Lok Sabha Question No. 4290 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Traditional Agricultural Practice
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4290

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  28 TH  MARCH, 2017

## TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE

4290.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- (a) whether the  Government  has  formulated  any  schemes/programmes to  support traditional agricultural systems and practices in the country;
- (b) if  so, the details thereof, including the amount of funds allocated/released/spent for the purpose, during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess the benefits of the said programmes, if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (d) the challenges faced by various regions and the steps taken by the Government to help them in tackling these challenges?

## 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): Govt.  of  India  is  promoting  organic  farming  in  country  through  the 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).  The  details  of  the  schemes  and  funds  allocated/ released State- wise is given at Annexure l , IA and ll, llA.
- (c):    Government  has  assigned  study  to    National  Institute  of  Agricultural  Extension Management  (MANAGE),  Hyderabad    to examine the design of PKVY  and MOVCDNER  schemes  in  terms  of  planning,  stakeholder  capacity,  implementation challenges, input procurement  and  distribution.
- (d): The  Indian  Council    of Agricultural  Research  (ICAR )   through    All  India Coordinated  Research  Projects/Network  projects/Consortia  Research  Platforms  with wide network of cooperating centres and State Agricultural Universities are addressing location/region specific  Natural Resource Management ( NRM)  issues and developing cost effective scientific farming practices for different crops/cropping systems in farmers' participatory  mode  keeping  in  view  the farmers' resource availability, traditional indigenous technology knowhow and grassroot farm innovations.

The NRM  is conducting research programmes for Soil Inventory and Characterization, integrated Soil-Water-Nutrient Management, Watershed Management, Resource Conservation Technologies, Crop diversification, integrated weed management, integrated farming System including Agro forestry, dryland farming, arid, coastal  and  hill  agriculture,  abiotic  stress  management,  climate  resilient  agriculture, conservation agriculture, waste water utilization, solid waste management  and enhancement of nutrient and water use efficiency.

## Annexure I Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

The Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched under National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) to promote organic farming. The scheme is implemented through State Government who form clusters of 20  hectare      each  and  provide  an  assistance  of  Rs.50,000  per  hectare  per  farmer  in cluster  during  the  3  years  The  Government  has  allocated  Rs.300  crore  for  the  year 2015-16. Under the scheme, 10,000 clusters covering an area of 2 lakh hactare have been  targeted  to  be  covered  under  Organic  Farming  from  2015-16  to  2017-18.  The farmers  will  form  a  cluster  of  20  hectare  land.    Of  the  total  number  of  farmers  in  a cluster, a minimum of 65% and marginal farmer should belong to the small categories.

Under  PKVY  scheme,  the  assistance  is  provided  to  the  farmers  for  cluster formation, mobilization of farmers, PGS certification and quality control, residue analysis of samples in NABL, conversion of land to organic farming, establishment of production units (Pachagavya)/Beejamruth/Jeevamruth), green manuring/biological nitrogen harvest planting, botanical abstracts production units, liquid biofertilizers(Nitrogen/fixing/Phosphate Solubilizing/Potassium mobilizing bio-fertilizers), liquid  biopesticides  (Trichoderma  viridae,  Pseudomonas,  fluorescens,  Matarhizium, beaviourie bassiana, Pacelomyces, verticillium), phosphate rich organic manure (PROM), establishment of vermi-compost unit, supply of improved agricultural implements,  transportation  of  organic  products,  packing,  labeling  and  branding  of organic products etc. The organic certification is provided under Paticipatory Gurantee System ( PGS  )certification.

All India status: The Annual Action Plan of 29 States and 1 Union Territory has been approved with total out lay of Rs. 511.67 crore to develop 7186 clusters out which Rs.226.18  crore has been released to the States during the year 2015-16. The BE of 2016-17 is Rs 297 crore .During 2016-17 Rs 165.96 crore RE has been allocated for the scheme and all expenditure incur Rs. 152.12 crore out of which Rs .151.49 crore has been released to 21 states .The details are given at Annexure I A.

