Lok Sabha Question No. 2498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Organic Farming in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BISHNU PADA RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2498

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  JANUARY, 2018

## ORGANIC FARMING IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

2498.  SHRI BISHNU PADA RAY:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of policies, programmes and projects for promotion of organic farming in Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
- (b) the details of funding under the scheme till date; and
- (c) the details of achievements made thereunder and the changes it has brought in the agricultural economy of the region and to the farmers, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): The  Government  is  promoting  organic  farming  under  the  scheme  of Paramaparagat  Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)  of National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture(NMSA) in the State of Andaman and Nicobar Islands . The details of funds allocated for 68 clusters during the year 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 are   Rs 485.39 lakhs, Rs.342.49 lakhs and Rs.198.89 lakhs respectively. An amount of Rs.130.00 lakhs is released during the period 2015-16 .
- (c): Under the  PKVY scheme, groups  of farmers are  motivated  to  take  up  organic farming, where 50 or more farmers have formed clusters having 20 hectares   land . As on date, 47 clusters covering an area of 1020 hectares & 1275 no. of farmers in various zones have been identified for Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Certification. The farmers are now adopting organic farming in their fields. The details of achievements (organic  area  covered  and  clusters  formed)  State/UT-wise  under  PKVY  is  given  at Annexure- l.

## Annexure- I

| State Wise Organic Area Covered under PKVY Scheme 2015-16 to till date   | State Wise Organic Area Covered under PKVY Scheme 2015-16 to till date   | State Wise Organic Area Covered under PKVY Scheme 2015-16 to till date   | State Wise Organic Area Covered under PKVY Scheme 2015-16 to till date   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                    | Name of the State                                                        | No. of Cluster                                                           | Area in hactare.                                                         |
| 1                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                           | 472                                                                      | 9440                                                                     |
| 2                                                                        | Bihar                                                                    | 427                                                                      | 8540                                                                     |
| 3                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                             | 200                                                                      | 4000                                                                     |
| 4                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                  | 100                                                                      | 2000                                                                     |
| 5                                                                        | Goa                                                                      | 4                                                                        | 80                                                                       |
| 6                                                                        | Haryana                                                                  | 20                                                                       | 400                                                                      |
| 7                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                | 250                                                                      | 5000                                                                     |
| 8                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                | 545                                                                      | 10900                                                                    |
| 9                                                                        | Kerala                                                                   | 619                                                                      | 12380                                                                    |
| 10                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                           | 1380                                                                     | 27600                                                                    |
| 11                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                              | 1258                                                                     | 25160                                                                    |
| 12                                                                       | Odisha                                                                   | 320                                                                      | 6400                                                                     |
| 13                                                                       | Punjab                                                                   | 250                                                                      | 5000                                                                     |
| 14                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                | 1150                                                                     | 23000                                                                    |
| 15                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 112                                                                      | 2240                                                                     |
| 16                                                                       | Telangana                                                                | 690                                                                      | 13800                                                                    |
| 17                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 620                                                                      | 12400                                                                    |
| 18                                                                       | West Bengal                                                              | 120                                                                      | 2400                                                                     |
| 19                                                                       | Assam                                                                    | 220                                                                      | 4400                                                                     |
| 20                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | 19                                                                       | 380                                                                      |
| 21                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                  | 34                                                                       | 680                                                                      |
| 22                                                                       | Manipur                                                                  | 30                                                                       | 600                                                                      |
| 23                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                 | 24                                                                       | 480                                                                      |
| 24                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                   | 150                                                                      | 3000                                                                     |
| 25                                                                       | Tripura                                                                  | 50                                                                       | 1000                                                                     |
| 26                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                | 45                                                                       | 900                                                                      |
| 27                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                         | 210                                                                      | 4200                                                                     |
| 28                                                                       | Jammu &Kashmir                                                           | 28                                                                       | 560                                                                      |
| 29                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                              | 585                                                                      | 11700                                                                    |
| 30                                                                       | Andman &Nicobar                                                          | 68                                                                       | 1360                                                                     |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 10000                                                                    | 200000                                                                   |

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