₹200-crore Banana Cluster approved for Jalgaon, Maharashtra
On Gudi Padwa, 19 March 2026, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the long-pending Banana Cluster project in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, has been approved at a cost of ₹200 crore, with subsidies under MIDH and the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.
Summary
The Banana Cluster project for Jalgaon, Maharashtra, long pending, has been approved at a cost of ₹200 crore, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced while meeting banana farmers there on Gudi Padwa, 19 March 2026. The cluster will provide Good Agricultural Practices, mechanisation, bio-control, fruit covering and pre-cooling, along with cold storage, ripening chambers, refrigerated vans, processing and export infrastructure. Subsidies will come under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF). Union Minister Chouhan called Jalgaon in Khandesh the 'Banana City' and urged farmers to adopt natural farming.
Key facts
- Place
- Jalgaon (Khandesh), Maharashtra
- Cost
- ₹200 crore
- Announced
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Gudi Padwa, 19 March 2026
- Facilities
- GAP, mechanisation, bio-control, pre-cooling, cold storage, ripening chambers, reefer vans, processing, export
- Subsidy via
- MIDH and Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Practice MCQs 2 questions
A ₹200-crore Banana Cluster approved in March 2026 will be developed in which district?
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Correct answer: D — Jalgaon
The Union Agriculture Minister announced that the long-pending Banana Cluster in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, has been approved at ₹200 crore.
Subsidies for facilities under the Jalgaon Banana Cluster will be provided under:
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Correct answer: A — MIDH and Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Subsidies will be provided under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF).