🔆 Clean Plant Programme (CPP) 📍 Context ✅ The Union Cabinet launched the Clean Plant Programme (CPP) under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) with a budget of ₹1,766 crore. 📍 About Clean Plant Programme (CPP) ✅ Objective: Enhance horticulture quality by ensuring high-quality, virus-free planting material. ✅ Under MIDH: Supports farmers & horticulture sector by increasing crop yield, health, and quality. ✅ Implementation: Led by National Horticulture Board (NHB) in collaboration with ICAR. ✅ Core Components: Clean Plant Centers (CPCs): Establish 9 state-of-the-art CPCs in Pune, Srinagar, Bengaluru, etc. Certification & Legal Framework: Quality control under Seeds Act, 1966. Infrastructure Support: Large nurseries to propagate virus-free planting material. 📍 About MIDH (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture) ✅ Launch: 2014-15, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. ✅ Objective: Holistic growth of fruits, vegetables, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, and cocoa. ✅ Key Components: National Horticulture Mission (NHM): Launched in 2005 for horticulture development. Horticulture Mission for Northeast & Himalayan States (HMNEH): Special focus on NE & Himalayan regions. National Bamboo Mission (NBM): Supports bamboo cultivation. Coconut Development Board (CDB): Promotes the coconut sector, HQ in Kochi, Kerala. Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH): Provides training in Nagaland, primarily for NE farmers. 📍 Additional Info ✅ NHB: Established in 1984, HQ in Gurugram. ✅ Father of Indian Horticulture: M.H. Marigowda. #government_schemes