Coffee Development Programme in North Eastern Region: Consolidation of Coffee

What is the Coffee Development Programme in the North Eastern Region?

The Coffee Development Programme in the North Eastern Region, Consolidation of Coffee component, is implemented by the Coffee Board. A statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry: as part of the Integrated Coffee Development Project (ICDP). According to the Coffee Board, the ICDP is being implemented for the remaining period of the Fifteenth Finance Commission cycle up to 2025-26, with modalities approved by the Board and guidelines approved by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Coffee in the North East is grown largely by small and tribal growers, often on modest holdings and in non-traditional terrain. The North Eastern Region programme is the Coffee Board's dedicated effort to expand and stabilise coffee cultivation across the region. Within it, the Consolidation of Coffee component is aimed at coffee that has already been planted under earlier expansion or new-planting support: it helps the grower maintain and consolidate those young plantations through the critical years so they reach the bearing (yielding) stage rather than being abandoned.

The Coffee Board's ICDP guidelines explicitly give priority to applications from the NE region across its components, reflecting the policy emphasis on developing coffee in the North East.

Who is eligible for the Consolidation of Coffee component?

You can apply if:

• You are a coffee grower in the North Eastern Region — Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura or Sikkim.
• You own or lawfully possess the coffee holding to be consolidated.
• Your holding has existing coffee (planted under an earlier phase) that needs maintenance and consolidation to reach the bearing stage.
• Your holding can be verified by Coffee Board field staff.

You cannot apply / are not eligible if:

• Your holding lies outside the notified NER districts covered by the programme.
• You have already availed the same consolidation benefit for the same area, or you resort to furnishing wrong information (which invites recovery and rejection under the Board's rules).
• You are seeking support for a new commercial processing unit rather than for maintaining a coffee holding, that falls under other ICDP components such as support to Roasting & Grinding or Curing units.

Small growers from SC/ST and tribal communities are a core target group, and the Board's modalities provide priority and, in some components, a higher rate for SC/ST, women and differently-abled beneficiaries.

What documents are required?

How to apply for the Consolidation of Coffee subsidy

1. Contact your nearest Coffee Board extension or regional office in the North Eastern Region and tell them you want support under the ICDP Consolidation of Coffee component.
2. Register your coffee holding with the field office and provide your land record, identity proof and bank account details.
3. Field verification: Coffee Board officers inspect and verify the coffee area proposed for consolidation.
4. Submit the application/claim in the prescribed format through the extension office as per the ICDP modalities.
5. Receive the subsidy in your bank account through PFMS after the verification and sanction are complete.

Because the Coffee Board processes these schemes on a first-come-first-served basis subject to availability of funds, apply early in the cycle and keep in touch with the field office.

How much does it pay?

The Consolidation of Coffee component provides subsidy support to maintain and consolidate existing coffee holdings, typically released in installments as the plantation is nurtured through successive years. The exact per-hectare rate is fixed in the ICDP modalities notified by the Coffee Board. This guide deliberately does not state a specific rupee figure for the consolidation rate, because it could not be confirmed on the official notification during fact-checking. Growers should confirm the current rate, the installment schedule and the maximum area covered directly at their Coffee Board extension office or in the ICDP guidelines on coffeeboard.gov.in.

Help and where to get details

• Coffee Board website: coffeeboard.gov.in (Schemes section, 15th Finance Commission cycle)
• ICDP guidelines: hosted on the Coffee Board website
• Local help: your nearest Coffee Board extension/regional office in the NER

Editorial note: this is a narrow, region-specific component with limited published material. Readers may be served better by a broader Coffee Board / ICDP overview that covers all NER coffee support together, with Consolidation of Coffee as one section, than by relying on this component alone. Always verify current rates and deadlines with the Coffee Board before acting.