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Sl. No.	ITEM DESCRIPTIONS
1	Vegetables: Their varieties, Period of Availability in Various Districts
2	Fruits and their varieties , Period of Availability in Various Districts
3	Flowers: Period of Availability and Major Production areas in Various Districts
4	Spices : Period of availability and Major Production Area
5	Major Food Grains and Non-Food grains
6	Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
7	Aromatic plants
8	Focus Area: Agri Export Zone
9	Various Schemes
10	Central & State Governments Incentives and Assistance

1. Vegetables: Their varieties, Period of Availability in Various Districts.

Sl. No	Vegetables	Vegetable variety	Period of availability	Major Production Area
1	Tomato	Pusa Ruby, Pather Kuchi, S-12, Roma Super Hybrids: Rupali, Baisali, Nabin	January to March	Nadia 24-Pgs South 24-Pgs North
2	Cabbage	Golden acre( early), Pride of India(early), Pusa Dram Head(late) Hybrids Green Express	September to March	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North , Burdwan Murshidabad,Hooghly
3	Cauliflower	Jawhar Moti, Pusa Depali, Dhania, Pusa Snowball	November to March	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North , Burdwan Murshidabad,Hooghly
4	Peas	Arkel, Meteor, Bonevalle, Johar Mator	January to March	Nadia 24-Pgs North Hooghly
5	Brinjal	Pusa Purple, Pus Kranti, Mukta Keshi	Whole year	Hooghly, Burdwan
6	Onion	Nasik Red, Pusa Red. Red Globe	March to April	Hooghly, Burdwan
7	Cucurbits	Ridge Gourd, Pusa Nasdar, Pumpkin arka Surajmukhi , Arka chandan	January to July	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North , Burdwan Murshidabad,Hooghly
8	Ladysfinger	Pusa swani, Parbani Kranti	April to September	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North , Burdwan Murshidabad,Hooghly
9	Radish	Pusa Himani, Red Bombai, Pusa Chetki	October to February	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North , Burdwan Murshidabad,Hooghly
10	Carrot	Pusa Keshwar, Nantes	October to February	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North , Burdwan Murshidabad,Hooghly
11	Watermelon	Sugar Baby, Arka Manik	March to May	24 Pgs South & North, Midnapore(E)
12	Beans	Pusa Parbati, Contender	January to March	24 Pgs South & North
13	Bittergrounds	Pusa-Do-Mousami, Local small	April to September	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North , Burdwan Murshidabad,Hooghly

2. Fruits and their varieties , Period of Availability in Various Districts

Sl. No	Fruit	Variety Grown	Period of availability	Major Production Area
1	Mango	Langra, Himsagar, Bombai, Amrapali, Mallika, Golap Khas, Gopal Bhog, Lakhna, Moha Bhog, Rani Pas	May to July	Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, Hooghly & 24-Pgs North
2	Banana	Robusta, Giant Governer , Kabuli, Martaman	Throughout the year ( Sept-Dec.)	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North, Murshidabad, Hooghly
3	Pineapple	Giant Kew, Queen	April to November	Siliguri, Chopra area of Islampur.
4	Papaya	Washington, Honey Dew, Sunrise Solo	Throughout the year	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North, Murshidabad, Hooghly
5	Guava	L-49, Safeda, Hariza	July to Sept.	24 Pgs South, Murshidabad
6	Jack Fruits	Gala & Khaza	July to Aug	Jalpaiguri , Coochbehar
7	Lychee	Bombai, China, Elachi, Muzafarpur	May	24 Pgs South Malda,Murshidabad
8	Manadarin Orange	Manadarin Orange	Dec to Jan	Darjeeling
9	Coconut	West Coast Tall, East Coast Tall	Throughout the year	24 Pgs North , Midnapore
10	Cashewnut	Jhargram-I, BLA-139-I	June	Midnapore ( East)

3. Flowers: Period of Availabality and Major Production areas in Varios Districts

Sl. No	Flower	Period of availability	Major Flowers Growing Area
1	Rose	October to March ( Peak availability)	Midnapore ( East & West)
2	Chrysanthemum	October to February	Nadia, 24 Pgs North, Howrah, Midnapore ( East & West)
3	Gladiolus	September to February	All Districts, SummerGladiolus found in Hilly areas and Midnapore( East).
4	Tube Rose	Throughout the year April to August ( Peak availability)	All Districts.
5	Meri Gold	Throughout the year Mainly in winter	All Districts
6	Jasmine	During summer & rainy season	Midnapore (E), North & South 24 pgs., Nadia
7	Gerbera	Throughout the year Peak season : September to February	Madhyamgram, Baraipur & Boichi
8	Dalia	November to February	All Districts

4. Spices : Period of Availabality and Major Production area

Sl. No	Spices	Period of availability	Major Spices Growing Area
1	Chilli	January to March	Nadia, 24 Pgs South & North, Murshidabad , W. Dinajpur
2	Ginger	December to January	Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri
3	Large Cardamom	December to January	Darjeeling
4	Turmeric	January to March	Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri , Midnapore

