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Coconut Development Board (CDB), Government of IndiaMinistry of Agriculture & Farmers WelfareActiveUpdated 8 October 2026

Coconut Development Board Schemes (Replanting, Rejuvenation & Productivity)

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Government support for coconut growers to replace old, diseased and low-yielding palms with young high-yielding ones, rejuvenate gardens still worth saving, earn from crops grown between the palms, and insure the palms — run by the Coconut Development Board through State Horticulture and Agriculture Departments.

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Implementing body
Coconut Development Board (CDB)
Ministry
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Cutting & removal grant
₹500/palm (first 20), then ₹250/palm — cap ₹13,000/ha
Replanting subsidy
₹20 per seedling (max 175 palms/ha)
Rejuvenation grant
₹15,000/ha (two instalments of ₹7,500)
Per-grower limit
Up to 4 hectares
Who can apply
Owner-cultivator coconut growers in coconut-growing states
Apply through
State Horticulture / Agriculture Dept. & CDB field offices

Quick Summary

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Quick Summary

A coconut palm is a 60-to-80-year decision. A garden planted by a grandfather is still feeding the family, but once palms cross their prime — or get hit by root-wilt and other diseases — yield falls year after year while the land, water and labour stay the same. The Coconut Development Board, a Government of India body under the Agriculture Ministry, runs a set of schemes to fix exactly this: to replace the old, diseased and barely-bearing palms with young high-yielding ones, and to lift the output of gardens that are still worth saving.

The scheme most growers use is Replanting & Rejuvenation. It pays to cut and safely remove a disease-advanced or senile palm that yields fewer than about 10 nuts a year, gives a per-seedling grant to plant a good variety in its place, and a separate per-hectare grant to rejuvenate — feed, treat and bring back — palms that are old but still healthy enough to recover. The money comes as direct benefit, and a single grower can claim it on up to 4 hectares. Alongside it the Board runs productivity schemes that pay to grow income crops between the palms (so the land earns while young palms mature), and a coconut palm insurance cover. This is a scheme for coconut-growing states, applied for through the State Horticulture or Agriculture Department and the Board's field offices. Because replanting runs on a yearly cycle tied to the planting season, always confirm the current application window with the Board before you start. The page ahead has the rates, who qualifies and how to apply.

Overview

The Coconut Development Board (CDB) is a statutory body of the Government of India under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, set up for the integrated development of coconut cultivation and industry. For a grower, its most directly useful schemes are those that tackle the single biggest drag on a coconut garden's income — palms that have crossed their productive life or been hit by root-wilt and other diseases, and gardens whose yield has slipped but could be revived.

The flagship grower scheme is Replanting & Rejuvenation (R&R), implemented in its scaled-up form. It works in three parts. First, cutting and removal of a disease-advanced, old or unproductive palm (one yielding fewer than about 10 nuts a year): the grant is ₹500 per palm for the first 20 palms and ₹250 per palm thereafter, subject to a ceiling of ₹13,000 per hectare, paid after the removal is inspected. Second, replanting: a subsidy of ₹20 per seedling to plant a good, high-yielding variety from an approved source in place of the removed palm, with the replanted population not exceeding 175 palms per hectare. Third, rejuvenation: ₹15,000 per hectare, released in two equal instalments of ₹7,500, to feed, treat and restore palms that are old but still healthy enough to recover. Assistance is capped at 4 hectares per grower, the applicant must be the owner-cultivator of a contiguous area, replanting must be completed within 12 months of uprooting, and soil testing through a recognised laboratory is required.

Alongside R&R, the Board runs productivity schemes — notably support to take up a coconut-based cropping or integrated-farming system, so a grower earns from inter-crops, livestock or allied activity between the palms while young palms mature — and a coconut palm insurance scheme that compensates the loss of a palm to specified perils. These are schemes for coconut-growing states and union territories, implemented on a cluster basis through the State Horticulture or Agriculture Departments and the Board's regional and field offices. Because replanting is tied to the planting season, applications open in a yearly cycle rather than round the clock — confirm the current window and the latest rates with the Board or the local Krishi Bhavan before applying.

