National Horticulture Mission (NHM)

National Horticulture Mission (NHM)

National Horticulture Mission (NHM) was launched in 2005-06 as Centrally Sponsored Scheme to promote holistic growth of the horticulture sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategies. While Government of India contributes 85%, 15% share is contributed by State Governments.

Objectives

The NHM’s key objective is to develop horticulture to the maximum potential available in the state and to augment production of all horticultural products (fruits, vegetables, flowers, coco, cashew nut, plantation crops, spices, medicinal aromatic plants) in the state. Other objectives include:

• To provide holistic growth of the horticulture sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategies
• To enhance horticulture production, improve nutritional security and income support to farm households
• To establish convergence and synergy among multiple on-going and planned programmes for horticulture development
• To promote, develop and disseminate technologies, through a seamless blend of traditional wisdom and modern scientific knowledge
• To create opportunities for employment generation for skilled and unskilled persons, especially unemployed youth

National Horticulture Mission

Questions : National horticulture mission was launched in which of the following five year planning

• (a) Eleventh Five Year Plan
• (b) Tenth Five Year Plan
• (c) Ninth Five Year Plan
• (d) None of these