Assistance Scheme for Fruit Crop Cultivation (Bagayati Yojana)

Why it matters

Farmers planting orchards of mango, citrus, pomegranate, and other fruit crops get financial support to cover the high upfront cost of establishing a long-term fruit orchard.

What you get

Gujarat's fruit-crop (Bagayati) cultivation assistance scheme provides area-based financial support, disbursed via the iKhedut portal, to farmers establishing orchards of notified fruit crops such as mango, sapota, pomegranate, citrus, and other horticultural species suited to the state's varied agro-climatic zones. Because orchard crops take several years to yield first returns, the scheme helps farmers absorb the initial establishment cost and survive the gestation period before the orchard becomes income-generating.

Eligibility criteria

• Must be a farmer cultivating or proposing to cultivate a notified fruit crop in Gujarat
• Land must be registered in the applicant's name with documented area under the fruit crop
• Assistance is typically disbursed in instalments tied to plant survival/growth verification

How to apply

1. 1

   Apply via the iKhedut portal for the relevant fruit crop cultivation assistance component

2. 2

   Submit land records and orchard establishment plan (crop, spacing, area)

3. 3

   Department conducts field verification of plantation and survival rate

4. 4

   Subsidy instalments are released as per verified milestones, credited via DBT

Documents required

• Aadhaar card
• Land ownership record
• Bank passbook
• Orchard plantation plan/details