भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
कृषि और किसान कल्याण विभाग
Agricultural & Farmers Welfare Department
National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility

Eligible projects under AIF

A.    Post-Harvest Management Projects
  1. Supply chain services including e-marketing platforms
  2. Warehouse & Silos
  3. Cold Stores and Cold Chain
  4. Packaging Units 
  5. Assaying Units
  6. Sorting and grading units
  7. Logistic Facilities- Reefer Van & Insulated vehicles
  8. Ripening Chambers
  9. Farm residue/waste management infrastructures
  10. Primary Processing activities* (See table 1)
  11. Integrated primary and secondary processing activities**(See table1)
Table 1 Crop Wise of Eligible Activities
Sl. No. Crops Eligible Primary Processing Activities* Eligible Integrated Secondary Processing Activities** Ineligible activities
1. Cereals & Millets Cleaning De-stoning Sorting & grading Hulling Milling (flour, maida, sooji, daliya) Pounding Grinding Tempering Parboiling Soaking Drying Sieving Irradiation Packaging Flaking Storage (warehouse, silos) Products like Bread, Biscuits, Pasta, snack foods etc., starch, Oat Meal, Sorghum Syrup, vinegar, Roasted, Fortified, Puffed products, animal feed Malting and alcoholic beverage making
Wheat, rice, sorghum,barley, maize, oat, etc.
2. Fruits and vegetables Washing Cleaning Drying Sorting Grading Freezing (IQF & blast) Blanching for primary processing Cooling Waxing Conditioning Packhouse Cold store Ripening chamber Reefer van Bucket elevators Packaging fruit juices, pulp, ketchup, fruit concentrates, Jams, jellies, Candies, marmalades, fruit fillings, and canned fruits. Canned vegetables, vegetable juices, pickles, chutneys, and vegetable purees., vinegar, dehydrated fruit and vegetables, Fruit and Vegetable Powders & flour Alcoholic beverage making
3. Oilseeds & Oil palms Cleaning De-stoning De-husking (decorticating machines) Winnowing Oil extraction (ghani, hydraulic press etc.) Solvent Extraction Oil seed cake Refining Oil-based lubricants, Biodiesel
Groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower, linseed, olives, oil palm etc.
4. Pulses Cleaning De-stoning Drying Sorting & grading De-husking Splitting De-hulling Milling (Besan) Irradiation Packaging Storage Pulse-based snacks (roasted chickpeas, lentil chips, and pea crisps), Canned pulses, guar gum, Pulse-based flake, animal feed, ready to cook & ready to eat foods, Papads etc. Pulse-based protein powders
Bengal Gram , Pigeon Peas, Green Gram, Chick Peas, Black Gram, Red Kidney Beans, Black Eyed Peas, White Peas etc.
5. Spices Cleaning Drying Sorting Boiling Polishing Grinding Packaging Storage Irradiation Spice pastes, Spices mix, extracts and essential oils, Infused oils and vinegars, Pickled spices Pulse-based protein powders
Red chilli, Cumin, Clove, Coriander, Cinnamon, Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric, Fenugreek,Cardamom etc.
6. Cash Crops
Cotton Cleaning Drying Ginning Pressing & Bailing Linting Cotton seed oil Seed cake Fibre making FibreScouring Weaving ,Textiles, plastics, synthetic rubber,
Sugarcane Cane unloading Cleaning Cane breaking Cane milling Straining Evaporators Centrifugation Storage tanks Dryers Sugar crystals Jaggery Packaging & storage Jute rope making
Jute Cutting Retting Stripping Washing Drying Bailing Packing Storage Jute rope making Making Jute Cloth, Bags, Sacks
Tea & Coffee & Cocoa Cleaning & Washing, Withering, Rolling, Fermentation, Drying, Sorting, Drying Of Cherries, Hulling, Pulping, Oxidation, Packaging (Including Tea Bags) , White Tea, Green Tea, Black Tea Cocoa butter, Cocoa bar, Instant/ beaten coffee Cosmetic products such as scrub, body wash etc.
Coconut Dehusking Deshelling Cutting Drying (copra) Grinding Extraction of coconut water Coconut milk extraction Centrifugation Hot processing Virgin coconut oil Packaging Butter, coir rope making
Rubber Mastication Mixing Shaping Curing Irradiation Products like Tyres, Mattresses, Bottles, Boots etc.
Tobacco Cleaning Grading Sorting Curing Drying Storage Making of Chew, Cigars, Dips Etc.
7. Nuts Cashew Almonds Walnuts Pistachios etc. Cleaning Grading Streaming in boiler Shell cutting Drying Peeling Grading Packaging Shelling Separation Packaging Hulling Washing Drying Storage Packaging Conveying belts Nut butter, roasted nuts, nut milk, nut flour, candied nuts, and nut oils and snacks.
8. Herbal, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops Cleaning Sorting Drying Milling Extraction of oil Packaging Storage Syrup Herbal supplements like capsules, tablets, or other forms, Pills, Cream,
Barberry, Liquorice, Bael, Isabgol,Guggal, Kerth, Aonla, Chandan, Senna, Baiberang, Brahmi, Eucalyptus, Jatamansi etc.
9. Bamboo Drying Cutting Stripping Formation of sheets Bamboo Charcoal Powder Granules Bamboo treatment plant Bamboo depots & godown Processed Food Products like Pickles, ready to eat Etc., Products such as Fibre, etc. Furniture, Bamboo textiles, agarbatti
10. Fodder crops Berseem, forage sorghum, etc. Cutting Mixing Grinding Feed blocks, Fodder meals, Hay cubes and pellets Protein concentrates
11. Tuber crops Peeling and washing Grating Fermentation Drying Sieving Milling Storage Chips, flour, Starch Alcoholic Products
Sweet Potatoes, Cassava etc.
12.

