Lok Sabha Question No. 1062 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., RANJANBEN BHATT, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SUDHEER GUPTA, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1062

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH  JULY, 2018

## ORGANIC FARMING

1062.    SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

मंी

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  promoting  organic  farming  in  the  country  through  the Schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  revised  the  guidelines  of  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas Yojana  (PKVY)  scheme  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  aims  and  objectives thereto;
- (c) the  assistance  provided  by  the  Government  under  the  said  scheme  for  eligible farmers;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess the benefits of the said Yojana and if so, the details thereof along with the outcome thereto; and
- (e) the  steps  taken/being taken by the Government to promote organic farming in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM  RUPALA)

- (a) to (c): Yes, Government  is promoting Organic Farming under the  scheme Paramparagat Krishi Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  of  National  Mission  of  Sustainable  Agriculture (NMSA) implemented by State Governments. The detail of the scheme, its aims , objectives as per  revised guidelines along with  the assistance  provided under the said scheme  to the farmers  is given at Annexure-I & I A.
- (d): The Government has conducted study to access the benefit of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  scheme  through  Management  Agricultural  National  Institute  of Extension  (MANAGE),  Hyderabad  and  the  detail  outcomes  of  the  study  is  given  at Annexure-II
- (e): The  Government  is  encouraging  and  promoting  organic  farming  in  the  country  by various ways and it is also supported by Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP), National Food Security Mission (NFSM) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The details of the steps being taken by the Government to promote organic farming in the country is given at Annexure-III.

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

The scheme PKVY is implemented by the State Government on per hectare basis for 500-1000 hectare area in each cluster. A group of farmers having a total area of 20 hectare as far as possible in contagious patch within a village. The farmer within a group can avail benefit to a maximum of 2 ha., and the limit of assistance is Rs.50, 000 per ha., out of which 62%  i.e.,  Rs.  31,000  is  given  as  incentives  to  a  farmer  for  organic  conversion,  organic inputs, on farm inputs, production infrastructure, etc., shall be provided directly through DBT during  the  conversion  period  of  3  years.  The  target  of  an  area  of  around  4  lacks  ha  is proposed to be covered in the 3 years which is double the area covered in last three years.

## OBJECTIVES

-  To  promote  natural  resource  based  integrated  and  climate  resilient  sustainable farming  systems  that  ensure  maintenance  and  increase  of  soil  fertility,  natural resource  conservation,  on-farm  nutrient  recycling  and  minimize  dependence  of farmers on external inputs;
-  To  reduce  cost  of  agriculture  to  farmers  through  sustainable  integrated organic farming systems thereby enhancing farmer's net income per unit of land
-  To sustainably produce chemical free and nutritious food for  human consumption.
-  To  protect  environment  from  hazardous  inorganic  chemicals  by  adoption  of eco friendly low cost traditional techniques and farmer friendly technologies
-  To  empower  farmers  through  their  own  institutional  development  in  the  form  of clusters and groups with capacity to manage production, processing, value addition and certification management;
-  To make farmers entrepreneurs through direct market linkages with local and national market

## Criteria of the scheme as per new guidelines

- A)  For selection of areas/ Farmers' groups:
2.  Organic farming under PKVY will be promoted preferably in hilly, tribal and rain-fed areas.
3.  Cluster approach will be adopted in large patches of up to 1000 ha area in plan areas and 500 ha area in hilly areas.
4.  Cluster chosen shall be in contiguous patch, as far as possible, may be extending over  few  adjacent  villages  (but  not  over  large  areas  in  sparsely  distributed villages).
5.  Formation  of  Gram  Panchayat  based  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  will  be encouraged or already existing FPOs will be promoted under the scheme
6.  In  a  cluster,  there  should  be  maximum  number  of  small  and  marginal  farmers. Women farmers/ SHGs should be given preference.
7.  Success in marketing shall be one of the key components taken up for outcome evaluation along with other indicators such as soil health improvement, reduction in cost of cultivation etc.

## B)   The Norms for provision of fund :

Rs.10.00 lakh for 20 ha. (1 group) over a period of three years for different activities  like-  Programme  implementation,  through  Support    agencies,  PGS certification  through  Regional  Council,  Incentives  to  farmers  through  DBT  and Value addition, Marketing, publicity in the revised  guidelines of PKVY .

- C)  For allocation of funds to States:
2.  Timely submission of quarterly reports on financial (fund utilization/submission of Utilization Certificates) and physical progress (area, crop details) reports.
3.  Effective  use  of  existing  FPOs  convergence  with  other  schemes,  adoption  of innovative  value  addition  and  marketing  strategies  will  be  considered  while allocating the funds.

## Status of the Scheme

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

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

## Annexure-I A

|       |                                  | Details of   | Details of         | Details of      | Details of                      | Details of     | Details of                | Details of     | Details of           | Details of           | Details of           | Details of    |
|-------|----------------------------------|--------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------|
| S.    |                                  |              |                    |                 |                                 |                |                           |                | 2017-18 (Rs in lakh) | 2017-18 (Rs in lakh) | 2017-18 (Rs in lakh) |               |
| S.    |                                  | No of        | 2015-16 (Rs in     | lakh) 1st year  | 2016-17 (Rs in lakh) Allocation | 2nd year       | 2017-18 (Rs in Allocation | lakh) 3rd year | No. of New Clusters  | Allocation for new   | Release for new      | Release in    |
| No. 1 | Name of the State Andhra Pradesh | clusters 433 | Allocation 1854.47 | Release 1100.15 | 1308.50                         | Release 798.17 | 759.88                    | Release 292.93 | 867                  | clusters 1563.21     | clusters 363.25      | 2018-19 0.00  |
| 2     | Bihar                            | 327          | 1400.49            | 1050.37         | 988.17                          | 664.26         | 573.86                    | 0.00           | 100                  | 428.28               | 214.14               | 0.00          |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh                     | 188.00       | 805.17             | 603.88          | 568.12                          | 314.78         | 329.92                    | 314.16         | 12.00                | 51.39                | 25.70                | 0.00          |
| 4     | Gujarat                          | 100          | 428.28             | 178.45          | 302.19                          | 238.83         | 175.49                    | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 5     | Goa                              | 4            | 17.13              | 7.14            | 12.09                           | 0              | 7.02                      | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 6     | Haryana                          | 20           | 85.66              | 53.53           | 60.44                           | 45.98          | 35.10                     | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 7     | Jharkhand                        | 100          | 428.28             | 321.21          | 302.19                          | 203.14         | 175.49                    | 0.00           | 150                  | 642.43               | 321.21               | 0.00          |
| 8     | Karnataka                        | 545          | 2334.15            | 1945.12         | 1646.96                         | 815.27         | 956.43                    | 1224.64        | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 408.21        |
| 9     | Kerala                           | 119          | 509.66             | 382.22          | 359.61                          | 0              | 208.83                    | 307.24         | 500                  | 2141.42              | 1070.71              | 0.00          |
| 10    | Madhya Pradesh                   | 880          | 3768.90            | 2826.67         | 2659.31                         | 1787.6         | 1544.33                   | 1813.94        | 500                  | 2141.42              | 1070.71              | 0.00          |
| 11    | Maharashtra                      | 932          | 3991.61            | 2598.51         | 2816.45                         | 2957.59        | 1635.58                   | 0.00           | 326                  | 1396.21              | 698.10               | 0.00          |
| 12    | Odisha                           | 320          | 1370.51            | 1027.88         | 967.02                          | 650.03         | 561.57                    | 610.60         | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 13    | Punjab                           | 50           | 214.14             | 160.6           | 151.10                          | 0              | 87.75                     | 0.00           | 200                  | 856.57               | 428.28               | 0.00          |
| 14    | Rajasthan                        | 755          | 3233.55            | 2373.69         | 2281.56                         | 1491.13        | 1324.96                   | 0.00           | 395                  | 1691.72              | 845.86               | 0.00          |
| 15    | Tamil Nadu                       | 112          | 479.68             | 399.73          | 338.46                          | 207.2644       | 196.55                    | 194.64         | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 16    | Telangana                        | 300          | 1284.85            | 1070.71         | 906.58                          | 448.77         | 526.47                    | 0.00           | 390                  | 1670.31              | 835.15               | 0.00          |
| 17    | Uttar Pradesh                    | 575          | 2462.64            | 2052.2          | 1737.62                         | 1270.64        | 1009.08                   | 838.58         | 45                   | 192.73               | 96.36                | 0.00          |
| 18    | West Bengal                      | 120          | 513.94             | 214.14          | 362.63                          | 393.66         | 210.59                    | 374.07         | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 19    | Assam                            | 220          | 1413.34            | 576.39          | 997.24                          | 0              | 579.12                    | 1804.19        | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 20    | Arunachal Pradesh                | 19           | 122.06             | 51.41           | 86.13                           | 81.08          | 50.02                     | 94.50          | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 21    | Mizoram                          | 34           | 218.43             | 89.08           | 154.12                          | 138.65         | 89.50                     | 211.94         | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 22    | Manipur                          | 30           | 192.73             | 107.07          | 135.99                          | 0              | 78.97                     | 48.82          | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 23    | Nagaland                         | 24           | 154.18             | 154.18          | 108.79                          | 0              | 63.18                     | 128.98         | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 24    | Sikkim                           | 150          | 963.64             | 409.105         | 679.94                          | 0              | 394.86                    | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 656.81        |
| 25    | Tripura                          | 50           | 321.21             | 133.84          | 226.65                          | 308.83         | 131.62                    | 164.81         | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 26    | Meghalaya                        | 45           | 289.09             | 144.55          | 203.98                          | 296            | 118.46                    | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 27    | Himachal Pradesh                 | 110          | 706.67             | 395             | 498.62                          | 0              | 289.56                    | 797.58         | 100                  | 642.43               | 321.21               | 0.00          |
| 28    | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 28           | 179.88             | 74.95           | 126.92                          | 87.81          | 73.71                     | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 29    | Uttarakhand                      | 550          | 3533.35            | 1962.97         | 2493.10                         | 2019.4         | 1447.81                   | 2668.08        | 35                   | 224.85               | 112.42               | 0.00          |
| 30    | Andman& Nicobar                  | 68           | 485.39             | 130             | 342.49                          | 0              | 198.89                    | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00          |
| 31    | Daman& Diu                       |              |                    |                 |                                 |                |                           |                | 55                   | 392.59               | 235.55               | 0.00          |
| 32    | Dadar &Nagar Delhi               | Haveli       |                    |                 |                                 |                |                           |                | 500                  | 3569.04              | 1000                 | 0.00          |
| 33    |                                  |              |                    |                 |                                 |                |                           |                | 500                  | 3569.04              | 471.45               | 0.00          |
| 34    | Puducherry                       |              |                    |                 |                                 |                |                           |                | 8                    | 57.10                | 28.55                | 0.00          |
| 32    | Other Expenses Total             | 7208         | 33763.09           | 24.85 22619.60  | 23822.96                        | 0.00 15218.88  | 13834.58                  | 11889.70       | 4683                 | 17604.61             | 8138.68              | 55.98 1121.00 |

