Lok Sabha Question No. 5754 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-03
Subject: Natural Fertilizers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5754+ TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.04.2018

## Natural Fertilizers

## 5754+ SHRI  LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  has  been  an  increase  in  the  use  of  natural  fertilizers  in  the country during each of the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  outcome  as  a  result    thereof  in    improving    the  health  condition  of  the people;
- (c) whether  the  Government  purposes  to  take  any  action  to  reduce  the  use  of chemical fertilizers in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, and
- (e) if not, the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERILIZERS

(RAO INDERJEET SINGH)

(a) :   The use of  bio-fertilizers and organic fertilizers has  increased. The details of production of bio-fertilizer during the year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 is enclosed at Annexure I. The details of production and availability of organic fertilizer during the year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 is given at Annexure-ll.

- (b) : The outcome as a result aims for sustainable agriculture production with ecofriendly process in tune with nature and to produce chemical free agricultural produce to improve the health condition of farmers

(c) to (e) :  Government has launched the schemes 'Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana' (PKVY)  and  'Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region (MOVCDNER) to produce chemical free agricultural  produce  to  improve  the    health condition  of  farmers.    The  detail  of  the  schemes,  amount  released  under  these schemes is given at Annexure lII.

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-: 2 :-

Annexure-I State wise - Wise Bio-Fertilizer Production in India (Last 3 years)