Arecanut

Cleaning Dehusking Peeling Splitting Boiling Drying Packaging Hardboard, Insulation Wool, Cushions, Paper, Paper Board etc.
Note: The above list is illustrative only and not exhaustive
B.    Viable Farming Assets
  • Organic inputs production – Vermicomposting etc.
  • Compressed Biogas ( CBG) Plant
  • Bio stimulant production units
  • Infrastructure for smart and precision agriculture -Purchase of drones, boom sprayer, putting up specialized sensors on field, Blockchain and AI in agriculture etc. ,Remote sensing and Internet of Things (IOT) such as automatic weather station, Farm advisory services through GIS applications.
  • Nursery
  • Tissue culture
  • Seed Processing
  • Custom Hiring Center –farm machinery/ implements ( minimum of 4 in quantity)
  • Farm/Harvest Automation (combine harvestor, sugarcane harvestor etc.)
  • Setting up of Decentralized Ground/ Stilt Mounted Grid Connected Solar based Power Plants (PM-KUSUM component A)
  • Standalone solar pumping system (PM-KUSUM component B)
  • Solarization of grid connected agri-pump under PM-KUSUM component C
  • Integrated Spirulina production & processing units
  • Sericulture processing unit
  • Honey processing
  • Plant quarantine units
  • Projects identified for providing supply chain infrastructure for clusters of crops including export clusters.
  • Projects promoted by Central/State/Local Governments or their agencies under PPP for building viable farming assets or post-harvest management projects.
  • Hydroponic Farming
  • Mushroom farming
  • Vertical farming
  • Aeroponic farming
  • Poly house/ Greenhouse
  • Logistics facilities (including non-refrigerated#/insulated vehicles)
  • Tractor#

Note 1: Solarization of any of the eligible infrastructure can also be financed under AIF.
Note 2: Digital Connectivity and optic fiber infrastructure shall be eligible investment as part of development of the aforementioned eligible projects.
**Note 3: Standalone secondary processing infrastructures are not eligible.
#Note 4: Not eligible for individuals/ farmers
Note 5: Component-A of PM-KUSUM eligible for Individual farmers/ Group of farmers/ FPOs/ Cooperatives/ Panchayats to set up solar power plants of capacity up to 2 MW on barren/cultivable/uncultivable/pasturelands or marshy lands.