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Regional Centre for Training and Production of Mushroom — spawn and compost at 50% subsidy, Meghalaya

Meghalaya mushroom spawn & compost at 50% · Directorate of Horticulture, Government of Meghalaya (Mushroom Development Centres, Upper Shillong, Jowai and Tura) · State scheme

Mushroom growers buy button and oyster spawn, and pasteurised compost for button mushroom, from the state’s Mushroom Development Centres at 50% subsidy, with training.

Mushroom
Lead benefit
50%of the cost, at most
Components
1each read from the document
Who can apply
6kinds of applicant
Closing date
Noneapply any time

What it pays

50%of the cost, at most

Mushroom spawn (button and oyster) and pasteurised compost at half price.

Read from Meghalaya Directorate of Agriculture — FAQ on agriculture and horticulture schemes (2025) · clause FAQs ON HORTICULTURE SCHEMES — Regional Centre for Training and Production of Mushroom, Q.1 (b)–(c) and Q.3 · p. 23 · Our copy (PDF)
What the document says, word for word

Status unknown: the Directorate’s FAQ is undated (file named 2025) and we found no 2025-26 or 2026-27 order or budget line naming this scheme. Ask the District Horticulture Officer whether it is running this year.

“Producing and selling of quality spawn to the growers at 50% subsidized rate for the cultivation and production of mushroom to scale up mushroom production in the State, (c) production of compost & sale of pasteurized compost to the button mushroom growers at 50% subsidized rate. … 3. What is the pattern of assistance? Sale of Mushroom Spawn and compost at 50% subsidy.”

How much can I claim?

Enter project cost to see the figure.

Read from Meghalaya Directorate of Agriculture — FAQ on agriculture and horticulture schemes (2025) · clause FAQs ON HORTICULTURE SCHEMES — Regional Centre for Training and Production of Mushroom, Q.1 (b)–(c) and Q.3 · p. 23 · Our copy (PDF)

Status unknown: the Directorate’s FAQ is undated (file named 2025) and we found no 2025-26 or 2026-27 order or budget line naming this scheme. Ask the District Horticulture Officer whether it is running this year.

Who can apply

  • Other farmer
  • Small or marginal farmer
  • SC farmer
  • ST farmer
  • Woman farmer
  • Tenant or sharecropper

Papers you need

  • Application written on plain paper (no set form), given through the Horticulture Development Officer of your block or circle, or the District Horticulture Officer, or a Government Mushroom Development Centre (Upper Shillong, Jowai, Tura) (FAQ Q.5, p.23)

How to apply

  1. You must be a bona fide farmer interested in growing mushroom with own or leased land of at least 0.2 ha (FAQ, Mushroom, Q.4).
  2. Apply on plain paper to the Horticulture Development Officer of your block or circle, the District Horticulture Office, or directly at a Government Mushroom Development Centre — Upper Shillong, Jowai or Tura (Q.5).
  3. Supply is first come, first served (Q.6).

Applying is free. Never pay anyone to apply for you.

When to apply

The guidelines set no closing date.

Combining with other schemes

The documents do not say whether this can be combined with other schemes. Ask the implementing office before you count on both.

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