| Sl N. State     |                 | 2014-15            | 2014-15           | 2015-16            | 2015-16           | 2016-17            | 2016-17           |
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| Sl N. State     |                 | Carrier based (MT) | Liquid based (KL) | Carrier based (MT) | Liquid based (KL) | Carrier based (MT) | Liquid based (KL) |
| South Zone      | South Zone      | South Zone         | South Zone        | South Zone         | South Zone        | South Zone         | South Zone        |
| 1               | A & N Islands   | 0.0000             | 0.0000            | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 2               | Andhra          | 2668.8000          | 274.8560          | 3062.6             | 317.811           | 3375.91            | 365.24            |
| 3               | Daman & Diu     | 0.0000             | 0.0000            | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 4               | Karnataka       | 16462.6200         | 23.0561           | 23042.91           | 488.142           | 31553.06           | 993.443           |
| 5               | Kerala          | 4916.9700          | 10.5096           | 4926.045           | 56.5751           | 4993.8692          | 59.6143           |
| 6               | Lakshadweep     | 0.0000             | 0.0000            | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 7               | Pondicherry     | 560.9500           | 1.4976            | 283.641            | 4.088             | 203.966            | 11.197            |
| 8               | Tamil Nadu      | 15373.2900         | 11.3017           | 23721.2104         | 861.9535          | 27427.962          | 875.292           |
|                 | Total           | 39982.6300         | 321.2210          | 55036.41           | 1728.57           | 67554.7672         | 2304.7863         |
| West Zone       | West Zone       | West Zone          | West Zone         | West Zone          | West Zone         | West Zone          | West Zone         |
| 1               | Chhattisgarh    | 1024.680           | 9.620             | 954.371            | 9.38              | 955.074            | 10.23             |
| 2               | Gujarat         | 3667.929           | 2800.500          | 3963.42            | 2873.317          | 3909.82            | 2857.77           |
| 3               | Goa             | 802.520            | 0.000             | 820.52             | 0                 | 822                | 0                 |
| 4               | Madhya          | 2637.990           | 119.216           | 2741.30775         | 131.033           | 5609.006           | 238.103           |
| 5               | Maharashtra     | 14847.397          | 324.767           | 7825.142           | 389.665           | 8323.616           | 398.33            |
| 6               | Rajasthan       | 599.898            | 0.000             | 680                | 0                 | 711                | 0                 |
| 7               | D & N Haveli    | 0.000              | 0.000             | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
|                 | Total           | 23580.414          | 3254.103          | 16984.76           | 3403.395          | 20330.516          | 3504.433          |
| North Zone      | North Zone      | North Zone         | North Zone        | North Zone         | North Zone        | North Zone         | North Zone        |
| 1               | Delhi           | 104.500            | 0.000             | 106.2              | 0                 | 116.2              | 0                 |
| 2               | Chandigarh      | 0.000              | 0.000             | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 3               | Haryana         | 872.955            | 46.489            | 1097.457           | 58.032            | 2360.644           | 70.148            |
| 4               | H.P.            | 0.768              | 33.070            | 2.712              | 190.05            | 3.276              | 194.7             |
| 5               | J & Kashmir     | 0.000              | 0.000             | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 6               | Punjab          | 6305.453           | 74.278            | 2197.197           | 149.581           | 5533.774           | 210.177           |
| 7               | Uttar Pradesh   | 4099.068           | 98.036            | 3053.115           | 223.34            | 2835.79            | 461.19            |
| 8               | Uttarakhand     | 2129.952           | 208.034           | 3549.39            | 428.22            | 3720.68            | 696.9             |
|                 | Total           | 13512.696          | 459.907           | 10006.07           | 1049.223          | 14570.364          | 1633.115          |
| East Zone       | East Zone       | East Zone          | East Zone         | East Zone          | East Zone         | East Zone          | East Zone         |
| 1               | Bihar           | 64.90              | 0.00              | 97                 | 0                 | 107                | 0                 |
| 2               | Jharkhand       | 9.08               | 0.00              | 9.172              | 0                 | 18.552             | 0                 |
| 3               | Odisha          | 1074.46            | 4.70              | 467.634            | 13.701            | 516.281            | 31.79             |
| 4               | West Bengal     | 2061.83            | 14.63             | 2826.27            | 23.537            | 3195.18            | 26.21             |
|                 | Total           | 3210.27            | 19.33             | 3400.076           | 37.238            | 3837.013           | 58                |
| North East Zone | North East Zone | North East Zone    | North East Zone   | North East Zone    | North East Zone   | North East Zone    | North East Zone   |
| 1               | Arunachal       | 59                 | 0                 | 3062.6             | 317.811           | 119.7              | 0                 |
| 2               | Assam           | 88.000             | 0.000             | 1315               | 22.5              | 1359.05            | 26                |
| 3               | Manipur         | 0.000              | 0.000             | 0                  | 0                 | 25                 | 0                 |
| 4               | Meghalaya       | 0.000              | 0.000             | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 5               | Mizoram         | 3.600              | 0.000             | 4.2                | 0                 | 2.5                | 0                 |
| 6               | Nagaland        | 7.450              | 0.000             | 8.81               | 0                 | 51.45              | 0                 |
| 7               | Sikkim          | 12.400             | 0.000             | 12.91              | 0                 | 16.25              | 0                 |
| 8               | Tripura         | 240.000            | 0.000             | 1143.07            | 0                 | 1153.5             | 0                 |
|                 | Total           | 410.450            | 0.000             | 5546.59            | 340.311           | 2727.45            | 26                |
| Grand Total     | Grand Total     | 80696.45595        | 4054.563711       | 88029.30415        | 6240.926          | 109020.1102        | 7526.3343         |

Annexure -ll Production and availability of Organic fertilizer in last 3 years Source: Compiled by NCOF (Data Provided by Production Units/State Government )

## (a) During 2014-15 (lakh MT)

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| State              |   Rural Compost |     FYM |   City Compost |   Organic manure |   Vermi Compost |   Other manure |   Total Manure |
|--------------------|-----------------|---------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |          49.5   |    0.21 |         21.3   |           0      |          1.02   |          0     |          72.03 |
| Arunanchal Pradesh |           0.11  |    0.25 |          0     |           0.01   |          0.65   |          0.06  |           1.08 |
| Assam              |           0.92  |  940    |          0.03  |           0      |          1.75   |          0     |         942.7  |
| Bihar              |           3.83  |    0    |          0.29  |           4.91   |          3.14   |          0     |          12.17 |
| Chhattisgarh       |          49     |   45.5  |          3.25  |           0.0011 |          3.5    |          3     |         104.25 |
| Delhi              |           0     |    0    |          0.8   |           0      |          0      |          0     |           0.8  |
| Goa                |           0.04  |    0    |          0.5   |           0.04   |          0.03   |          0.216 |           0.83 |
| Gujarat            |           0     |  361    |          0     |           0      |          0.51   |          4.195 |         365.71 |
| Haryana            |           0     |    0    |          0     |           0.084  |          0.063  |          0     |           0.15 |
| Himachal Pradesh   |           2     |    0    |          0.23  |           0.0074 |         26.4    |          0     |          28.64 |
| Jammu & Kashmir    |           1.761 |    0    |          0.19  |           0      |          0      |          0     |           1.95 |
| Jharkhand          |           0     |    0    |          0     |           0      |        511      |          0     |         511    |
| Karnatkaka         |           0     |    0    |         10.32  |           0      |          6.1    |          0     |          16.42 |
| Kerala             |           0     |    1.11 |          1.86  |           0      |          0.88   |          0     |           3.85 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |           5.85  |    0.01 |          0.059 |           0      |          0      |          0.135 |           6.05 |
| Maharashtra        |           0     |    0    |          5.5   |           0      |          1.42   |          3.126 |          10.05 |
| Manipur            |           0     |    0.65 |          0     |           0      |          0.05   |          0     |           0.7  |
| Mizoram            |           0     |    0.06 |          0     |           0      |          0.06   |          0     |           0.12 |
| Meghalaya          |           0     |   17    |          0     |           0      |          0      |          0     |          17    |
| Nagaland           |           0.035 |    0.84 |          0     |           0      |          0.05   |          0     |           0.93 |
| Odisha             |          23.27  |    0    |          0.07  |           0      |          0      |          0     |          23.34 |
| Punjab             |           0     |    2.96 |          0     |           0.0064 |          0.329  |          0.031 |           3.33 |
| Pondicherry        |           0     |    0    |          3.23  |           0      |          0      |          0     |           3.23 |
| Rajasthan          |           0     |    0    |          0     |           0.015  |          0      |          0.007 |           0.02 |
| Sikkim             |           0.32  |    0    |          0     |           0      |          0.03   |          0     |           0.35 |
| Tamil nadu         |           0     |    0    |          6.38  |           5.042  |          0      |          0     |          11.42 |
| Tripura            |           0     |    0    |          0     |           0      |          0      |          0     |           0    |
| Uttar Pradesh      |           0     |    0    |          0     |           0      |          0.105  |          0     |           0.11 |
| Uttarkhand         |           9.4   |   13.6  |          0     |           0      |          0.2961 |          0     |          23.3  |
| West Bengal        |          79.84  |   17.2  |         10.21  |           0.07   |         25.8119 |          3.986 |         137.12 |
| Grand Total        |         225.88  | 1400.39 |         64.22  |          10.186  |        583.2    |         14.756 |        2298.62 |

(b) During 2015-16 (lakh MT)

