Lok Sabha Question No. 1656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Production of Organic Agricultural Inputs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1656

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND   JULY, 2019

## PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

1656.  DR.  RAMAPATI  RAM TRIPATHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to  encourage  production  of  bio-organic fertilizers for promoting organic farming in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total production of bio-organic fertilizers in the country during each of the last three years and the current  year and the demand and supply thereof;
- (c) the  quantum of  land where bio-organic  fertilizers  are  being  used  in  the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government proposes to create organic villages in the country; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) to (c): Yes Sir, Government of India has initiated a number of steps for  promoting   bioorganic inputs  (bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticides, vermin-compost, botanical extracts  etc)  and has been  providing  assistance/  incentives  for    production/  procurement    under  various  schemes /programs  viz :

-  Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY):   assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare/ 3 years is given,  out  of  which  Rs.  31,000  (62%)  is  provided  to  the  farmers  directly  through  DBT,  for inputs (bio fertilisers, biopesticides, vermicompost, botanical extracts etc) production/ procurement, post harvest infrastructure etc.
-  Under  Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) farmers are given assistance of Rs 7500/ha/3 years for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs, production/ procurement
-  Soil Health Cards (SHCs): 100% assistance is provided to State Government / Government agencies  for  setting  up  of  liquid/  carrier  based  Bio-fertilizer/  Bio-pesticide  units  up  to  a maximum limit of Rs.160.00 lakh / unit for Government agencies and up to Rs.40 lakh/unit (up to 25% project cost) for individuals/ private agencies through NABARD

-  National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP): financial assistance@ 50% subsidy to the  tune  of  Rs.  300/-  per  ha  is  being  provided  for  different  components  including  biofertilizers, supply of Rhizobium culture/Phosphate Solubilising Bacteria (PSB)/ Zinc Solubilising Bacteria (ZSB)/ Azatobacter/ Mycorrhiza and vermi compost.
-  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM):  Under  NFSM,  financial  assistance  is  provided  for promotion of Bio-Fertilizer (Rhizobium/PSB) @50% of the cost limited to Rs.300 per ha.

State-wise  total  production  of  bio-fertilizers  since  2015-16  to  2017-18  is  given  at Annexure l and State-wise details of different organic manure produced from 2015-16 to 201718  is  given  at Annexure-II,  IIA  &  IIB .  The  data  for  2018-19  and  current  year  on  production demand and supply has not been compiled by the States. However, the production is according to demand.

The  details  of  land  where  bio-organic  fertilizers  are  being  used  in  the  country  under Participatory Guarantee Systems for India (PGS-India) are given at Annexure-III.

(d) & (e): Yes, the Government has sought proposals from the State Governments of Bihar, Jharkhand,  Uttarakhand,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  West  Bengal  for  100%  coverage  of  all  villages under National Mission of Clean Ganga  (NMCG) programme.

## State-wise production of biofertilizers since 2015-16 to 2017-18.

| Sl                                                                       |                                                                          | 2015-16                                                                  | 2015-16                                                                  | 2016-17                                                                  | 2016-17                                                                  | 2017-18                                                                  | 2017-18                                                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 2                                                                        | Andhra                                                                   | 3062.6                                                                   | 317.811                                                                  | 3375.91                                                                  | 365.24                                                                   | 4983.60                                                                  | 369.75                                                                   |
| 3                                                                        | Daman & Diu                                                              | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 4                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                | 23042.91                                                                 | 488.142                                                                  | 31553.06                                                                 | 993.443                                                                  | 34493                                                                    | 1352.85                                                                  |
| 5                                                                        | Kerala                                                                   | 4926.045                                                                 | 56.5751                                                                  | 4993.8692                                                                | 59.6143                                                                  | 6040.10                                                                  | 82.85                                                                    |
| 6                                                                        | Lakshadweep                                                              | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 7                                                                        | Pondicherry                                                              | 283.641                                                                  | 4.088                                                                    | 203.966                                                                  | 11.197                                                                   | 297.58                                                                   | 28.37                                                                    |
| 8                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 23721.2104                                                               | 861.9535                                                                 | 27427.962                                                                | 875.292                                                                  | 28059.40                                                                 | 983.86                                                                   |
| 9                                                                        | Telangana                                                                | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 574.15                                                                   | 43.65                                                                    |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 55036.41                                                                 | 1728.57                                                                  | 67554.7672                                                               | 2304.7863                                                                | 74447.83                                                                 | 2861.33                                                                  |
| West Zone                                                                | West Zone                                                                | West Zone                                                                | West Zone                                                                | West Zone                                                                | West Zone                                                                | West Zone                                                                | West Zone                                                                |
| 1                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                             | 954.371                                                                  | 9.38                                                                     | 955.074                                                                  | 10.23                                                                    | 969.07                                                                   | 16.63                                                                    |
| 2                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                  | 3963.42                                                                  | 2873.317                                                                 | 3909.82                                                                  | 2857.77                                                                  | 4248.15                                                                  | 3519.29                                                                  |
| 3                                                                        | Goa                                                                      | 820.52                                                                   | 0                                                                        | 822                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 838.74                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 4                                                                        | Madhya                                                                   | 2741.30775                                                               | 131.033                                                                  | 5609.006                                                                 | 238.103                                                                  | 6561.51                                                                  | 290.40                                                                   |
| 5                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                              | 7825.142                                                                 | 389.665                                                                  | 8323.616                                                                 | 398.33                                                                   | 10024.90                                                                 | 427.40                                                                   |
| 6                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                | 680                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 711                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 791.81                                                                   | 1.12                                                                     |
| 7                                                                        | D & N Haveli                                                             | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 16984.76                                                                 | 3403.395                                                                 | 20330.516                                                                | 3504.433                                                                 | 23434.18                                                                 | 4254.84                                                                  |
| North Zone                                                               | North Zone                                                               | North Zone                                                               | North Zone                                                               | North Zone                                                               | North Zone                                                               | North Zone                                                               | North Zone                                                               |
| 1                                                                        | Delhi                                                                    | 106.2                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 116.2                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 119.72                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 2                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                               | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 3                                                                        | Haryana                                                                  | 1097.457                                                                 | 58.032                                                                   | 2360.644                                                                 | 70.148                                                                   | 2504.61                                                                  | 76.00                                                                    |