Scheme highlights

  • Get paid to remove a dead-weight palm

    A disease-advanced, old or barely-bearing palm (under about 10 nuts a year) occupies land, water and light while giving almost nothing. The scheme pays ₹500 per palm (first 20, then ₹250) to cut and safely remove it, up to ₹13,000 per hectare.

  • A grant to replant a high-yielding variety

    In place of the removed palm, a subsidy of ₹20 per seedling helps plant a good variety from an approved source — a young palm that will out-yield the old one for decades.

  • Rejuvenate a garden still worth saving

    For palms that are old but still healthy, ₹15,000 per hectare in two instalments funds the feeding, treatment and management that brings a slipping garden back to yield — cheaper and faster than replanting everything.

  • Earn from the land between the palms

    The Board's productivity schemes support coconut-based cropping and integrated farming — inter-crops, livestock or allied activity between the palms — so the land earns a second income, especially while young replanted palms are still growing.

  • Insure the palms against loss

    A coconut palm insurance scheme compensates the loss of a palm to specified perils, protecting a grower's long-term investment in a crop that takes years to reach full bearing.

Major components

States pick from these based on local priorities — each has its own eligibility and application process, detailed on its own page where one exists.

  • Replanting & Rejuvenation (R&R)

    Cutting and removal of unproductive palms (₹500/₹250 per palm, cap ₹13,000/ha), replanting with high-yielding seedlings (₹20/seedling), and rejuvenation of old-but-healthy palms (₹15,000/ha). Up to 4 ha per grower.

    Growers with old, diseased or low-yielding palms, or gardens whose yield has slipped

  • Productivity improvement / integrated farming

    Support to take up a coconut-based cropping or integrated-farming system — inter-crops, livestock and allied activity between the palms — on a cluster basis, so the land earns more per hectare. Confirm the current per-hectare rate with the Board.

    Growers and grower clusters wanting a second income from the garden

  • Coconut palm insurance

    Insurance cover that compensates the loss of a bearing or juvenile palm to specified natural and other perils, with the premium shared between the grower, the Board and the State.

    Growers wanting to protect palms against weather and disease losses

What you get

  • A garden that yields again

    Replacing barely-bearing palms with young high-yielding ones, and rejuvenating those still worth saving, lifts nut output from the same land, water and labour.

  • The cost of change is shared

    Removal, seedlings and rejuvenation all carry a grant, so a grower is not paying the full upfront cost of renewing a garden that will only start paying back after some years.

  • Income while young palms mature

    Inter-cropping and integrated-farming support means the land earns from other crops or allied activity during the years a replanted palm takes to come into bearing.

  • Protection for a long-term crop

    Palm insurance cushions the loss of a palm to storms, pests or disease — a real risk for a crop that represents decades of investment.

Who is eligible

Both lists come from the notified operational guidelines — meeting the left column is not enough if anything in the right column applies to your family.

You qualify if

  • Owner-cultivator coconut growers in coconut-growing states and union territories
  • Growers with disease-advanced, old or unproductive palms (yielding fewer than about 10 nuts a year) to be removed, and/or old-but-healthy palms to be rejuvenated
  • Growers planting a high-yielding variety from an approved source, keeping the palm population within 175 per hectare
  • Growers and grower clusters taking up a coconut-based cropping or integrated-farming system under the productivity schemes

Excluded — even with land

  • Claims beyond 4 hectares per grower under Replanting & Rejuvenation
  • Gardens that are abandoned or held by absentee landlords (for rejuvenation), and palms still healthy enough that removal is not justified
  • Replanting with seedlings from an unapproved source, or exceeding 175 palms per hectare
  • Applying outside the current yearly application window, or without the required soil testing

Where this scheme applies

A central scheme with pan-India coverage — open to eligible farmers in every State and Union Territory.

Documents you need

Have these ready before you start — the online form takes ten minutes when nothing is missing.

  • Proof of ownership and identity

    Land ownership record for the coconut garden, the grower's identity proof (Aadhaar) and a bank passbook of the Aadhaar-linked account for direct benefit payment.

  • Garden and palm details

    Area of the garden, number and condition of palms to be removed, replanted or rejuvenated — with the palms marked for removal as the guidelines require.

  • Approved planting material

    Proof that replanting seedlings are of a recommended high-yielding variety from an approved or recognised source.

