Apple Season 2025: New chapter of success amid adversities
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Shimla Oct 12
The year 2025 is being recorded as a golden chapter in the horticultural history of Himachal Pradesh. Despite challenges such as natural calamities, incessant rainfall, landslides, and road blockages, the State Government not only managed to control the situation with its visionary policies, swift decision-making, and sensitive leadership but also took the horticulture sector to new heights.
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s positive outlook, transparent administrative approach, and farmer–grower-centric policies have set an example of systemic transformation in the horticulture sector of Himachal Pradesh.
Despite landslides and road disruptions, the 2025 apple season has proven to be the most successful season in Himachal’s history. The State Government and the Horticulture Department worked on a war footing to restore roads, enabling growers to transport their produce to markets on time.
According to the Himachal Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board, as of 3rd October, 2025, a total of 2,60,83,458 apple boxes were traded, compared to 1,82,63,874 boxes in 2024. The data reflects a remarkable 43 percent increase in apple trade this year.
There was an unprecedented demand for Himachal apples in Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi.
A-grade Royal Delicious apples sold for Rs. 2,300 per 20-kg box and Golden Delicious for Rs.1200 per box clear evidence of the superior quality, brand value, and consumer trust associated with Himachal apples. Under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), the HPMC made a record procurement of 83,788 metric tonnes of apples this year one of the largest purchases in the scheme’s history providing much-needed relief to thousands of growers.
Horticulture Minister Jagat Singh Negi stated that the government has given the top priority to the welfare of fruit growers. Prompt restoration of roads, transport facilities, and efficient market operations ensured that growers received timely and fair prices for their produce.
Multi-dimensional Progress through the Integrated Horticulture Development Mission and Other Grower-friendly Schemes