## Annexure IA

## Statement of amount of Central : State Share(60:40 and 90:10) released to the States under PKVY

| S. No   | State                        | No. of Clusters   |   Released Share (in lakh) (A) 2015-16* |   Released Share (in lakh) (B) 2016-17 |   Total released (in lakh)(A+B=C) |
|---------|------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam                        | 220               |                                  576.39 |                                   0    |                            576.39 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh            | 19                |                                   51.41 |                                  81.08 |                            132.49 |
| 3       | Andhra Pradesh               | 411               |                                 1100.15 |                                 798.17 |                           1898.32 |
| 4       | Bihar                        | 327               |                                 1050.37 |                                 664.26 |                           1714.63 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                 | 188               |                                  603.88 |                                 314.78 |                            918.66 |
| 6       | Goa                          | 4                 |                                    7.14 |                                   0    |                              7.14 |
| 7       | Gujarat                      | 100               |                                  178.45 |                                 238.83 |                            417.28 |
| 8       | Haryana                      | 20                |                                   53.53 |                                  45.98 |                             99.51 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh             | 110               |                                  395    |                                   0    |                            395    |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir               | 28                |                                   74.95 |                                  87.81 |                            162.76 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                    | 100               |                                  321.21 |                                 203.14 |                            524.35 |
| 12      | Karnataka                    | 545               |                                 1945.12 |                                 815.27 |                           2760.39 |
| 13      | Kerala                       | 119               |                                  382.22 |                                   0    |                            382.22 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh               | 880               |                                 2826.67 |                                1787.6  |                           4614.27 |
| 15      | Maharashtra                  | 932               |                                 2598.51 |                                2957.59 |                           5556.1  |
| 16      | Mizoram                      | 34                |                                   89.08 |                                 138.65 |                            227.73 |
| 17      | Manipur                      | 30                |                                  107.07 |                                   0    |                            107.07 |
| 18      | Nagaland                     | 24                |                                  153.33 |                                   0    |                            153.33 |
| 19      | Meghalaya                    | 45                |                                  144.54 |                                 296    |                            440.54 |
| 20      | Odisha                       | 320               |                                 1027.88 |                                 650.03 |                           1677.91 |
| 21      | Punjab                       | 50                |                                  160.6  |                                   0    |                            160.6  |
| 22      | Rajasthan                    | 755               |                                 2373.69 |                                1491.13 |                           3864.82 |
| 23      | Sikkim                       | 150               |                                  409.3  |                                   0    |                            409.3  |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                   | 112               |                                  399.73 |                                 137.7  |                            537.43 |
| 25      | Tripura                      | 50                |                                  133.84 |                                 308.83 |                            442.67 |
| 26      | Telangana                    | 300               |                                 1070.71 |                                 448.77 |                           1519.48 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                | 575               |                                 2052.2  |                                1270.64 |                           3322.84 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                  | 550               |                                 1962.97 |                                2019.4  |                           3982.37 |
| 29      | West Bengal                  | 120               |                                  214.14 |                                 393.66 |                            607.8  |
| 30      | Andman &Nicobar              | 68                |                                  130    |                                   0    |                            130    |
| 31      | Other administrative charges |                   |                                   24.85 |                                   0    |                             24.85 |
|         | Total                        | 7186              |                                22618.9  |                               15149.3  |                          37768.2  |

## Annexure ll

## 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,  to  the  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.

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, areas of 0.50 lakh ha have been targeted to be covered under organic farming in North Eastern Region of the country during 2015-16 to 2017-18.

## Status of Scheme:

An amount of Rs. 158.87 crore was allocated to the north eastern states during 2015-16    and    during  2016-17    the  allocation  was  made  as  Rs.  100  crore.  During 2015-16  an  amount  of  Rs.  112.11  crore  has  been  released  to  the  states  .During current year (2016-17), 3total expenditure incurred is Rs 2.07 crore out of which Rs. 31.02  crore  have  been  released  to  the  states.  The  State  wise  details  are  given  at Annexure II A.

## Annexure-II A

## Statement Released Under Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (M O V C D N E R)

| S.NO.   | States            | No. of FPCs   | Area covered in ha   | Total Budget allocation 2015-16   | Amount released/ expenditure 2015-16   |   Budget Estimates 2016-17 | Amount released 2016-17   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Assam             | 10            | 5000                 | 2439.30                           | 2207.32                                |                     526.22 | 231.98                    |
| 2       | Manipur           | 10            | 5000                 | 1174.42                           | 803.73                                 |                    1102.88 | 370.69                    |
| 3       | Meghalaya         | 12            | 6000                 | 2070.24                           | 1293.22                                |                     926.1  | --                        |
| 4       | Nagaland          | 12            | 6000                 | 1426.74                           | 627.86                                 |                    1244.85 | 798.88                    |
| 5       | Mizoram           | 14            | 7000                 | 1882.43                           | 913.34                                 |                    1300.35 | 969.09                    |
| 6       | Arunachal Pradesh | 10            | 5000                 | 1301.96                           | 779.31                                 |                    1053.36 | 522.65                    |
| 7       | Sikkim            | 28            | 14000                | 5013.31                           | 4216.08                                |                    2077    | --                        |
| 8       | Tripura           | 4             | 2000                 | 578.58                            | 370.13                                 |                     594.24 | 208.45                    |
|         | Total             | 100           | 50000                | 15886.98                          | 11210.99                               |                    8825    | 3101.74                   |
| 9       | Other Expenses    | -             | -                    | -                                 | -                                      |                    1175    | 104.90                    |
|         | Grand Total       | -             | -                    | -                                 | 11210.99                               |                   10000    | 3206.64                   |

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