5. Major Food Grains and Non-Food grains

Food Grains/ Non Foodgrains	Variety grown	Period of availability	Major Production Areas
Rice	Long Duration : M.U.T. 7029 Short Duration: I.R. 36	All Seasons. Sowing to harvest duration: M.U.T. 7029- 150 days I.R. 36 – 130 days	All over the State
Wheat	P.B.W 343 Sonalika	All seasons. Sowing to harvest duration: 120-125 days.	P.B.W 343 – all over the state Sonalika – North Bengal mainly.
Pulses	Gram, Tur, Mung, Masur, Khesari	Gram: April to June Tur : Oct to January Mung : Sept to May. Musur : October to April Khesari: Oct to mid April	Malda, Nadia, Murshidabad, Purulia, West Burdwan, Birbhum.
Oil seeds	Mustard Groundnut Sunflower Lin Seed Minor Oil Seeds	November to March.	Nadia, Murshidabad, Dinajpur ( South & North), 24 pgs North, Birbhum.
Jute	J.R.O 524	March to August	Nadia, Murshidabad, Dinajpur ( South & North), 24 pgs North
Potato	Kufri Jyoti, Kufri Chandramukhi	November to February	Howrah, Hooghly, Burdwan

6. Medicinal Plants

The state grows 145 different types of medicinal plants which are extremely in demand and have enormous prospects. Out of these 145 medicinal plants the State Medicinal Plant Board has put emphasis on the cultivation of 32 such medicinal plants which have very good potential in the domestic as well as international markets.

Names of 32 prospective medicinal plants are as follows.

Amlaki	Arjun	Asoke	Aswagandha	Bell	BhumiAmlaki
Bohera	Brahmi	Grihtakumari	Guloncho	Horitaki	Kakmachi
Kal Megh	Kurchi	Neem	Sarpagandha	Tulsi	Bamunhati
Bishalanguli	Brihoti	Chatim	Gambhari	Nayantara	Nishinda
Shankargota	Parul	Satamuli	Shonak	Shalpani	Brihngoraj
Hijol	Roktokanchan

7. Aromatic Plans

The State Medicinal Plant Board also encourages farmers to cultivate following Aromatic plants

Ø Ekangi (Chandramuli)

Ø Safed Musli

Ø Ginkgo biloba

Ø Citronela/ Pamaroza gash

Ø Zirenium

Availability of seeds / seedlings of medicinal plants

Ø Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Mohanpur. Nadia

Ø Agri-Horticulture Society of India, Alipur, Kolkata

Ø Lokshika Parishad , Ramkrishna Mission Narendrapur.

8. Focus Area : Agri Export Zone

West Bengal Government has set up five Agri-Export zone with a view to promote fruits and vegetables processing industry in the state for its key products: Pineapple, Lychee, Mango,Potato & Vegetables.

Product	India Produce per Year	Production in West Bengal	Geographic coverage in W.B. districts	Productivity In W.B.
Pineapple	12.2 lakh Tonnes	2.79 lakh tonnes.	Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Cooch behar, North Dinajpur	32000kg/ha
Lychee	Second in the world. 4.12 lakh Tonnes	42,000 tonnes second in India.	Malda, Murshidabad,24pgs South & North	9.7 T/ha
Mango	First in rank. 10.2 million Tonnes		Malda Murshidabad	9.4 T/ha
Potato	22.2 million tonnes	Second higest 8 million tones	Howrah, Hooghly, Burdwan	23.6 Mt/ha
Vegetables	Second largest producer. 93.9 million MT.	Leading producer 17.8 million Tonnes.	Nadia, Murshidabad, North 24 paraganas.	15.2 Mt/ha

9. Various Schemes

Various Central Sponsored Schemes and State Government schemes are there in this division.

1. Macro Mode Management Work Scheme ( Central Sponsored Scheme.)

2. Horticulture Mission Scheme ( Central Government Scheme).

3. Hybrid Seed Production Scheme (A joint venture between Bejo Sheetal Company and W.B. State Food Processing and Horticulture Department)

4. Orchard Subsidy Scheme ( Govt. of West Bengal).

5. Grames cultivation scheme in WB

6. Coconut Development Scheme ( Govt. of West Bengal).

10. Central & State Governments Incentives and Assistance

i) Central Government Incentive Schemes: It has got six schemes under which it provides assistance for the development of processed food sector in the country.

a. Scheme for Technology Up gradation/Modernization.

b. Scheme for Human Resource Development.

c. Schemes for Quality Assurance, Codex standards and Research & Development.

d. Scheme for Strengthening of Nodal Agencies.

e. Scheme for Backward and Forward Integration and other Promotional Activities.

f. Scheme for Infrastructure Development.

ii) West Bengal Incentive Schemes, 2004.

This scheme came into effect from the 1^st April 2004 and shall remain valid for a period of five years. The scheme offers different and new incentives, quite attractive for industrial in large, medium and small-scale sectors.

For the purpose of Incentives, districts have been divided into three major groups.

Group-A: Comprising of Collate Municipal Corporation

Group-B : South 24 Pgs. North 24 Pgs., Howrah, Hooghly, Burdwan, Nadia &

Purbo Medinipore.

Group-C: Murshidabad, Birbhum, Purulia, Bankura, Malda, Cooch behar, North & South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri.