Lok Sabha Question No. 3799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Hema Malini

O.I.H

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3799

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH   JULY, 2019

## ORGANIC  FARMING

3799.  SHRIMATI  HEMA MALINI:

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

- (a) whether the economic condition of farmers in the country can be improved  by organic farming  as  organic  farming  is  zero  budget  farming  and  there  is  a  huge  market  for  organic foodgrains across the world;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has urged all the States to begin organic farming in at least one district of every State; and
- (d) if    so,    the   details   of  the  States where  initiative  in  this  regard  had  been taken along with the names of the States where no such initiative has been taken so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (d): Realizing  the  potential  and  benefits  of  organic  farming  and to  improve   the economic  condition of farmers in the country, Government of India is promoting organic farming 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) since 2015-16.          Under PKVY, flexibility is given to states to adopt any model of Organic Farming including ZBNF depending on farmer's choice that is free from chemicals, pesticides residues and adopts eco-friendly low cost technologies.

Under PKVY,   assistance of RS 50,000 per hectare/ 3 years is allowed out of which Rs. 31,000 (61%) is provided to farmer   directly through DBT   for input (biofertilisers, biopesticides, vermicompost, botanical extracts etc) production/ procurement , packing ,   marketing etc.

Under MOVCDNER , assistance is provided to the farmers in a value chain mode starting from formation of Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs), on/off farm input production, supply of  seeds/  planting  materials,  post  harvest  infrastructure  including  collection,  sorting,  grading facilities,   establishment of integrated processing unit, refrigerated transportation, pre-cooling/ cold stores chamber, branding, labelling and packaging, etc .

These schemes are implemented through State Governments at district and village level depending on the interest of the farmers.  PKVY scheme is being implemented in 29 States & UTs  and  MOVCDNER  scheme  is  implemented  in  the  States  of  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura since 2015-16.

The  State/UT-wise  details  of  clusters  formed  and  area  covered  under  the  schemes  are given at Annexure I & II .

State-wise clusters and area under PKVY schemes during period Phase-I & Phase - II

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Phase-I(2015-16 to 2017-18)   | Phase-I(2015-16 to 2017-18)   |                |        |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|--------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | No of clusters                | Area                          | No of clusters | Area   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 1300                          | 26000                         | 4000           | 80000  |
| 2         | Bihar               | 427                           | 8540                          | 102            | 0      |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh        | 200                           | 4000                          | 1000           | 20000  |
| 4         | Gujarat             | 100                           | 2000                          | 0              | 0      |
| 5         | Goa                 | 4                             | 80                            | 500            | 10000  |
| 6         | Haryana             | 20                            | 400                           | 0              | 0      |
| 7         | Jharkhand           | 250                           | 5000                          | 750            | 0      |
| 8         | Karnataka           | 545                           | 10900                         | 500            | 0      |
| 9         | Kerala              | 619                           | 12380                         | 110            | 0      |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh      | 1380                          | 27600                         | 2448           | 48960  |
| 11        | Maharashtra         | 1258                          | 25160                         | 350            | 0      |
| 12        | Odisha              | 320                           | 6400                          | 720            | 14400  |
| 13        | Punjab              | 250                           | 5000                          | 100            | 0      |
| 14        | Rajasthan           | 1150                          | 23000                         | 5000           | 100000 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu          | 112                           | 2240                          | 200            | 4000   |
| 16        | Telangana           | 690                           | 13800                         | 0              | 0      |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh       | 620                           | 12400                         | 500            | 0      |
| 18        | West Bengal         | 120                           | 2400                          | 0              | 0      |
| 19        | Assam               | 220                           | 4400                          | 0              | 0      |
| 20        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 19                            | 380                           | 0              | 0      |
| 21        | Mizoram             | 34                            | 680                           | 0              | 0      |
| 22        | Manipur             | 30                            | 600                           | 0              | 0      |
| 23        | Nagaland            | 24                            | 480                           | 0              | 0      |
| 24        | Sikkim              | 150                           | 3000                          | 0              | 0      |
| 25        | Tripura             | 50                            | 1000                          | 0              | 0      |
| 26        | Meghalaya           | 45                            | 900                           | 0              | 0      |
| 27        | Himachal Pradesh    | 210                           | 4200                          | 75             | 0      |
| 28        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 28                            | 560                           | 25             | 0      |
| 29        | Uttarakhand         | 585                           | 11700                         | 3900           | 78000  |
| 30        | Andman &Nicobar     | 68                            | 1360                          | 0              | 0      |
| 31        | Daman &Diu          | 55                            | 1100                          | 0              | 0      |
| 32        | Dadar Nagar         | 500                           | 10000                         | 0              | 0      |
| 33        | Delhi               | 500                           | 10000                         | 0              | 0      |
| 34        | Puducherry          | 8                             | 160                           | 20             | 400    |
| 35        | Chandigarh          | 0                             | 0                             | 65             | 1300   |
| 36        | Lakshadweep         | 0                             | 0                             | 135            | 2700   |
|           | Total               | 11891                         | 237820                        | 20500          | 359760 |

Annexure- II State-wise clusters and area under MOVCDNER schemes during period Phase-I & Phase - II.

| Sr No   | States            | Phase-I     | Phase-I      | Phase-I         | Phase-I         | Phase-II    | Phase-II      | Phase-II        | Phase-II        |
|---------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|         |                   | Area        | Area         | Clusters/ FIGs  | Clusters/ FIGs  | Area        | Area          | Clusters/ FIGs  | Clusters/ FIGs  |
|         |                   | Target Area | Area covered | Target Clusters | Clusters Formed | Target Area | Area covered  | Target Clusters | Clusters Formed |
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh | 5000        | 5000         | 250             | 248             | 5500        | Under Process | 275             | 0               |
| 2       | Assam             | 5000        | 5000         | 250             | 261             | 5000        | Under Process | 250             | 0               |
| 3       | Manipur           | 5000        | 5000         | 250             | 250             | 7500        | 7500          | 375             | 300             |
| 4       | Mizoram           | 7000        | 4053         | 350             | 214             | 6000        | 2603          | 300             | 226             |
| 5       | Meghalaya         | 6000        | 6430         | 300             | 359             | 8000        | Under Process | 400             | 0               |
| 6       | Nagaland          | 6000        | 6000         | 300             | 300             | 7000        | 7000          | 350             | 350             |
| 7       | Sikkim            | 14000       | 12435        | 700             | 700             | 7000        | 7000 ha       | 350             | 0               |
| 8       | Tripura           | 2000        | 2000         | 100             | 132             | 4000        | 3000          | 200             | 183             |
| Total   | Total             | 50000       | 45918        | 2500            | 2464            | 50000       | 20103         | 2500            | 1059            |

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