| State              |   Rural Compost |     FYM |   City Compost |   Organic manure |   Vermi Compost |   Other manure |   Total Manure |
|--------------------|-----------------|---------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |           62    |    0.35 |          22.1  |             0    |            1.52 |           0    |          85.97 |
| Arunanchal Pradesh |            0.7  |    0.21 |           0    |             0.01 |            0.62 |           0.06 |           1.6  |
| Assam              |            0    |  841    |           0    |             0    |           93.1  |           1.56 |         935.66 |
| Bihar              |           10.32 |    8.5  |           0.32 |             5.01 |            9.12 |           0    |          33.27 |
| Chhattisgarh       |           11.05 |   42.51 |          11.23 |             0    |            3.02 |          53.09 |         120.9  |
| Chandigarh         |            8.3  |    6.95 |           0    |             0    |            0    |           0    |          15.25 |
| Delhi              |            0    |    0    |           0    |             0    |            0    |           1.1  |           1.1  |
| Goa                |            0.04 |    0    |           0.5  |             0.04 |            0.03 |           0.21 |           0.82 |
| Gujarat            |            0    |  375    |           0    |             0    |            0.78 |           4.9  |         380.68 |
| Haryana            |           10.2  |    8.6  |           0    |             2.18 |            0.2  |           0.01 |          21.19 |
| Himachal Pradesh   |            0    |    0    |           0    |            15    |           25.1  |          14    |          54.1  |
| Jammu & Kashmir    |            1.9  |    0    |           0.23 |             0    |            0    |           0    |           2.13 |
| Jharkhand          |            0    |  104.9  |           0    |             0    |          396    |           0    |         500.9  |
| Karnatkaka         |            5.9  |    6.3  |           6.55 |             2.72 |           19.14 |           0.16 |          40.77 |
| Kerala             |            0.72 |    0    |           0.68 |             0    |            3.25 |           0.01 |           4.66 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |           26.38 |   15.17 |           1.03 |             0.91 |           10.1  |           1.26 |          54.84 |
| Maharashtra        |           10.36 |    6.58 |           7.5  |             0    |            2.5  |           4    |          30.94 |
| Manipur            |            0    |    0.72 |           0    |             0    |            0.09 |           0    |           0.81 |
| Mizoram            |            0    |    1.12 |           0    |             0    |            1.06 |           0    |           2.18 |
| Meghalaya          |            0    |   19    |           0    |             0    |            9    |           0    |          28    |
| Nagaland           |            0.42 |    1.3  |           0    |             0    |            1.21 |           0    |           2.93 |
| Odisha             |           10.6  |    0    |           8.42 |             0.22 |            6.17 |           0    |          25.41 |
| Punjab             |            0    |    0    |           0.19 |             0.83 |            0.34 |           7.53 |           8.9  |
| Pondicherry        |            0    |    0    |           3.12 |             0    |            0    |           1.43 |           4.55 |
| Rajasthan          |           21.92 |   12.2  |           0    |             0.01 |            0    |           0.01 |          34.14 |
| Sikkim             |            0.34 |    0    |           0    |             0    |            0.05 |           0    |           0.39 |
| Tamil nadu         |            4.05 |    0    |           9.29 |             0    |            5.78 |           1.3  |          20.42 |
| Telangana          |            3.2  |    0    |           0    |             0    |            0    |           0    |           3.2  |
| Tripura            |            2.6  |    0    |           0    |             0    |            0.91 |           0    |           3.51 |
| Uttar Pradesh      |           10.6  |   14.6  |           0    |             0    |            0.5  |           0    |          25.7  |
| Uttarkhand         |           25.3  |   19.5  |           0    |             0    |            0.23 |           0    |          45.03 |
| West Bengal        |            8.5  |   29.99 |           8.3  |             4.2  |            1.95 |           4.99 |          57.93 |
| Grand Total        |          235.4  | 1514.5  |          79.46 |            31.13 |          591.77 |          95.62 |        2547.88 |

(c) During 2016-17(lakh MT)

