Department of Economic Analysis and Research
3
The State-wise potential clusters and feasible
commercial crops are indicated in the table below:
Southern
India
Cluster
Potential Crops/plants
Karnataka Bangaluru
and Mysore
• Flowers: Rose, Gerbera,
Carnations
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, Cherry Tomato,
Tomato, Pole Beans, off season
vegetables etc.
• Fruits: Melons and Cantaloupe
• Exotic herbs: Chives etc.
• Nurseries
Balgaum
Region
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum, off
season vegetables
• Flowers: Anthurium and Orchids
Malanad
Region
• Flowers: Gerbera, Carnations, off
season vegetables etc.
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum
• Nurseries
Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri
and Salem
• Flowers: Rose, Gerbera, Carnations
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, Tomato and
other off season vegetables etc.
• Nurseries
Ooty and
Kodaikanal
• Flowers: Tiger lilies, Gerbera,
Carnations and other exotic flowers
• Exotic vegetables and herbs
Andhra
Pradesh
Kuppum ,
Ananthapur
and Kurnool
• Flowers: Gerbera, Carnations
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum and
Tomato
• Nurseries
Telangana Hyderabad
• Flowers: Gerbera, Carnations
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, Lettuce, off
season vegetables etc.
Kerala
Central
Region
• Flowers: Anthurium and Orchids
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber and Tomato
Western
andCentral
India
Cluster
Commercial plants grown
Maharashtra
Western
Maharashtra
covering
Pune, Nasik,
Sangali,
Satara,
Palghar
• Flowers: Rose, Gerbera, Carnations
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, Cherry Tomato,
Tomato, Pole Beans, off season
vegetables etc.
• Fruits: Melons and Cantaloupe
• Nurseries
Gujarat
Ahmedabad,
Mehasana,
Sabarkantha
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, off season
vegetables etc.
Madhya
Pradesh
Indore
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber etc.
Northern
India
Cluster
Commercial plants grown
Rajasthan
Jaipur
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, off season
vegetables etc.
Haryana
Sonipat ,
Panipat,
Karnal ,
Rohtak
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, Tomato, off
season vegetables etc.
• Others : lettuce and Leafy vegetables
Punjab
Ludhiana,
Kapurthala,
Hoshiarpur
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, Tomato, off
season vegetables etc.
• Others : Lettuce and Leafy
vegetables
5. Economics
The poly house structure is the major cost of investment.
The cost of poly house depends upon the type of ploy
houses like fully controlled, naturally ventilated, walk in
tunnels, shade nets etc., and also depends upon the type
of frame like galvanized iron, wooden or bamboo. The
indicative cost for various types of poly houses including
poly house structure, irrigation, fertigation etc. are given
below. The capital cost assumed is indicative and may
vary from location to location and level of automation and
control systems built in the project. The planting material
cost assumed is average of various types of vegetables and
flowers. This may vary depending upon the varieties and
types of plants and source of planting material.
Hilly
Regions
Cluster
Commercial plants grown
Uttarakhand
Dehradun
and
Pantnagar
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, off season
vegetables etc.
• Others: lettuce and Leafy vegetables
Himachal
Pradesh
Shimla,
Solan,
Palampur
• Vegetables: Colored Capsicum,
English Cucumber, off season
vegetables etc.
• Nurseries: Seed production
Sikkim
• Off season vegetables
• Flowers: Orchids and anthuriums
Manipur ,
Meghalaya,
Arunachal
Pradesh
• Off season vegetables
• Flowers: Anthuriums, Tiger lilies
and orchids
Type of
ploy house
Cost
of poly
house
Rs /
sqm
Cost of Planting
Material Rs /
sqm
Total unit cost Rs
lakh /acre
Economic
life of
structure
1. Green
House
(Pad and
fan system)
1400
Vegetables 50 Vegetables 58.00
25 years
for frame
and 4
years for
cover
Flowers 300 Flowers 68.00
2. Naturally
ventilated
( GI frame)
800
Vegetables 50 Vegetables 34.00 25 years
for frame
and 3-4
years for
cover
Flowers 300 Flowers 44.00
3. Naturally
ventilated
(Wooden
frame)
600
Vegetables 50 Vegetables 26.00
5- 10 years
for frame
and 3-4
years for
cover
Flowers 300 Flowers 36.00
4. Naturally
ventilated
(Bamboo
frame)
500
Vegetables 50 Vegetables 22.00
5-10 years
for frame
and 3-4
years for
cover
Flowers 300 Flowers 32.00
The investment in the polyhouse is economical as
reflected in the net income and IRR. The IRR ranged
from 17 per cent for Green House to 32 per cent for
naturaly ventilated polyhouse.
