Central Govt Agriculture,Rural & EnvironmentTransport & Infrastructure

Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure

The Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) scheme provides capital subsidies to farmers, FPOs, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs who build storage facilities or other post-harvest agricultural marketing infrastructure. The subsidy is 25% for projects in general areas and 33.33% for projects in hilly areas, the North-East, or for women/SC/ST/FPO promoters. Applicants take a term loan from a bank or financial institution, and NABARD releases the subsidy through the lender via the ENSURE portal after project completion.

Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare For: Infra Official Source

About This Scheme

Full official description

The scheme envisages value addition and processing at farmers level so as to enhance their income by selling more marketable and processed produce in the market. For creation of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure including scientific Storage capacity, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India is implementing capital subsidy sub-scheme “Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)” of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) across the country and is continued till 31.03.2026

Projects for creation of storage infrastructure (50-5000 MT for Private &Cooperatives and 50-10,000 MT for State agencies) and other marketing infrastructure projects (other than storage) are eligible for assistance under the scheme.

AMI is an open ended, demand driven, credit linked, back ended subsidy scheme. Beneficiaries viz, Individuals, Agri-preneurs, farmers, FPOs, Cooperatives, and state agencies etc. are eligible for assistance. Under the scheme, the subsidy @ 25% for plain areas and 33.33% for NER, hilly area, Women/SC/ST promoters & FPOs etc is available for development of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Projects including storage infrastructure, Infrastructure for development/Upgradation of Rural Haats as Grameen Agricultural Market (GrAMs), Common Facilitation Centre for FPOs, Marketing infrastructures in market yards, Infrastructure for direct marketing, Mobile infrastructure for post-harvest operations including reefer vans, Stand-alone cold storages up to 1000 MTs, Integrated Value Chain (IVC) Projects up to primary processing stage etc. Assistance under the sub-scheme is inter-alia available to Individuals, Farmers, Group of farmers/growers, Registered Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs) / FPCs, firms, companies, corporations, NGOs, SHGs, Cooperatives, Cooperative Marketing Federations, Autonomous Bodies of the Government, Local Bodies, Panchayats, State Agencies etc.

Benefits

25% capital subsidy for projects in plains/general areas
33.33% capital subsidy for projects in NER, hilly areas, and for women/SC/ST promoters and FPOs
Subsidy is credit-linked (bank loan required) and back-ended (released after project completion)
Covers storage infrastructure, packhouses, grading lines, pre-cooling units, cold chains, reefer vans, and rural market yards

Who Can Apply (Eligibility)

Open to individuals, farmers, groups of farmers, FPOs/FPCs, cooperatives, NGOs, SHGs, companies, local bodies, panchayats, and state agencies
No specific exclusion criteria — the scheme is open-ended and demand-driven
Eligible projects: warehouses/cold storage (50–5,000 MT for private/cooperatives; 50–10,000 MT for state agencies)
Also covers: packhouses, standalone cold storage (up to 1,000 MT), rural haat upgrades (GrAMs), reefer vans, and common facilitation centres for FPOs

How to Apply

Offline

**Step 01:**Promoter applies for Term Loan (TL) to Financial Institution (FI)

**Step 02:**Tem loan sanctioned by FIs

**Step 03:**FI applies for Advance Subsidy within 90 days of disbursal of First instalment of TL through ENSURE portal of NABARD

**Step 04:**NABARD, sanctions and releases the Advance Subsidy to the FI

**Step 05:**After completion of the project, FI will submit final subsidy claim to NABARD and requests for Joint Monitoring Inspection (JMI)

Step 06: NABARD will initiate action for conduct of JMI and Geo-tagged photograph taken during JMI is uploaded to the Ensure Portal

Step 07: NABARD sanctions and releases final subsidy to the FI

Frequently Asked Questions

How much subsidy is given under AMI?

25% under General category and 33.33% under special category.

Is there higher subsidy for women?

Yes @ 33.33%.

Can promoters of AMI avail interest subvention under AIF?

Yes

Whether Cold Storage is permitted under AMI?

Yes, upto 1000 MT.

Are transport vehicles allowed under AMI?

No, however, only Reefer Vans are permitted.

Is there any restriction on eligibility of promoters?

Can projects under AMI be created in any area?

Yes, however, storage infrastructure projects should be created outside municipal corporation area.

Can Projects under AMI be created in Partnership?

Yes

Can projects under AMI be promoted on lease land?

Yes

Can projects of AMI be created with own funds by private entrepreneurs?

What is the minimum promoter’s contribution in the project?

20%

Is local authorities’ permission required for projects under AMI?

Yes

Within how many days of sanction of loan, subsidy can be applied?

Subsidy can be applied within 90 days of disbursement of 1st instalment of Term Loan.

What is the time limit for submission of documents after completion of project for final subsidy?

18 months from the date of disbursement of the first instalment of loan, however, extension of time limit by 6 months will be allowed subject to penalty

Is WDRA accreditation mandatory for the Storage Infrastructure?

Above, 1000 MT Storage infrastructure it is mandatory.

Are FPOs eligible under AMI?

Yes

Ready to apply?

Visit the official government portal to apply for this scheme.

Apply on myScheme.gov.in

Documents Required

) Forwarding letter of Controlling / nodal Office of the financing branch.
The advance subsidy claim application of financing branch should be routed through the Controlling / nodal Office to NABARD clearly certifying that all documents as per this check list are enclosed.
The complete address with telephone/fax numbers of the controlling / nodal office as well as the financing branch are required to be furnished
A copy of the letter together with a copy of the claim application should be endorsed to DMI RO / SO
) Advance subsidy claim application as per format in Annexure-V
) Copy of project report with item-wise details of costs, total outlay, loan and margin submitted by the promoter with a copy of the technical and financial appraisal report from the FI
) Copy of the approved plan/ map and civil drawings clearly indicating the dimensions and capacity.
) Copy of the loan sanction letter of the FI along with copies of invoices for purchase of machinery/equipment of infrastructure project if any. Copy of Term Loan Account Statement of the borrower indicating all transactions including disbursement of first instalment of loan
) Copy of land documents where the project is going to be established.
) FI’s certificate on category of the Promoter. In case of SC/ST entrepreneur and Cooperative, certification by the Competent Authority should be obtained.
) Notarized Affidavit in Original executed by the promoter on a non-judicial stamp paper as per Annexure XV.
) Copy of duly registered partnership deed, if it is a partnership firm, Memorandum& Articles of Association and certificate of incorporation, in case of Private Limited Company etc.