Lok Sabha Question No. 551 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Sustainable Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 551

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH   DECEMBER, 2017

## SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC FARMING

551.   SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether emphasis has been given on sustainable organic farming methods to double farmer's income by 2022 in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): Government  is  promoting  organic  farming  in  the  country  through  the  dedicated schemes  of  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  and  Mission  Organic  Value  Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).  A brief of the schemes is given at Annexure-I.

## Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

The  Parampragat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  is  the  first  comprehensive  scheme launched by the Central Government as a centrally sponsored programme (CSP), where the Central and State Governments share the funding in varying ratio. It is 100% in UT, 90:10 in North-Eastern and Hilly States and 60:40 in case of other States. The scheme is implemented by the State Governments. It is implemented on a cluster basis of 20 hectare each. The farmer within  the  cluster  is  given  financial  assistance  upto  a  maximum  of  1  ha  and  the  limit  of assistance  is  Rs..50,000  per  ha  during  the  conversion  period  of  3  years.  The  target  is  to promote 10,000 clusters covering 2 lakh ha over the period of 3 years, 2015-16 to 2017-18. In order to implement the PKVY in the 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 an amount of Rs. 300 crore,  Rs.  297  crore  and  Rs  350  crore  has  been  allocated  respectively  to  the  States. Assistance  is  provided  for  cluster  formation  &  capacity  building,  organic  inputs, certification, labeling, packing, transportation and marketing of organic produce.

## Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region

Realizing  the  potential  of  organic  farming  in  the  North  Eastern  Region  of  the  country, Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  has  launched  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  entitled "Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region" for implementation in the states  of  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Sikkim  and Tripura,  during  2015-16  to  2017-18.  The  scheme  aims  at  development  of  certified  organic production  in  a  value  chain  mode  to  link  growers  with  consumers  and  to  support  the development  of  entire  value  chain  starting  from  inputs,  seeds,  certification  and  creation  of facilities  for  collection,  aggregation,  processing,  marketing  and  brand  building  initiative.  The scheme  was  approved  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  400  crore  for  three  years.  An  amount  of Rs.112.11 crore, Rs. 47.63 crore and Rs. 34.02 crore is released during 2015-16 to 2017-18.

The assistance is provided for cluster development, on/off farm input production, supply of seeds/ planting materials, setting up of functional infrastructure, establishment of integrated processing unit, refrigerated transportation, pre-cooling /cold stores chamber, branding labeling and  packaging,  hiring  of  space,  hand  holdings,  organic  certification  through  third  party, mobilization  of  farmers/processors  etc.  Under  this  scheme,  an  area  of  50,000  ha  have  been targeted to be covered under organic farming in North Eastern Region of the country during the period of three years i.e. from year 2015-16 to 2017-18 with an outlay of Rs..400 crores.

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