Structure of the Mission For Integrated Development Of Horticulture
- The Mission is organized on three levels: national, state, and district.
- There is a General Council (GC) and an Executive Committee at the national level (EC). The Union Agriculture Minister serves as the chair of the GC, which provides overall guidance.
- The mission’s actions are overseen by the Executive Committee (EC), which is presided over by the Secretary (Agriculture & Cooperation).
- The EC also analyses progress and approves the Annual Action Plans (AAPs) of the States and National Level Agencies.
- Similarly, the implementation of the Mission is overseen at the State level by an Executive Committee chaired by the Agriculture Production Commissioner or Secretary Horticulture/Agriculture.
- Project formulation and monitoring are the responsibilities of the District Mission Committee (DMC), which is presided over by the CEO of the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zila Parishad.
Mission For Integrated Development Of Horticulture (MIDH)
The Government of India has come up with several schemes for the welfare of its citizens. One such scheme for horticulture is the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), a central government-sponsored scheme for the overarching development and growth of the horticulture sector. The scheme covers various kinds of vegetables and fruits ranging from tuber crops such as potatoes, turnip spices such as turmeric, clove, cardamom mushrooms, aromatic plants and some other coconuts, cashew nuts, cocoa, and a very efficient plant crop, bamboo.