Lok Sabha Question No. 2484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, KIRIT SOMAIYA, SANTOSH AHLAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2484

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  JANUARY, 2018

## ORGANIC FARMING

2484.  SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  area  where  organic  farming  is  being  practiced  in  the  country including Rajasthan, State and UT-wise;
- (b) the details of policies/programmes/schemes/projects formulated or implemented for  promotion of organic farming along with the details of the funding till date and the achievements made thereunder including  the  changes  in  the  agricultural  economy  of the region, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether a cluster based programme is being formulated/implemented to develop a  number  of  organic  clusters  in  the  country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the financial  assistance  granted  to  the  farmers  for  the  purpose  during  the  current  year, State and UT-wise;
- (d) whether it is true that despite various measures being taken by the Government, the production of organic crops is very low and only a small portion of country's cropped land is under organic farming and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has taken any action to create awareness amongst the farmers about organic farming and encourage them to opt for it and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government has fixed any target to bring a large portion of cropped land under organic farming and if so, the details thereof?

## 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) to (c) & (f): Organic  Farming  has  been  promoted  in  States  &  UTs  through specific  programmes  of  Prampragat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  &  Mission  Organic Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER).    Under  PKVY farmers  group/clusters  are  provided  assistance  of  Rs.  50,000  per  hectare  for  organic inputs  certification,  grading,  packing  and  marketing  for  3  years.    As  per  under  the programme, so far, 2 lakhs hectare in 10,000 clusters has been covered till date.  Under MOVCDNER an area of 50,000 hectare has been targeted to be covered under organic farming for 3 years and financial assistance is provided for cluster development, input production, supply of seeds/planting materials, branding, labeling, packing etc.  Under this programme, so far, 0.45 lakhs hectare area against 0.5 lakhs hectares  has been brought  under  organic  farming,  79  Farmers  Producer  Companies(FPCs)/  Farmers Producer Organization (FPOs) and 2406 Farmers Interested Groups (FIGs) has been formed. The details of  area covered , clusters formed, funds allocated, release, State/ UT-wise during the year 2015-16 till date  is given at Annexure- I , I A and ll. Organic Farming is also supported by other schemes viz. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  Network  Project  on Organic Farming under the activities of   Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR) and    National  Programme  for  Organic  Produce  (NPOP)  under    activities  of    the Agricultural  and Processed  Food Products  Exports Development  Authority  (APEDA).

- (d): No such reports have been received from states. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has prescribed crop specific Package of Practices for organic farming to  realize  optimum  yield.  However,  as  per  the  Network  Project  on  Organic  Farming (NPOF) study, during the conversion period from inorganic to organic (2-3 years) yield levels are expected to be low in the intensively cultivated areas.
- (e): The  Department  has  been  focusing  on  creating  awareness  and  educating  the farmers about organic farming practices in the areas where clusters are formed.
- (i) The provision of Rs. 80,000 per cluster financial assistance allocated for 10,000 clusters under PKVY scheme for the mobilization of farmers.
- (ii) The  National  Centre  of  Organic  Farming  (NCOF),  Ghaziabad,  a  subordinate office of DAC&FW  undertakes various extension and publicity activities like exhibitions,  radio  talks,  TV  programmes,  distribution  of  literature  on  organic  inputs/ organic  farming  etc.  to  educate  the  farmers.  NCOF  is  also  publishing  biannual Newsletter 'Bio-fertilizers' as well as quarterly Newsletter called Organic Farming. In addition, various books on production and use of bio-fertilizers have been published in various languages for distribution to the farming community. Radio jingles on organic agriculture  are  broadcasted  on  4  different  FM  Radio  Stations  including  Delhi, Bangalore,  Nagpur  and  Lucknow.  NCOF  organizes  30  days  certificate  course  on organic  farming  for skill  development in  organic  agriculture  sector  for youth. It also

