scheme
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and mushroom projects
Treat AIF as a financing facility, not a capital subsidy or automatic loan.
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Versioned policy record
Revised Scheme Guidelines, September 2024
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- Authority
- Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with participating lending institutions
- Publication
- 2024-09-01
- Effective from
- 2024-09-01
- Application evidence
- The scheme lifecycle continues, but the guideline says loan disbursement was to complete by FY 2025-26. Current portal intake must be verified before relying on a new application.
Mushroom fit
Read the activity boundary before the percentage.
Mushroom farming appears in the community farming asset list for specified group applicants. Post-harvest and eligible infrastructure can have a different applicant fit.
Components
Cost norm, rate and assistance form stay separate.
interest subventionPages 6 to 12
Interest subvention on eligible AIF loan
Eligible agriculture infrastructure loan
- Norm
- ₹2,00,00,000
- General rate
- 3%
- Special rate
- Not applicable
- Unit cap
- Scheme-specific
- Subvention applies up to the eligible loan limit stated in the guideline
- Maximum support period is scheme specific
- Mushroom farming as a community asset is restricted to eligible group categories
- Lender appraisal and sanction remain independent
Primary sources
Open the attached authority records.
current2026-08-23
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Revised Scheme Guidelines, September 2024
Mushroom farming is listed as a community farming asset for specified group applicants. Loan sanction, rate, security and eligibility remain lender and scheme decisions.
- Authority
- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Reference
- Guideline pages 5 to 12
- Checksum
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