Under National Horticulture Mission (NHM), the government is providing financial assistance to encourage cultivation of pomegranate. The financial assistance under normal spacing is at the rate of 75% of cost of Rs 40,000 per hectare in three installments whereas in the case of high density planting, the assistance is at the rate of 50% of cost of Rs 80,000 per hectare, in three installments for a maximum area of four hectares per beneficiary.
The assistance being provided under NHM is adequate to incentivize the farmers for meeting the cost of quality planting material and other inputs.
The farmers are also encouraged to avail other government schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) to meet the cost involved in earthwork.