conducts 10 days Refresher course for analysts under Fertilizer Control Order (FCO); 5 Days Trainers Training & 2 Days training for field functionaries and extension staff of the State Government. NCOF has also been organizing Farmers' Training and Field Demonstration  (FTFD)  programmes  on  organic  farming  since  2015-16  in  various villages adopted by the Hon'ble Members of Parliament under 'Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana'  (SAGY), through its  Regional  Centres  of  Organic  Farming  (RCOFs).  It  has completed  300  no.,296  and  110    of  FTFD  in  2015-16,  2016-17  and  2017-18 respectively  and has achieved targeted 298 no,294 and 110   in the year 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 respectively .The training on Waste Decomposer  technology for making organic Compost has also been provided under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to farmers.

(iii) Indian Council of Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR) also imparts training to educate farmers on organic farming practices.

Annexure- I

## Cultivated area under Organic Certification during last Five years (organic + inconversion both combined) (in ha.)

|   Sl.No. | State Name                |    2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |    2015-16 |    2016-17 |
|----------|---------------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |    321.28  |    321.28 |    321.28 |      0     |      0     |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            |   5909.13  |  12325    |  20524.7  |  18251.6   |  17683.9   |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |    231.49  |     71.49 |   3688.61 |   4185.26  |   4011.27  |
|        4 | Assam                     |   2299.21  |   2828.26 |  16258    |  28433.2   |  23870.4   |
|        5 | Bihar                     |   9351.95  |    180.6  |    247.1  |     91.7   |      1.2   |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh              |   1887.64  |   4113.25 |   5163.53 |  10584.9   |  12712.1   |
|        7 | Goa                       |   8290.6   |  12853.9  |  15621.2  |  16957.6   |  15762.4   |
|        8 | Gujarat                   |  45275.6   |  46863.9  |  49353.6  |  76813.1   |  64241.1   |
|        9 | Haryana                   |   7532.62  |   3835.78 |   6753.66 |   4869.05  |   5011.6   |
|       10 | Himachal                  |   3965.39  |   4686.05 |  10053.9  |  12759.1   |  12376.7   |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir           |   5121.14  |  10035.4  |  21111.2  |  25515     |  22608.3   |
|       12 | Jharkhand                 |    254.946 |    762.3  |  24698.8  |  30363.7   |  26813.9   |
|       13 | Karnataka                 |  27191.3   |  30716.2  |  52473.2  |  93963.3   |  81089.1   |
|       14 | Kerala                    |  10568.4   |  15020.2  |  22980.9  |  25899.4   |  24812.8   |
|       15 | Lakshadweep               |    350.688 |    895.91 |    895.52 |    895.521 |    895.523 |
|       16 | Madhya                    | 144240     | 232887    | 397547    | 461775     | 464859     |
|       17 | Maharashtra               |  66504.9   |  85536.7  | 134524    | 198352     | 224008     |
|       18 | Manipur                   |     11.25  |      0    |    168.2  |    251.4   |    241.4   |
|       19 | Meghalaya                 |   1780.49  |    373.13 |   1989.29 |   4609.42  |   9629.6   |
|       20 | Mizoram                   |   1182     |      0    |    764.24 |    213.8   |    210     |
|       21 | Nagaland                  |   2916.96  |   5168.16 |   8362.43 |   6186.93  |   4699.93  |
|       22 | New Delhi                 |     58.4   |      0.83 |     69.13 |     23.03  |      9.23  |
|       23 | Odisha                    |  18186.4   |  49813.5  |  81533.8  |  95897     |  92190.1   |
|       24 | Pondicherry               |      0     |      2.84 |      2.84 |      2.835 |      2.835 |
|       25 | Punjab                    |   1601.47  |   1534.39 |   2677.58 |    961.203 |   1032.53  |
|       26 | Rajasthan                 |  38289     |  66020.4  | 107523    | 155020     | 151610     |
|       27 | Sikkim                    |  43107.7   |  60843.5  |  76392.4  |  75851.2   |  75218.3   |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu                |   3066.98  |   3640.07 |  11964.1  |  14456.5   |   5712.8   |
|       29 | Telangana                 |      0     |      0    |   2902.83 |  10355.6   |   9687.84  |
|       30 | Tripura                   |    209.726 |    203.56 |    203.56 |    203.56  |    203.56  |
|       31 | Uttar Pradesh             |  32889.9   |  44670.1  |  53954.8  |  61081.8   |  56249.4   |
|       32 | Uttarakhand               |  20563.8   |  24739.5  |  36880.2  |  37221.4   |  30907.4   |
|       33 | West Bengal               |   1279.41  |   2095.51 |  16266.6  |  17890.4   |   5176.03  |

