Lok Sabha Question No. 3244 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Ecological Agriculture Practices
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3244

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  AUGUST,  2018

## ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE PRACTICES

3244.   SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is taking up special measures to promote ecological agriculture practices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any specific interventions to conserve and revive traditional crop diversity and traditional landraces; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): Realizing  the  potential  and  benefits  of  organic  farming  particularly  in  areas  like hilly,  tribal  and  also  in  rainfed  areas  where  utilization  of  chemical  fertilizers  and  pesticides  is relatively lower, Government  of India 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).  It  aims  to  promote  eco-friendly  sustainable  chemical  free agriculture  through  a  mix  of  traditional  wisdom  and  modern  science.    It  primarily  aims  to increase soil fertility and thereby helps in production of healthy food through organic practices. The details of the said Schemes is given at Annexure I, IA and II and II A.
- (c) & (d): Indian  Council  of  Agriculture  Research  (ICAR)  has  developed  location  specific, cost effective, eco friendly farming practices; namely resource conservation technologies (Zero tillage,  laser  levelling,  bed  planting,  system  of  rice  intensification,  direct  seeding  of  rice), participatory  watershed  management  for  rainfed  agriculture,  conservation  agriculture,  micro irrigation,  integrated  water  management,  soil  test  based  balanced  and  integrated  nutrient management, climate resilient  technologies,  organic  farming  and  Integrated  Farming  System keeping in view the farmer's resource availability, traditional indigenous technology knowhow and grassroot farm innovations. Benefits of successful research are being popularized among the  farmers  throughout  the  country  through  KVKs,  State  extension  agencies,  etc.  Besides, ICAR  imparts  training,  organises  Front  Line  Demonstrations  (FLDs)  and  providing  agroadvisories to educate farmers on all these aspects.

In  some  States  viz.  Odisha  has  established  gene  banks  for  ex-situ  conservation  of traditional landraces. 1130 nos. of paddy varieties and 100 non-paddy varieties are preserved in these gene banks.

## ANNEXURE I

Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is  the first comprehensive scheme launched as a Centrally Sponsored Programme (CSP) since 2015-16, which now has been revised for next 3 years.  The  scheme  is  implemented  with  a  90:10  (GoI:  State  Govt.)  funding  pattern  in  8  NE states and 3 hilly states of J& K, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, 100% in Union Territory and 60:40 funding pattern in remaining states of the country. The new guidelines of the scheme has been uploaded in the website www.agricoop.nic.in/guidelines/integrated-nutrientmanagement

The scheme PKVY is implemented by the State Government on per hectare basis for 5001000 hectare area in each cluster. A group of farmers having a total area of 20 hectare as far as possible in contagious patch within a village. The farmer within a group can avail benefit to a maximum of 2 ha., and the limit of assistance is Rs.50, 000 per ha., out of which 62% i.e., Rs. 31,000 is given as incentives to a farmer for organic conversion, organic inputs, on farm inputs, production  infrastructure,  etc.,  shall  be  provided  directly  through  DBT  during  the  conversion period of 3 years. The target of an area of around 4 lacks ha is proposed to be covered in the 3 years which is double the area covered in last three years.

## Status of the Scheme

Total amount allocated for the scheme 2015-2018 is Rs 947 crore and fund released Rs 582.47 crore till date for total 11891 clusters. Under PKVY scheme 237820 hectares of land has been converted into organic farming land and 3,94,550 farmers have been benefited

The details of funds released to States including is given at Annexure-IA .