| 4                                                                        | H.P.                                                                     | 2.712                                                                    | 190.05                                                                   | 3.276                                                                    | 194.7                                                                    | 8.48                                                                     | 209.70                                                                   |
| 5                                                                        | J & Kashmir                                                              | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0.04                                                                     |
| 6                                                                        | Punjab                                                                   | 2197.197                                                                 | 149.581                                                                  | 5533.774                                                                 | 210.177                                                                  | 5645.28                                                                  | 236.09                                                                   |
| 7                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 3053.115                                                                 | 223.34                                                                   | 2835.79                                                                  | 461.19                                                                   | 3441.3                                                                   | 743.95                                                                   |
| 8                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                              | 3549.39                                                                  | 428.22                                                                   | 3720.68                                                                  | 696.9                                                                    | 3942.05                                                                  | 533.92                                                                   |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 10006.07                                                                 | 1049.223                                                                 | 14570.364                                                                | 1633.115                                                                 | 15661.44                                                                 | 1799.7                                                                   |
| East Zone                                                                | East Zone                                                                | East Zone                                                                | East Zone                                                                | East Zone                                                                | East Zone                                                                | East Zone                                                                | East Zone                                                                |
| 1                                                                        | Bihar                                                                    | 97                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 107                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 128.76                                                                   | 0.02                                                                     |
| 2                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                | 9.172                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 18.552                                                                   | 0                                                                        | 20.96                                                                    | 0.01                                                                     |
| 3                                                                        | Odisha                                                                   | 467.634                                                                  | 13.701                                                                   | 516.281                                                                  | 31.79                                                                    | 560.2                                                                    | 46.18                                                                    |
| 4                                                                        | West Bengal                                                              | 2826.27                                                                  | 23.537                                                                   | 3195.18                                                                  | 26.21                                                                    | 3513.07                                                                  | 37.74                                                                    |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 3400.076                                                                 | 37.238                                                                   | 3837.013                                                                 | 58                                                                       | 4222.99                                                                  | 83.95                                                                    |
| 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                                                                | 3062.6                                                                   | 317.811                                                                  | 119.7                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 232.90                                                                   | 0.11                                                                     |
| 2                                                                        | Assam                                                                    | 1315                                                                     | 22.5                                                                     | 1359.05                                                                  | 26                                                                       | 1742.62                                                                  | 33.10                                                                    |
| 3                                                                        | Manipur                                                                  | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 25                                                                       | 0                                                                        | 23.94                                                                    | 0                                                                        |
| 4                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 5                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                  | 4.2                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 2.5                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 8.99                                                                     | 0                                                                        |
| 6                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                 | 8.81                                                                     | 0                                                                        | 51.45                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 70.62                                                                    | 0                                                                        |
| 7                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                   | 12.91                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 16.25                                                                    | 0                                                                        | 33.15                                                                    | 0                                                                        |
| 8                                                                        | Tripura                                                                  | 1143.07                                                                  | 0                                                                        | 1153.5                                                                   | 0                                                                        | 1187.88                                                                  | 0.03                                                                     |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 5546.59                                                                  | 340.311                                                                  | 2727.45                                                                  | 26                                                                       | 3300.1                                                                   | 33.24                                                                    |
| Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 | Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 | Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 | Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 | Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 | Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 | Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 | Grand Total 88029.30415 6240.926 109020.1102 7526.3343 121066.54 9033.06 |

