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, traditional and non-traditional Agri products exports.
- To provide an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers and dealing with sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
- To strive to double India’s share in world agri exports by integrating with global value chains.
- To enable farmers to get benefit of export opportunities in overseas market.
As part of the Agriculture Export Policy (AEP), several unique product-district clusters have been identified for export promotion, based on factors like existing production and export endowments, scalability of operations, size of the export market / India’s share, and the potential for increase in exports. The list of indicative clusters identified in the AEP is at Annexure-I.
Annexure-I
List of Clusters
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Product
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Region
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State
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District
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Banana
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South
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Kerala
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Thrissur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Andhra Pradesh
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Kadapa, Anantapur
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Tamil Nadu
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Trichy, Theni, Pollachi
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West
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Maharashtra
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Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur
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Gujarat
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Bharuch, Narmada, Surat
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Pomegranate
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South
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Andhra Pradesh
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Anantapur, Kurnool
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Karnataka
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Belgaum, Mysore
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West
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Maharashtra
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Solapur, Ahmednagar, Pune
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Central
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Madhya Pradesh
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Khargone, Khandwa, Burhanpur
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Mango
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West
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Maharashtra
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Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg
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Gujarat
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Junagarh, Valsad, Kutch, Navsari
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North
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Uttar Pradesh
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Saharanpur, Meerut, Lucknow
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South
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Telangana
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Rangareddy, Mehboobnagar, Warangal
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Andhra Pradesh
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Krishna, Chittoor, Kurnool
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Grapes
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West
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Maharashtra
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Pune, Nasik, Sangli
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Rose Onion
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South
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Karnataka
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Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura
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Onion
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West
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Maharashtra
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Nasik
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Central
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Madhya Pradesh
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Indore, Sagar, Damoh
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Potato
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North
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Uttar Pradesh
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Agra, Farukkabad
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Punjab
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Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Navashehar
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West
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Gujarat
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Banaskantha, SabarKantha
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Central
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Madhya Pradesh
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Indore, Gwalior
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Tea
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East
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Assam
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Tinsukia, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh
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Coffee
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South
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Karnataka
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Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Hassan
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Marine products
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South
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Andhra Pradesh
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East Godavari, Vishakapatnam, West Godavari, Nellore
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East
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Odisha
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Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Balasore
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West
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Gujarat
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Kutch, Veraval, Navasari, Valsad
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Chilli
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South
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Telangana
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Khammam, Warangal
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Andhra Pradesh
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Guntur
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Turmeric
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South
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Telangana
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Nizamabad, Karimnagar
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Kerala
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Wayanad, Alleppy
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East
East
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Meghalaya
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West Jaintia Hills
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Odisha
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Kandhamal
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Cumin
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West
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Gujarat
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Banaskantha, Mehsana
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North
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Rajasthan
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Jalore, Jodhpur, Barmer, Nagaur, Pali
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Pepper
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South
South
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Kerala
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Wayanad
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Karnataka
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Chikmagalur
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Cardamom
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South
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Kerala
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Idukki
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Isabgol
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North
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Rajasthan
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Jodhpur, Nagaur, Barmer, Jaisalmer
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Castor
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West
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Gujarat
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Banaskantha, Kutch, Patan, Sabarkantha, Mehsana
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Orange
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West
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Maharashtra
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Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha
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This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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