Key Sectors

• The state government allocated Rs. 727 crore (US$ 88.34 million) for agriculture & allied activities under its annual budget 2023-24.
• In the fiscal year 2024-25, various government programs, initiatives, and central schemes will be consolidated under Bana Kaih policy to benefit those working in agriculture and industry. A budget of Rs. 200 crore (US$ 24 million) has been allocated for this purpose.
• In the State budget 2024-25, the government has proposed to allocate Rs. 944 crore (US$ 114.7 million) for the energy sector.
• The National Bamboo Development Agency has set up 8 bamboo handicraft clusters, 11 bamboo furniture clusters, 3 bamboo agarbatti clusters and 5 other bamboo clusters, to date, under the cluster development programme in the state.
• The state government allocated Rs. 79,301.33 lakh (US$ 95.96 million) for agriculture & allied activities under its annual budget 2023-24.
• As of 2021-22, the state has 545 sub-centres, 70 primary health centres, 9 community health centres, 2 sub-district hospitals, and 9 district hospitals.
• In the Union Budget 2022-23, the Indian government allocated Rs. 100 crore (US$ 13.10 million) for the construction of Bamboo Link roads at different locations in Mizoram.
• In FY21, the annual allocation in Mizoram to implement the ‘National Bamboo Mission’ stood at Rs. 70 million (US$ 0.95 million).
• Natural resources, climatic conditions, and policy incentives in the state support investment in bamboo, sericulture, tourism, agro-products and agro-processing sectors.
• In 2019, to promote brotherhood among Mizos across the globe, the State Government allocated Rs. 1 crore (US$ 0.14 million) to organise unity festivals.
• Total horticulture production in Mizoram was 687.36 thousand metric tonnes as per advance estimates for 2021-22. In FY20, the state produced 344.91 thousand tonnes of fruits under an area of 63.77 thousand hectares. Similarly, 101.49 thousand tonnes of spices were produced in the state under an area of 28.22 thousand hectares in FY20.
• Mizoram has 24,000 hectares of area that could be utilised for fish farming. Of this, just 5,507.04 hectares were developed as ponds and tanks until 2020-21. The state’s fish production stood at 4,304 MT in 2020-21.
• With its highly green hills, crisscrossing rivers, and interspersed lakes, Mizoram is a tourist’s paradise. In 2020, foreign tourist arrivals and domestic tourist visits in the state stood at 265 and 3,089, respectively. In August 2020, the Union Minister of State for Tourism, Mr. Prahlad Singh Patel, inaugurated the ‘Thenzawl Golf Resort project in Mizoram under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme.