Sarkari Yojana
Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure
About Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure
This scheme is designed to help farmers add value to and process their produce, so they earn more by selling more market-ready, processed goods. To build up Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure — including scientific storage capacity — the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India runs the capital subsidy sub-scheme ‘Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)’ under the broader Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM), extended through 31.03.2026 nationwide.
Projects eligible for assistance include storage infrastructure (ranging from 50-5,000 MT for private parties and cooperatives, and 50-10,000 MT for state agencies) as well as other, non-storage marketing infrastructure projects.
AMI works as an open-ended, demand-driven, credit-linked, back-ended subsidy scheme. Eligible beneficiaries include individuals, agri-preneurs, farmers, FPOs, cooperatives, and state agencies. Subsidy support runs at 25% for plain areas and 33.33% for the North Eastern Region, hilly terrain, and Women/SC/ST promoters and FPOs, covering projects such as storage infrastructure, development or upgrade of rural haats into Grameen Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Common Facilitation Centres for FPOs, marketing infrastructure at market yards, direct-marketing infrastructure, mobile post-harvest infrastructure like reefer vans, stand-alone cold storages up to 1,000 MT, and Integrated Value Chain (IVC) projects up to the primary processing stage. Eligible applicants span individuals, farmers, groups of farmers/growers, registered FPOs/FPCs, firms, companies, corporations, NGOs, SHGs, cooperatives, cooperative marketing federations, autonomous government bodies, local bodies, panchayats, and state agencies.
Scheme Overview
Central Government
Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Directorate Of Marketing & Inspection, Head Office, Faridabad
28 Oct 2018
Scheme Details
Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, applicants must satisfy the following conditions:
The scheme is open to all applicants
The scheme is open to all applicants.
Benefits Provided
Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure provides the following benefits to eligible applicants:
The scheme is designed to deliver the following outcomes:
Secure remunerative prices for farmers' produce
Secure remunerative prices for farmers' produce
Open up alternative, competitive marketing channels
Open up alternative, competitive marketing channels
Encourage small-scale processing units
Encourage small-scale processing units
Cut down post-harvest and handling losses
Cut down post-harvest and handling losses
Promote pledge financing and better market access
Promote pledge financing and better market access
Strengthen farmer-consumer market linkages, including integration of GrAMs…
Strengthen farmer-consumer market linkages, including integration of GrAMs with the e-NAM portal
Documents Required
Applicants should keep the following documents ready before starting the application:
A forwarding letter from the Controlling/Nodal Office of…
A forwarding letter from the Controlling/Nodal Office of the financing branch.
The financing branch's advance subsidy claim application should be routed through its Controlling/Nodal Office, which must certify that every document on this checklist is enclosed.
The complete address, along with telephone/fax numbers, of both the controlling/nodal office and the financing branch must be provided.
A copy of this letter, together with a copy of the claim application, should also be sent to DMI RO/SO.
The advance subsidy claim application, in the format…
The advance subsidy claim application, in the format at Annexure-V.
A copy of the project report showing item-wise…
A copy of the project report showing item-wise costs, total outlay, loan amount, and margin, as submitted by the promoter, along with a copy of the technical and financial appraisal report from the FI.
A copy of the approved plan/map and civil…
A copy of the approved plan/map and civil drawings, clearly showing dimensions and capacity.
A copy of the FI's loan sanction letter,…
A copy of the FI's loan sanction letter, along with invoice copies for machinery/equipment purchases under the infrastructure project (if any), plus a copy of the borrower's Term Loan Account Statement covering all transactions, including the first loan instalment's disbursement.
A copy of the land documents for the…
A copy of the land documents for the site where the project will be set up.
The FI's certificate on the promoter's category
The FI's certificate on the promoter's category. For SC/ST entrepreneurs and cooperatives, certification from the competent authority is required.
A notarised affidavit, in original, executed by the…
A notarised affidavit, in original, executed by the promoter on non-judicial stamp paper as per Annexure XV.
A copy of the registered partnership deed (for…
A copy of the registered partnership deed (for partnership firms), or the Memorandum & Articles of Association and certificate of incorporation (for private limited companies), etc.
2018-10-28
How to Apply
Offline Application
Applicants can apply for Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure through the offline application process outlined below.
The promoter applies to a Financial Institution (FI)…
The promoter applies to a Financial Institution (FI) for a Term Loan (TL).
The FI sanctions the term loan
The FI sanctions the term loan.
Within 90 days of the first TL instalment…
Within 90 days of the first TL instalment being disbursed, the FI applies for the Advance Subsidy through NABARD's ENSURE portal.
NABARD sanctions and releases the Advance Subsidy to…
NABARD sanctions and releases the Advance Subsidy to the FI.
Once the project is complete, the FI submits…
Once the project is complete, the FI submits the final subsidy claim to NABARD and requests a Joint Monitoring Inspection (JMI).
NABARD arranges the JMI, and geo-tagged photographs taken…
NABARD arranges the JMI, and geo-tagged photographs taken during the inspection are uploaded to the ENSURE Portal.
NABARD sanctions and releases the final subsidy to…
NABARD sanctions and releases the final subsidy to the FI.
Official Application & Website
Verify the latest eligibility, dates and instructions before applying.