## Annexure II

## Major  outcome  (Impact)  of  the  study  conducted  by  Management  Agricultural  National Institute of Extension (MANAGE), Hyderabad

1.  Cost reduction (cost saving): There is an immediate reduction in the cost of cultivation (cost saving) up to 10 to 20 % as the beneficiaries are not using purchased fertilizers and pesticides.
2.  Due to reduction in costs, there was increase in net returns ranging from 20-50%.
3.  Savings in purchased inputs (cash expenses): The benefits are significant in crops like paddy  and  cotton,  for  which  farmers  spend  huge  amount  of  money  on  purchase  of fertilizers and pesticides before PKVY.
4.  Price premium was observed in some clusters, which are nearer to large cities and have good  linkages  with  large  markets  (the  price  premium  was  ranged  from  10%  to  30% based on the type of market linkage, commodity and market linkage.
5.  Yield improvement observed only in farmers who do all PKVY practices since last few years, but in general there was no significant yield increase in first conversion year.
6.  There was huge scope of area increase of organic area in tribal, rainfed, hilly and remote areas.

The  Government  is  promoting  organic  farming  in  the  country  by  focusing  on  creating awareness  and  educating  the  farmers  about  organic  farming  practices  in  the  areas  where clusters are formed. This is being done by following ways:

- I. The provision of financial assistance allocated under PKVY scheme for the mobilization of  farmers  in  groups  and  clusters  through    their  capacity  building,  day-to-day  handholding  in standards  implementation,  assisting  farmers  in  peer  appraisal  and  documentation  and  data management and by data uploading.
- II. Similarly,  under  MOVDNER  scheme  the  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  North Eastern Region to create awareness and publicity through lead agencies.
- III. 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  'Biofertilizers'  as  well  as  quarterly Newsletter  called  Organic  Farming.  In  addition,  various  books  on  production  and  use  of  biofertilizers 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 298 no. of FTFD in 2015-16, 294 nos, in 2016-17 and 110 nos. in the year 2017-18.

## IV. National  Mission  of  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA)-Organic  &  INM  Components  of Soil Health Management (SHM):

1. Setting  up  of  State  of  art  liquid/  carrier  based  Biofertilizer/  Biopesticide units,  100% assistance  to  State  Govt/Govt.  Agencies  upto  a  maximum  limit  of  Rs.160.00  lakh  /unit  and 25% of cost  limited  to  Rs.40  lakh/unit  for  individuals/  private  agencies  through  NABARD  as capital investment of 200 TPA production capacity.
2. Setting  up  of  Bio-fertilizer and  Organic  fertilizer testing  Quality  Control  Laboratory (BOQCL) or Strengthening of existing  Laboratory under FCO, assistance  up  to  maximum  limit of  Rs.  85  lakh  for new laboratory and up to a maximum limit of Rs. 45 lakh for strengthening of  existing  infrastructure  to  State  Government  Laboratory  under  Agriculture  or  Horticulture Department.
3. Promotion  of  Organic  Inputs  on  farmer's  field  (Manure, Vermi-compost,  Bio-Fertilizers Liquid /  solid, Waste compost, Herbal extracts etc.), 50 % of cost subject to a limit of Rs. 5000/per ha and Rs. 10,000 per beneficiary. Propose to cover 1 million  ha area.
4. Setting up of  mechanized  Fruit/  Vegetable  market  waste/  Agro  waste  compost production unit 100% financial assistance to State Government/ Government Agencies upto a maximum limit of Rs.190.00 lakh per unit and 33% of project cost maximum limited to Rs.63 lakh  per  unit  for  individuals/private  agencies  through  NABARD  as  capital  investment  for establishment  of  agro/vegetable  waste  compost  production  units  of  3000  Total  Per  Annum (TPA) production.

## V. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

Vermicompost Units/ Organic input production - 50% of cost conforming to the size of the unit of  30'X8'X2.5' dimension of permanent structure to be administered on pro-rata basis. For HDPE Vermibed, 50% of cost conforming to the size of 96 cft (12'X4'X2') and IS 15907:2010 to  be  administered  on  pro-rata  basis  (Rs.  100,000/  unit  for  permanent  structure  and  Rs. 16,000/unit for HDPE Vermibed).

- VI. 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 bio-fertilisers,  Supply  of  Rhizobium  culture/Phosphate  Solubilising  Bacteria  (PSB)/  Zinc Solubilising Bacteria (ZSB)/ Azatobacter/ Mycorrhiza and vermi compost.
- VII. Rs.300 per ha.
3. National Food Security Mission (NFSM): Under NFSM- Pulses, financial assistance is being provided for promotion of Bio-Fertilizer (Rhizobium/PSB) @50% of the cost limited to Under Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India( BGREI), a sub scheme of RKVY, also

supplied bio-fertilizer @50% of the cost limited to Rs. 300 per ha for Rice and Wheat crops.

- VIII. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana  (RKVY):  Organic  Farming  project components  are considered by the respective State Level Sanctioning committee according to their priority choice.
- IX. Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR):  The  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural Research (ICAR), is implementing under Network project on 'Soil Biodiversity-Biofertiliser' and developed improved and efficient strains of biofertiliser specific to  different crops and soil types.

In order to promote use of organic manures in the country, the council has developed technologies  to  prepare  various  types  of  organic  manures  such  as  phosphorcompost, vermicompost,  bio-enriched  compost,  municipal  solid  waste  compost,  etc.  from  various organic wastes. These organic manures have been tested on different soils using various crops and found useful in improving soil health and crop productivity. All these technologies are  being  popularized  among  the  farmers  through  Front  Line  Demonstrations  (FLDs), farmer's trainings, publishing extension materials in local languages.

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