  • Soil test report

    Soil testing through a recognised laboratory, as required under the Replanting & Rejuvenation guidelines.

How to apply, step by step

The same six steps apply whether you register yourself online or sit down at a CSC.

  1. 1

    Confirm the current application window

    Replanting runs on a yearly cycle tied to the planting season. Check the open window and the latest rates with the Coconut Development Board, the State Horticulture/Agriculture Department or the local Krishi Bhavan.

  2. 2

    Get the garden assessed and soil tested

    Identify the palms for removal (under about 10 nuts a year) and those to rejuvenate, and get the soil tested at a recognised laboratory.

  3. 3

    Apply with documents

    Submit the application through the State Horticulture/Agriculture Department or the CDB field office, with ownership proof, garden details, the Aadhaar-linked bank account and the soil report.

  4. 4

    Removal, replanting and inspection

    Remove the marked palms and replant an approved high-yielding variety within 12 months of uprooting; the work is verified by inspection before the grant is released.

  5. 5

    Receive the grant as direct benefit

    The cutting-and-removal, per-seedling and rejuvenation grants are paid into the Aadhaar-linked bank account; rejuvenation is released in two instalments.

Important dates

  • Implementing body

    Coconut Development Board

    Statutory body under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for integrated coconut development

  • Application cycle

    Yearly, tied to the planting season

    Replanting applications open in a seasonal window, not round the clock — confirm the current window with the Board

  • Facts last checked

    8 October 2026

    Against the Coconut Development Board Replanting & Rejuvenation scheme page (coconutboard.gov.in), last updated 8 October 2026. Confirm the current year's application window and rates with the Board before applying.

Check your eligibility

Straight from the notified criteria. Nothing you enter leaves your phone.

  1. 1.Are you an owner-cultivator coconut grower in a coconut-growing state, with a garden in a contiguous area?
  2. 2.Do you have disease-advanced, old or low-yielding palms (fewer than about 10 nuts a year) to remove and replant, or old-but-healthy palms to rejuvenate — within 4 hectares?
  3. 3.Can you apply within the current yearly window, with soil testing done and replanting using an approved high-yielding variety (≤175 palms/ha)?

0 of 3 answered

This checker applies the criteria in the official operational guidelines, but it is guidance — only the state government’s verification against the land records is final.

Downloads

Official documents only — everything below is hosted on the government's own servers.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Replanting & Rejuvenation scheme pay for?

Three things: cutting and removing a disease-advanced, old or unproductive palm (₹500 per palm for the first 20, then ₹250, up to ₹13,000 per hectare); replanting a high-yielding variety in its place (₹20 per seedling); and rejuvenating old-but-healthy palms (₹15,000 per hectare in two instalments of ₹7,500). A grower can claim on up to 4 hectares.

Which palms qualify for removal?

Palms that are disease-advanced, old or unproductive — generally those yielding fewer than about 10 nuts a year — and marked for removal as the guidelines require. Healthy, well-bearing palms are not eligible for the cutting-and-removal grant.

Who can apply, and in which states?

Owner-cultivator coconut growers in coconut-growing states and union territories, applying for a garden in a contiguous area. It is implemented through the State Horticulture or Agriculture Department and the Board's regional and field offices.

How is the money paid?

As direct benefit into the grower's Aadhaar-linked bank account, after the removal and replanting are inspected. The rejuvenation grant is released in two equal instalments of ₹7,500 per hectare.

Is the scheme open for applications right now?

Replanting runs on a yearly cycle tied to the planting season, so applications open in a seasonal window rather than round the clock. The Board's scheme page was current as of 8 October 2026, but always confirm the present year's window and rates with the Coconut Development Board or the local Krishi Bhavan before you start.

What else does the Board offer a grower?

Besides Replanting & Rejuvenation, the Board supports coconut-based cropping and integrated-farming systems so a grower earns from the land between the palms, and runs a coconut palm insurance scheme that compensates the loss of a palm to specified perils. Confirm the current rates for these with the Board.

Still have questions?

The FAQs above cover the common ones. For anything about your specific application, the ministry helpline undefined is the authoritative answer — and we are happy to point you in the right direction.

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