## ANNEXURE-I A

| S. No.   | Name of the State    | No of clusters   | 2015-16 (Rs in lakh) 1st year   | 2015-16 (Rs in lakh) 1st year   | 2016-17 (Rs in lakh) 2nd year   | 2016-17 (Rs in lakh) 2nd year   |            |                        | being implemented by DAC&FW during 2015-16   | being implemented by DAC&FW during 2015-16   | being implemented by DAC&FW during 2015-16   | Release in 2018-19   |
|----------|----------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State    | No of clusters   | Allocation                      | Release                         | Allocation                      | Release                         | Allocation | lakh) 3rd year Release | No. of New Clusters                          | Allocation for new clusters                  | Release for new clusters                     | Release in 2018-19   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 433              | 1854.47                         | 1100.15                         | 1308.50                         | 798.17                          | 759.88     | 292.93                 | 867                                          | 1563.21                                      | 363.25                                       | 0.00                 |
| 2        | Bihar                | 327              | 1400.49                         | 1050.37                         | 988.17                          | 664.26                          | 573.86     | 0.00                   | 100                                          | 428.28                                       | 214.14                                       | 0.00                 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 188.00           | 805.17                          | 603.88                          | 568.12                          | 314.78                          | 329.92     | 314.16                 | 12.00                                        | 51.39                                        | 25.70                                        | 0.00                 |
| 4        | Gujarat              | 100              | 428.28                          | 178.45                          | 302.19                          | 238.83                          | 175.49     | 0.00                   | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 5        | Goa                  | 4                | 17.13                           | 7.14                            | 12.09                           | 0                               | 7.02       | 0.00                   | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 6        | Haryana              | 20               | 85.66                           | 53.53                           | 60.44                           | 45.98                           | 35.10      | 0.00                   | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 7        | Jharkhand            | 100              | 428.28                          | 321.21                          | 302.19                          | 203.14                          | 175.49     | 0.00                   | 150                                          | 642.43                                       | 321.21                                       | 0.00                 |
| 8        | Karnataka            | 545              | 2334.15                         | 1945.12                         | 1646.96                         | 815.27                          | 956.43     | 1224.64                | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 408.21               |
| 9        | Kerala               | 119              | 509.66                          | 382.22                          | 359.61                          | 0                               | 208.83     | 307.24                 | 500                                          | 2141.42                                      | 1070.71                                      | 0.00                 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh       | 880              | 3768.90                         | 2826.67                         | 2659.31                         | 1787.6                          | 1544.33    | 1813.94                | 500                                          | 2141.42                                      | 1070.71                                      | 0.00                 |
| 11       | Maharashtra          | 932              | 3991.61                         | 2598.51                         | 2816.45                         | 2957.59                         | 1635.58    | 0.00                   | 326                                          | 1396.21                                      | 698.10                                       | 0.00                 |
| 12       | Odisha               | 320              | 1370.51                         | 1027.88                         | 967.02                          | 650.03                          | 561.57     | 610.60                 | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 13       | Punjab               | 50               | 214.14                          | 160.6                           | 151.10                          | 0                               | 87.75      | 0.00                   | 200                                          | 856.57                                       | 428.28                                       | 0.00                 |
| 14       | Rajasthan            | 755              | 3233.55                         | 2373.69                         | 2281.56                         | 1491.13                         | 1324.96    | 0.00                   | 395                                          | 1691.72                                      | 845.86                                       | 0.00                 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu           | 112              | 479.68                          | 399.73                          | 338.46                          | 207.2644                        | 196.55     | 194.64                 | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 16       | Telangana            | 300              | 1284.85                         | 1070.71                         | 906.58                          | 448.77                          | 526.47     | 0.00                   | 390                                          | 1670.31                                      | 835.15                                       | 0.00                 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh        | 575              | 2462.64                         | 2052.2                          | 1737.62                         | 1270.64                         | 1009.08    | 838.58                 | 45                                           | 192.73                                       | 96.36                                        | 0.00                 |
| 18       | West Bengal          | 120              | 513.94                          | 214.14                          | 362.63                          | 393.66                          | 210.59     | 374.07                 | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 19       | Assam                | 220              | 1413.34                         | 576.39                          | 997.24                          | 0                               | 579.12     | 1804.19                | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 20       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 19               | 122.06                          | 51.41                           | 86.13                           | 81.08                           | 50.02      | 94.50                  | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 21       | Mizoram              | 34               | 218.43                          | 89.08                           | 154.12                          | 138.65                          | 89.50      | 211.94                 | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 22       | Manipur              | 30               | 192.73                          | 107.07                          | 135.99                          | 0                               | 78.97      | 48.82                  | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 23       | Nagaland             | 24               | 154.18                          | 154.18                          | 108.79                          | 0                               | 63.18      | 128.98                 | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 24       | Sikkim               | 150              | 963.64                          | 409.105                         | 679.94                          | 0                               | 394.86     | 0.00                   | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 656.81               |
| 25       | Tripura              | 50               | 321.21                          | 133.84                          | 226.65                          | 308.83                          | 131.62     | 164.81                 | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 26       | Meghalaya            | 45               | 289.09                          | 144.55                          | 203.98                          | 296                             | 118.46     | 0.00                   | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 27       | Himachal Pradesh     | 110              | 706.67                          | 395                             | 498.62                          | 0                               | 289.56     | 797.58                 | 100                                          | 642.43                                       | 321.21                                       | 0.00                 |
| 28       | Jammu &Kashmir       | 28               | 179.88                          | 74.95                           | 126.92                          | 87.81                           | 73.71      | 0.00                   | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          | 550              | 3533.35                         | 1962.97                         | 2493.10                         | 2019.4                          | 1447.81    | 2668.08                | 35                                           | 224.85                                       | 112.42                                       | 0.00                 |
| 30       | Andaman& Nicobar     | 68               | 485.39                          | 130                             | 342.49                          | 0                               | 198.89     | 0.00                   | 0                                            | 0.00                                         | 0.00                                         | 0.00                 |
| 31       | Daman& Diu           |                  |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |            |                        | 55                                           | 392.59                                       | 235.55                                       | 0.00                 |
| 32       | Dadar Nagar Delhi    |                  |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |            |                        | 500                                          | 3569.04                                      | 1000                                         | 0.00                 |
| 33       |                      |                  |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |            |                        | 500                                          | 3569.04                                      | 471.45                                       | 0.00                 |
| 34       | Puducherry           |                  |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |            |                        | 8                                            | 57.10                                        | 28.55                                        | 0.00                 |
| 35       | Other Expenses Total | 7208             | 33763.09                        | 24.85 22619.60                  | 23822.96                        | 0.00 15218.88                   | 13834.58   | 11889.70               | 4683                                         | 17604.61                                     | 8138.68                                      | 55.98 1121.00        |

