To promote and generate employment and to ensure the availability of skilled personnel's in the sphere of exports and post-harvest management in the state, additional financial support up to a maximum limit of 50 percent of annual course fees or maximum Rs. 0.50 Lakh per student shall be provided towards the expenditure incurred on fees in the Universities/Government Institutions located in Uttar Pradesh for conducting degree/diploma/certificate courses in Agriculture exports and post-harvest management and technology. For courses of duration exceeding 15 months, Rs. one Lakh towards fees shall be given.
A lump sum grant of Rs. 50 Lakhs shall be given to a government institution of higher studies for starting such a programme.
The rates of transport subsidy (airways/railways/roads/waterways) are determined as follows :- For exports by air or waterways transport subsidy of Rs.10 (Rupees ten) per kg or 25 per cent of the actual freight, whichever is less (including the transit cost of the product to the port).
For export by railway or road transport subsidy Rs. 05 (Rupees five) per kilogram or 25% of actual freight, whichever is less.
A maximum of Rs. 10 lakhs transport subsidy per year per exporter / firm shall be payable.
The said transport subsidy shall not be payable on meat and sugar exports.
This transport subsidy will be given after obtaining a certificate from the exporter to the effect that no such grant has been taken from any other source / department.
