Six Agri-Export Zones (AEZ) have been setup to promote the floriculture industry in key producing regions in various parts of the country, namely Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. Besides setting up Agri Export Zones (AEZ), the Government has also implemented a number of schemes to promote floriculture in the country.
A project has been set up at Chhaffi, Nainital (Uttarakhand) for processing and mechanized handling of bulbous material using latest equipments with Dutch technology and expertise. The capacity of the project, set up with assistance from ASIDE scheme of the Department of Commerce, is 30 million flower bulbs per annum and the product range is Lilium, Tulip, Gladiolus, Iris, Zanthedeschia. For production of Cymbidium Orchids, projects are being setup at a cost of Rs. 1.22 crore and a pack house for anthurium at a cost of Rs. 3.09 crore at Rango and Melli in Sikkim with assistance from ASIDE scheme.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has setup cold storage and cargo handling facilities at the key airports of New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum and Kolkatta. To develop a market locally (a supply base for exports), APEDA has also setup Flower Auction cum Market Facilitation Centre (FAMFC) at Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Noida, etc.

This information was given by Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the Lok Sabha