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Coconut Development Board — Expansion of Area under Coconut

Funded in the 2026-27 Union Budget: Union Expenditure Budget 2026-27 (Feb 2026, Demand No. 1 (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), Autonomous Bodies item 31 Coconut Development Board, BE 2026-27 ₹37.16 crore; Notes item 31)

CDB area expansion · Coconut Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare · Central scheme, all states

Money for planting a new coconut garden: 35% of a ₹1.60 lakh per hectare cost norm, up to 2 hectares, paid in two yearly halves.

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Lead benefit
35%of the cost, at most
Components
1each read from the document
Who can apply
Allapplicants
Closing date
Noneapply any time

What it pays

35%of the cost, at most

₹56,000 per hectare (35% of ₹1.60 lakh) for a new coconut garden, for up to 2 hectares, in two yearly halves.

Read from Coconut Development Board — Operational Guidelines (2026) · clause A.2 Expansion of Area under Coconut — Cost norms and pattern of assistance (table) · p. 24 · Our copy (PDF)
What the document says, word for word

Minimum 0.08 ha (20 cents) per beneficiary, counted at 160 seedlings per hectare; paid on seedlings actually standing. CDB schemes run as a sub-scheme of MIDH since 2014 (Introduction, p.6), on cost norms revised in 2026.

“Expansion of area under coconut — Cost Norm Rs.1.60 lakh/ ha — Subsidy (35%) Rs.56,000/ ha — 35% of cost for a maximum of 2 ha per beneficiary in two equal installments.”

How much can I claim?

Enter your hectares to see the figure.

Read from Coconut Development Board — Operational Guidelines (2026) · clause A.2 Expansion of Area under Coconut — Cost norms and pattern of assistance (table) · p. 24 · Our copy (PDF)

Minimum 0.08 ha (20 cents) per beneficiary, counted at 160 seedlings per hectare; paid on seedlings actually standing. CDB schemes run as a sub-scheme of MIDH since 2014 (Introduction, p.6), on cost norms revised in 2026.

Who can apply

  • All applicants

Papers you need

  • Passport-size photo, Aadhaar copy and the first page of your Aadhaar-linked bank passbook
  • Geo-tagged photos of the newly planted land
  • Original bills from an approved nursery for the seedlings (or the department’s certificate for your own seedlings)
  • Land tax receipt / RTC or other proof of legal possession of the land
  • Undertaking that you followed the state’s package of practices, and the agriculture/horticulture officer’s certificate
  • SC/ST certificate, if applicable

How to apply

  1. Plant at least 10 quality seedlings (5 in non-traditional states) bought from a CDB, government or accredited nursery, on land you have a right to (A.2 eligibility i–v).
  2. Fill the application (Annexure IV, free) and give it with geo-tagged photos and documents to your state agriculture/horticulture office, which forwards it to the CDB office (A.2 procedure).
  3. The Board inspects at least 25% of fields and pays the first half by DBT to your Aadhaar-linked account (release of subsidy i).
  4. Apply again in the next financial year for the second half; at least 80% of seedlings (60% in non-traditional and NE states) must survive (release of subsidy iii–v).
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When to apply

The guidelines set no closing date.

Combining with other schemes

  • MIDH: cannot be combined
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