## 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.

## Major components of MOVCDNER:

1.  Value Chain Production
2.  Value Chain Processing
3.  Value Chain Marketing
4.  Value Chain Support Agencies

## Physical and Financial Progress report of MOVCDNER scheme

## A) Fund Released:

- I. During the year 2015-16 an amount of Rs.112.11 crore has been released.
- II. During the year 2016-17 an amount of Rs.47.63 crore has been released.
- III. During the year 2017-18 an amount of Rs. 66.22 crore has been released.
- IV. In  the  current  financial  year  2018-19  an  amount  of  Rs.9908.20  crore  has  been released to Seven states.

## B) Physical progress:

As on against target  of  50000  ha  area,  45918  ha  area  brought  under  the  Organic Farming. Against the target of 100 FPCs, 97 FPCs has been achieved, against the target of 2500 FIGs, 2469 FIGs has been formed, and 48948 farmers are mobilized.

ANNEXURE- IIA Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER):

State-wise Budget allocation, Release and Utilization received during 3 years

Rs. In lakh

| S. No.   | States            | Fund Released   | Utilized Fund   | Unspent balance   | Budget Allocation   | Amount Released               | Amount released   | Total Released   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| S. No.   | States            | 2015-18         | 2015-18         | 2015-18           | 2018-19             | Phase-I (Committed liability) | Phase II          | 2018-19          |
| S. No.   | States            |                 |                 |                   |                     | (A)                           | (B)               | (A+B)            |
| 1        | Assam             | 2439.30         | 1665.31         | 773.994           | 1762.61             | -                             | -                 | -                |
| 2        | Manipur           | 3328.94         | 2419.99         | 908.95            | 2407.10             | 546.86                        | 1203.55           | 1750.41          |
| 3        | Meghalaya         | 2696.98         | 2352.92         | 344.06            | 2857.79             | 218.07                        | 1428.90           | 1646.97          |
| 4        | Nagaland          | 3800.46         | 2836.58         | 963.88            | 2096.13             | 649.78                        | 1048.07           | 1697.85          |
| 5        | Mizoram           | 2174.15         | 2174.15         | 0                 | 1019.12             | 0                             | 75.83             | 75.83            |
| 6        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2483.41         | 1857.31         | 626.1             | 1634.39             | 1053.36                       | 817.20            | 1870.56          |
| 7        | Sikkim            | 4216.08         | 4185.81         | 30.27             | 883.85              | 1763.62                       |                   | 1763.62          |
| 8        | Tripura           | 1456.25         | 1210.31         | 245.94            | 1789.01             | 208.45                        | 894.51            | 1102.96          |
|          | Total             | 22595.57        | 18702.38        | 3893.194          | 14450.00            | 4440.14                       | 5468.06           | 9908.2           |
|          | Office Expenses   | -               | -               | -                 | 1550.00             | -                             | 15.00             | 15.00            |
|          | Grand Total       |                 |                 |                   | 16000.00            | 2676.52                       | 5483.06           | 9923.20          |

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