Key facts
What the official sources publish
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Horticulture usesEstablishing new orchards, gardens, plantations and nurseries, or maintaining existing ones; finances machinery, processing houses, plants, seedlings, grafts, fertilisers, pesticides and permanent-worker wages.View source
The official features section lists capital and maintenance horticulture uses.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Features
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Eligible horticulture borrowersOwners, permanent tenants or long-term leaseholders raising fruit gardens, plantations or nursery crops; also farmers, SHGs, JLGs, proprietorships, partnerships, LLPs and private/public limited companies.View source
The official eligibility section publishes land-status and borrower categories.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Benefits / Eligibility Criteria
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
MarginShort-term/ crop loans up to ₹1 lakh: nil; above ₹1 lakh: 15%. Term loans up to ₹1 lakh: nil; above ₹1 lakh: 15% for other loans, while tractor/ heavy machinery follows its special scheme (10% or prescribed rate).View source
The official margin table publishes short-term, term-loan and tractor/machinery bands.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- — Margin Norms
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
RepaymentTerm loan up to 5–7 years excluding moratorium; cash credit 12 months subject to annual review.View source
The official repayment section publishes term-loan and cash-credit periods.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- — Repayment Period
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Pricing bandsUp to ₹3 lakh: one-year MCLR + SP. Above ₹3 lakh and below ₹25 lakh: one-year MCLR + SP +1.25%. ₹25 lakh and above: +2.00% for under-three-year CC/ OD/ DL, +2.10% for 3–5 years and +2.15% above 5–7 years.View source
The official rate table publishes limit and tenor-linked spreads.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- — Interest Rate
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Processing and inspectionProcessing nil up to ₹3 lakh; above ₹3 lakh, 1% of sanctioned limit capped at ₹1 crore. Inspection nil up to ₹3 lakh, then ₹250 up to ₹10 lakh, ₹1,000 up to ₹1 crore and ₹5,000 above ₹1 crore. NHB subsidy may be available under the commercial horticulture programme.View source
The official page publishes fee slabs and subsidy availability.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Benefits / Fees & Charges
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Processing feeProcessing is waived for aggregate agriculture exposure up to ₹3 lakh. Above ₹3 lakh, the term/ demand loan processing charge is 1% of the sanctioned limit, capped at ₹100 lakh.View source
The official processing-charge section publishes waiver up to ₹3 lakh and 1% above that with a ₹100 lakh cap.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Fees & Charges — Processing charges
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Turnover / vintage requirementThe page requires the applicant to be engaged in raising fruit gardens, plantations or nursery crops as an owner, permanent tenant or long-term leaseholder. No numeric turnover, income or business-vintage threshold is published.View source
The eligibility section specifies horticulture activity and land status but publishes no turnover or vintage number.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Eligibility Criteria; Complete page reviewed
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Facility amountThe page does not publish a universal minimum or maximum loan amount. It instead states that capital and maintenance costs are financed, with margin and pricing determined by facility type and limit bands.View source
The official page lists financed cost categories and limit bands for margins/rates but no overall loan ceiling.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Features; — Nature of Facility and Margin Norms
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
SecurityUp to ₹1.60 lakh: D.P. Note and hypothecation of crops. Above ₹1.60 lakh: D.P. Note, hypothecation of crops and mortgage of land or third-party guarantee, etc.View source
The security table distinguishes limits up to and above ₹1.60 lakh and lists the required instruments/security.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- — Security Norms
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Required documentsKYC documents such as Aadhaar, voter ID, PAN card or driving licence; passport-size photograph; land record; quotation or invoice (if available); project report (if available); and income-tax returns (if available).View source
The page lists , photo and land record, and marks quotation/invoice, project report and IT returns as if available.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Document Required
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Geographic limitsThe official page is for horticulture borrowers in India and publishes no state, district or branch-territory restriction. Eligibility turns on the horticulture activity and ownership, tenancy or long-term lease of the land.View source
The page names eligible land statuses and rural-agri use but gives no narrower territorial restriction.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme
- Page / section
- Benefits; Eligibility Criteria; Complete page reviewed
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Customer typeFarmers, agricultural enterprises and eligible rural borrowersView source
The manually reviewed product record states: “Farmers, agricultural enterprises and eligible rural borrowers”.
- Source
- Horticulture Loan Scheme — official product page
- Page / section
- Published product metadata
- Accessed
- 15 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Benefits and features
- Establishing new orchards, gardens, plantations and nurseries, or maintaining existing ones
- finances machinery, processing houses, plants, seedlings, grafts, fertilisers, pesticides and permanent-worker wages.
Eligibility
- Owners, permanent tenants or long-term leaseholders raising fruit gardens, plantations or nursery crops
- also farmers, , , proprietorships, partnerships, and private/public limited companies.
Passing a listed condition does not mean the bank will approve an application.
Documents the bank lists
- Aadhaar
- voter
- card
- driving licence