| Total   | 504439.56   | 723039.04   | 1183871.38   | 1489935.93   | 1443538.17   |
|---------|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

Annexure- IA

| 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                                                                   |

Annexure-II

|           |                      | Details            |                  |                 |                               |         |             |                    |                          |                  |                      |                             |                          |      |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|---------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------------|------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|------|
|           |                      |                    |                  |                 | year 2016-17 (Rs in lakh) 2nd |         |             |                    |                          |                  | 2017-18 (Rs in lakh) |                             |                          |      |
| (Rs S.No. | Name of the State    | 2015-16 Allocation | in lakh) Release | 1st Expenditure | Allocation                    | Release | Expenditure | 2017-18 Allocation | (Rs in lakh) 3rd Release | year Expenditure | No. of New Clusters  | Allocation for new clusters | Release for new clusters | year |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 1854.47            | 1100.15          | 1100.15         | 1308.50                       | 798.17  | 798.17      | 759.88             | 0.00                     | 0                | 39                   | 167.03                      | 0.00                     |      |
| 2         | Bihar                | 1400.49            | 1050.37          | 0               | 988.17                        | 664.26  | 0.00        | 573.86             | 0.00                     | 0                | 100                  | 428.28                      | 214.14                   |      |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | 805.17             | 603.88           | 329.47          | 568.12                        | 314.78  | 314.78      | 329.92             | 0.00                     | 0                | 12                   | 51.39                       | 25.70                    |      |
| 4         | Gujarat              | 428.28             | 178.45           | 18.31           | 302.19                        | 238.83  | 0.00        | 175.49             | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 5         | Goa                  | 17.13              | 7.14             | 0               | 12.09                         | 0       | 0.00        | 7.02               | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 6         | Haryana              | 85.66              | 53.53            | 0               | 60.44                         | 45.98   | 1.10        | 35.10              | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 7         | Jharkhand            | 428.28             | 321.21           | 178.45          | 302.19                        | 203.14  | 0.00        | 175.49             | 0.00                     | 0                | 150                  | 642.43                      | 321.21                   |      |
| 8         | Karnataka            | 2334.15            | 1945.12          | 1945.12         | 1646.96                       | 815.27  | 785.27      | 956.43             | 1088.57                  | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 9         | Kerala               | 509.66             | 382.22           | 355.296         | 359.61                        | 0       | 0.00        | 208.83             | 307.24                   | 0                | 500                  | 2141.42                     | 1070.71                  |      |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh       | 3768.90            | 2826.67          | 2826.67         | 2659.31                       | 1787.6  | 754.41      | 1544.33            | 0.00                     | 0                | 500                  | 2141.42                     | 1070.71                  |      |
| 11        | Maharashtra          | 3991.61            | 2598.51          | 2598.51         | 2816.45                       | 2957.59 | 0.00        | 1635.58            | 0.00                     | 0                | 326                  | 1396.21                     | 698.10                   |      |
| 12        | Odisha               | 1370.51            | 1027.88          | 1027.88         | 967.02                        | 650.03  | 650.03      | 561.57             | 610.60                   | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 13        | Punjab               | 214.14             | 160.6            | 160.6           | 151.10                        | 0       | 0.00        | 87.75              | 0.00                     | 0                | 200                  | 856.57                      | 428.28                   |      |
| 14        | Rajasthan            | 3233.55            | 2373.69          | 2082.27         | 2281.56                       | 1491.13 | 597.78      | 1324.96            | 0.00                     | 0                | 395                  | 1691.72                     | 845.86                   |      |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu           | 479.68             | 399.73           | 399.42          | 338.46                        | 207.264 | 207.26      | 196.55             | 194.64                   | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 16        | Telangana            | 1284.85            | 1070.71          | 0               | 906.58                        | 448.77  | 0.00        | 526.47             | 0.00                     | 0                | 390                  | 1670.31                     | 835.15                   |      |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh        | 2462.64            | 2052.2           | 2002.16         | 1737.62                       | 1270.64 | 402.44      | 1009.08            | 0.00                     | 0                | 45                   | 192.73                      | 96.36                    |      |