Source: Compiled by National Centre of Organic farming   (NCOF) (Data Provided by Production Units/State Government/ RCOFs

KL: Kilo Litre; MT: Metric Tonne

## Annexure l

Annexure lI State-wise details of different organic manures produced / available (lakh MT) during 2015-16:

| 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 |

Source: Compiled by National Centre of Organic farming (NCOF)

Annexure lIA State-wise details of different organic manures produced / available (lakh MT) during 2016-17:

| State              |   Rural Compost |     FYM |   City Compost | organic 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 |

Source: Compiled by National Centre of Organic farming   (NCOF)

Annexure lIB State-wise details of different organic manures produced / available (lakh MT) during 2017-18:

| State              |   Organic manure |     FYM |   City Compost |   Vermi Compost |   PROM |   other manure |   Total Manure |
|--------------------|------------------|---------|----------------|-----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |            99.8  |    2.48 |          28.1  |           11.98 |  0.05  |          59.4  |        201.81  |
| Arunanchal Pradesh |             1.6  |    0.35 |           0    |            1.89 |  0.04  |           1.56 |          5.44  |
| Assam              |             0    |   98.4  |           0    |           98.6  |  0.01  |           3.24 |        200.25  |
| Bihar              |            23.1  |  942    |           1.45 |           18.4  |  1.11  |          11.1  |        997.16  |
| Chhattisgarh       |            25.6  |   51.1  |          19.4  |           14.15 |  0.05  |          58.9  |        169.2   |
| Chandigarh         |            10.1  |   18.1  |           0    |            0    |  0     |           0    |         28.2   |
| Delhi              |             0    |    0    |           0    |            0    |  0     |           2.1  |          2.1   |
| Goa                |             0.15 |    0    |           0.45 |            0.04 |  0.01  |           0.33 |          0.98  |
| Gujarat            |             2.98 |  498    |           0    |            1.12 |  0.09  |          15.6  |        517.79  |
| Haryana            |            15.6  |   21.4  |           0    |            0.08 |  0.11  |          11.2  |         48.39  |
| Himachal Pradesh   |            17.6  |    0    |           0    |           26.1  |  0.04  |          17.6  |         61.34  |
| Jammu &Kashmir     |             1.99 |    0    |           0.05 |            0.07 |  0.01  |           0.04 |          2.16  |
| Jharkhand          |             1.98 |   11.19 |           0    |          391    |  0.9   |           1.1  |        406.17  |
| Karnatkaka         |             9.45 |   11.5  |           8.95 |           31.1  |  0.7   |           2.5  |         64.2   |
| Kerala             |             0.94 |    0.84 |           2.41 |           19.5  |  0.001 |           1.01 |         24.701 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |            31.1  |   29.4  |           2.56 |           36.1  |  0.7   |           8.14 |        108     |
| Maharashtra        |            19.4  |   15.1  |           9.94 |           38.21 |  0.6   |           6.64 |         89.89  |
| Manipur            |             0    |    0.98 |           0    |            0.09 |  0     |           0    |          1.07  |
| Mizoram            |             0    |    1.98 |           0    |            1.13 |  0     |           0    |          3.11  |
| Meghalaya          |             0    |   23.1  |           0    |            9.7  |  0     |           0    |         32.8   |
| Nagaland           |             0.64 |    2.2  |           0    |            1.23 |  0     |           0    |          4.07  |
| Odisha             |            14.4  |    0    |           9.84 |            7.11 |  0     |           0    |         31.35  |
| Punjab             |             1.85 |   14.9  |           1.15 |           14.2  |  0.5   |           8.4  |         41     |
| Pondicherry        |             0    |    0    |           5.66 |            0    |  0     |           3.21 |          8.87  |
| Rajasthan          |            26.4  |   24.1  |           0    |           12.1  |  0.14  |           2.5  |         65.24  |
| Sikkim             |             0.45 |    0    |           0    |            0.09 |  0.51  |           0.04 |          1.09  |
| Tamil nadu         |             0.48 |   18.5  |          12.1  |            5.89 |  0.07  |           8.54 |         45.58  |
| Telangana          |             5.98 |    0    |           0    |            0.8  |  0.04  |           0    |          6.82  |
| Tripura            |             4.12 |    0    |           0    |            0.13 |  0     |           0    |          4.25  |
| Uttar Pradesh      |            13.65 |   27.6  |           0    |           12.5  |  0.05  |           0    |         53.8   |
| Uttarkhand         |            28.4  |   31.2  |           0    |           12.8  |  0.09  |           0    |         72.49  |
| West Bengal        |            19.6  |   41.5  |           8.4  |            8.9  |  0.08  |           9.4  |         87.88  |
| Grand Total        |           377.36 | 1885.92 |         110.46 |          775.01 |  5.901 |         232.55 |       3387.2   |

Source: Compiled by National Centre of Organic farming   (NCOF)

 Organic manure includes rural compost also.

Annexure- III State-wise detail of land under PGS-India for organic farming using Bio-organic fertilizers.

| S.NO.   | State Name        |   Farmers |   Total Area (ha) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|
| 1       | A and N Islands   |        34 |             48.3  |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |      4604 |           6101.79 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |       429 |           4283.73 |
| 4       | Assam             |      8558 |           7454.19 |
| 5       | Bihar             |     11025 |           6541.41 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |     31261 |          41170.1  |
| 7       | Daman and Diu     |      1324 |            579.59 |
| 8       | Delhi             |     10507 |           6942.81 |
| 9       | Gujarat           |     13976 |          12825.6  |
| 10      | Haryana           |       727 |            737.28 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh  |      8800 |           5610.7  |
| 12      | Jammu and Kashmir |      1680 |           1224.27 |
| 13      | Jharkhand         |     14686 |           7391.35 |
| 14      | Karnataka         |     35353 |          28358.1  |
| 15      | Kerala            |      5645 |           3939.59 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh    |     77966 |          56409.6  |
| 17      | Maharashtra       |     56792 |          33431    |
| 18      | Manipur           |      1094 |            929.36 |
| 19      | Meghalaya         |       723 |            518.05 |
| 20      | Mizoram           |      1207 |            531.35 |
| 21      | Nagaland          |      1248 |           1266.91 |
| 22      | Odisha            |     13769 |           8194.98 |
| 23      | Punjab            |       200 |           3121.39 |
| 24      | Rajasthan         |     47650 |          27054.7  |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |      8844 |           5783.36 |
| 26      | Telangana         |     14295 |           8674.01 |
| 27      | Tripura           |      2267 |           1000    |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |     44151 |          19889.1  |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       |     35074 |          23644.8  |
| 30      | West Bengal       |      6907 |           2611.34 |
|         | Total             |    460796 |         326269    |

Source: Compiled by National Centre of Organic farming   (NCOF)

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