| State              |   Rural Compost |     FYM |   City Comp- ost | Organi c manure   |   Vermi Compost | PROM   |   Other manure |   Total Manure |
|--------------------|-----------------|---------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |           68.1  |    0.39 |            25.9  | 0                 |            1.54 | 0      |           0    |          95.93 |
| Arunanchal Pradesh |            0.91 |    0.25 |             0    | 0.05              |            0.66 | 0      |           0.07 |           1.94 |
| Assam              |            0    |   90.56 |             0    | 0                 |           93.6  | 0      |           2.12 |         186.28 |
| Bihar              |           12.3  |  910    |             0.38 | 7.69              |            9.14 | 0.09   |           0    |         939.6  |
| Chhattisgarh       |           12.1  |   43.1  |            16.9  |                   |            3.11 |        |          55.4  |         130.61 |
| Chandigarh         |            8.5  |    7.95 |             0    | 0                 |            0    | 0      |           0    |          16.45 |
| Delhi              |            0    |    0    |             0    | 0                 |            0    | 0      |           1.6  |           1.6  |
| Goa                |            0.04 |    0    |             0.9  | 0.10              |            0.03 |        |           0.31 |           1.38 |
| Gujarat            |            0.1  |  496    |             0    | 0                 |            0.77 | 0.09   |           5.1  |         502.06 |
| Haryana            |           11    |    9.6  |             0    | 3.65              |            0.21 | 0.08   |           0.03 |          24.57 |
| Himachal Pradesh   |            0.01 |    0    |             0    | 15.00             |           25.3  | 0      |          15.6  |          55.91 |
| Jammu & Kashmir    |            1.97 |    0    |             0.36 | 0                 |            0    | 0      |           0    |           2.33 |
| Jharkhand          |            0    |    0.06 |             0    | 0                 |          398    | 0.07   |           0    |         398.13 |
| Karnatkaka         |            5.92 |    8.3  |             7.9  | 2.94              |           19.53 | 0.06   |           0.21 |          44.86 |
| Kerala             |            0.77 |    0    |             0.84 | 0                 |            3.41 | 0      |           0.01 |           5.03 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |           26.5  |   19.6  |             1.56 | 1.95              |           11    | 0.04   |           1.28 |          61.93 |
| Maharashtra        |           10.4  |    8.9  |             8.9  | 0                 |            2.8  | 0.04   |           5.2  |          36.24 |
| Manipur            |            0    |    0.94 |             0    | 0                 |            0.09 | 0      |           0    |           1.03 |
| Mizoram            |            0    |    1.29 |             0    | 0                 |            1.11 | 0      |           0    |           2.4  |
| Meghalaya          |            0    |   21.6  |             0    | 0                 |            9.6  | 0      |           0    |          31.2  |
| Nagaland           |            0.51 |    1.9  |             0    | 0                 |            1.22 | 0      |           0    |           3.63 |
| Odisha             |           11.3  |    0    |             9.6  | 0.68              |            6.17 | 0      |           0    |          27.75 |
| Punjab             |            0    |    0    |             1.56 | 1.00              |            0.35 | 0      |           7.6  |          10.51 |
| Pondicherry        |            0    |    0    |             5.66 | 0                 |            0    | 0      |           2.11 |           7.77 |
| Rajasthan          |           22.1  |   14.9  |             0    | 0.21              |            0    | 0.04   |           0.01 |          37.26 |
| Sikkim             |            0.35 |    0    |             0    | 0                 |            0.07 | 0.03   |           0    |           0.45 |
| Tamil nadu         |            0.06 |    0    |            10.26 | 0.20              |            5.84 | 0.03   |           1.31 |          17.7  |
| Telangana          |            3.31 |    0    |             0    | 0.30              |            0.3  | 0.03   |           0    |           3.94 |
| Tripura            |            2.64 |    0    |             0    | 0                 |            0.11 | 0      |           0    |           2.75 |
| Uttar Pradesh      |           10.7  |   16.8  |             0    | 0                 |            0.7  | 0      |           0    |          28.2  |
| Uttarkhand         |           25.4  |   25.3  |             0    | 0                 |            0.33 | 0.02   |           0    |          51.05 |
| West Bengal        |            9.1  |   39.8  |             9.6  | 6.70              |            2.12 |        |           5.2  |          72.52 |
| Grand Total        |          244.09 | 1717.24 |           100.32 | 40.47             |          597.11 | 0.62   |         103.16 |        2803.01 |

Government  has  launched  the  schemes  'Parampragat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana' (PKVY)  and  'Mission  Organic  value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region (MOVCDNER) to increase agriculture production, to reduce  the agriculture cost and to increase the income of Farmers. The detail of the schemes, amount released under these schemes is given at below:

## Prampargat 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. In order to implement the PKVY in the year 2015-16, 2016-17 and  2017-18  an  amount  of  Rs.  226.19  crore,  152.19  and  Rs  156.33  crore  has  been released respectively to the States.

## 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.

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.

In  order  to  implement  the  MOVCDNER in the year 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 an amount of Rs. 112.11 crore, Rs 47.63 crore and Rs 61.31 crore has been released  respectively to the  North Eastern States.

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