| 18        | West Bengal          | 513.94             | 214.14           | 214.14          | 362.63                        | 393.66  | 271.18      | 210.59             | 374.07                   | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 19        | Assam                | 1413.34            | 576.39           | 556.39          | 997.24                        | 0       | 0.00        | 579.12             | 1804.19192               | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 20        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 122.06             | 51.41            | 51.41           | 86.13                         | 81.08   | 81.08       | 50.02              | 94.50                    | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 21        | Mizoram              | 218.43             | 89.08            | 89.08           | 154.12                        | 138.65  | 138.65      | 89.50              | 211.94                   | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 22        | Manipur              | 192.73             | 107.07           | 0               | 135.99                        | 0       | 0.00        | 78.97              | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 23        | Nagaland             | 154.18             | 154.18           | 154.18          | 108.79                        | 0       | 0.00        | 63.18              | 128.98                   | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 24        | Sikkim               | 963.64             | 409.105          | 201.63          | 679.94                        | 0       | 0.00        | 394.86             | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 25        | Tripura              | 321.21             | 133.84           | 133.84          | 226.65                        | 308.83  | 308.83      | 131.62             | 164.81                   | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 26        | Meghalaya            | 289.09             | 144.55           | 144.55          | 203.98                        | 296     | 159.02      | 118.46             | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 27        | Himachal Pradesh     | 706.67             | 395              | 345.005         | 498.62                        | 0       | 0.00        | 289.56             | 797.58                   | 0                | 100                  | 642.43                      | 321.21                   |      |
| 28        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 179.88             | 74.95            | 74.95           | 126.92                        | 87.81   | 26.79       | 73.71              | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 29        | Uttarakhand          | 3533.35            | 1962.97          | 1902.21         | 2493.10                       | 2019.4  | 1641.29     | 1447.81            | 2668.08                  | 0                | 35                   | 224.85                      | 112.42                   |      |
| 30        | Andman &Nicobar      | 485.39             | 130              | 0               | 342.49                        | 0       | 0.00        | 198.89             | 0.00                     | 0                | 0                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                     |      |
| 31        | Other admin. charges |                    |                  | 0               |                               |         |             |                    |                          |                  |                      |                             |                          |      |
|           |                      |                    | 24.85            |                 |                               | 0       |             |                    |                          |                  |                      |                             |                          |      |
|           | Total                | 33763.09           | 22619.60         |                 | 23822.96                      |         | 7138.08     | 13834.58           | 8445.20                  | 0                |                      | 12246.79                    | 6039.88                  |      |
|           |                      |                    |                  | 18891.69        |                               |         |             |                    |                          |                  |                      |                             |                          |      |
|           |                      |                    |                  |                 |                               |         |             |                    |                          |                  | 2792                 |                             |                          |      |
|           |                      |                    |                  |                 |                               |         | 15218.88    |                    |                          |                  |                      |                             |                          |      |

Total fund released in 2017-18 is Rs 14485.08  lakh

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