Lok Sabha Question No. 107 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 107

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA

*107.    DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

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

- (a) the  details  of  progress  made  under  the  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY) along with the details of funds allocated and activities undertaken under the scheme during the last four years, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) whether  the  said  Yojana  has  been  implemented  by  the  Government  for  the  sole purpose of promotion of organic research and development and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  scheme  has  achieved  its  aims  and  objectives  in  promoting  organic farming in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the details of total agricultural area brought under organic farming during   the   period   from 2014 to 2018, State and year-wise;
- (d) the number of farmers selected for providing financial assistance of Rs. 50,000 per hectare, per farmer during 2014-2018 including Bihar along with the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of organic research projects funded by the Government, State/UT-wise since  the  inception  of  this  scheme  and  the  action  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government to encourage research on organic farming in the coming years along with the actual fiscal allocation made by the Government for this purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 107    DUE FOR REPLY ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018.

(a), (c) & (d): Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) has been implemented since      2015-16 for the first time in the country to promote chemical free organic  farming  in  cluster  approach  with  Participatory  Guarantee  System  (PGS) certification.  The  scheme  aims  at  maintaining  soil  health,  reducing  cost  of  cultivation, empowering  farmers  through  Institutional building and  also supports farmers in providing  value  addition  and  marketing  linkage  to  their  organic  products.  Under  the scheme assistance is provided to the farmers for cluster formation, capacity building, procuring  inputs,  processing,  packing,  labelling,  branding  and  marketing  of  organic products.

During the period 2015-16 to 2017-18, the scheme could successfully  brought in  2,  37,820  hectare    (11,891  clusters  of  20  hectares  each)    of  area  under  organic farming  against  the  target  of  2  lakh  hectares  and      5,94,  550  farmers  got  benefited under the scheme  . An amount of Rs.582.47 crore has been released to the States. The state wise details of area covered, farmers benefitted and funds released during 2015- 16 to 2017-18 including Andhra Pradesh and Bihar is given at Annexure I.

In  addition,  a  dedicated  scheme for  promotion of organic farming in north east region i.e.  Mission  Organic  value  chain  Development    in     North            East region (MOVCDNER)  has  been  implemented  for  the  first  time  since  2015-16        aiming  at export of organic products. Under the scheme during the period 2015-16 to 2017-18, 100  FPOs  are  formed,  45,918  hectares  area  is  covered  and  50,000  farmers  got benefited. An amount of Rs 235.74 crores has been released to the states during the period.

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(b) & (e): The main purpose of PKVY is to motivate farmers and promote organic farming in the country. As such    the scheme has no research component on organic farming,  however,  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  through  its  Plan  Scheme ' Network  Project  on  Organic  Farming '  (NPOF)  is  undertaking  research  to  develop location  specific  organic  farming  package  of  practices  (PoP)  for  crops  and  cropping systems. Presently, the project is being implemented in 20 centres covering 16 states. Organic  farming  package  of  practices  for  45  crops/cropping  systems  have  been developed  that  provides  technical  backstopping  to  PKVY.    The  details  of  Centres  of Network project on Organic farming (NPOF) is given at Annexure ll. The allocation for 2017-18 to 2019-20 is Rs. 5.487 crore.

In  addition,  National  Centre  for  Organic  Farming  (NCOF)  under  Department  of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has been involved in imparting trainings to  foreign  delegates,  state  agriculture  departments,  farmers,  regional  councils  on organic farming practices and is also acting as secretariat for participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Certification.

## Annexure I

|    | Phase-I(2015-16   | State-wise no . of clusters , area &fund released   | under PKVY       | State-wise no . of clusters , area &fund released   | State-wise no . of clusters , area &fund released   | schemes during 2015-16 to 2017-18 and relaesed in   | 2018-19 (Rs in lakh)                |                           |
|----|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|    | Name of the State | No of clusters (1)                                  | Area (In ha) (2) | No. of farmers (3)                                  | Release in 2017-18 (Rs in lakh) (4)                 | New clusters sanctioned in 2018-19 (5)              | Release in 2018-19 (Rs in lakh) (6) | Total fund released (4+6) |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 1300                                                | 26000            | 65000                                               | 2554.50                                             | 4000                                                | 3399.88                             | 5954.38                   |
| 2  | Bihar             | 427                                                 | 8540             | 21350                                               | 1928.77                                             | 102                                                 | 0.00                                | 1928.77                   |
| 3  | Chhattisgarh      | 200                                                 | 4000             | 10000                                               | 1258.51                                             | 1000                                                | 0.00                                | 1258.51                   |
| 4  | Gujarat           | 100                                                 | 2000             | 5000                                                | 417.28                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 417.28                    |
| 5  | Goa               | 4                                                   | 80               | 200                                                 | 7.14                                                | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 7.14                      |
| 6  | Haryana           | 20                                                  | 400              | 1000                                                | 99.51                                               | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 99.51                     |
| 7  | Jharkhand         | 250                                                 | 5000             | 12500                                               | 845.56                                              | 750                                                 | 0.00                                | 845.56                    |
| 8  | Karnataka         | 545                                                 | 10900            | 27250                                               | 3985.03                                             | 500                                                 | 408.21                              | 4393.25                   |
| 9  | Kerala            | 619                                                 | 12380            | 30950                                               | 1760.17                                             | 110                                                 | 0.00                                | 1760.17                   |
| 10 | Madhya Pradesh    | 1380                                                | 27600            | 69000                                               | 7498.92                                             | 2448                                                | 2471.99                             | 9970.91                   |
| 11 | Maharashtra       | 1258                                                | 25160            | 62900                                               | 6254.20                                             | 350                                                 | 0.00                                | 6254.20                   |
| 12 | Odisha            | 320                                                 | 6400             | 16000                                               | 2288.51                                             | 720                                                 | 727.06                              | 3015.57                   |
| 13 | Punjab            | 250                                                 | 5000             | 12500                                               | 588.88                                              | 100                                                 | 0.00                                | 588.88                    |
| 14 | Rajasthan         | 1150                                                | 23000            | 57500                                               | 4710.68                                             | 5000                                                | 5049.00                             | 9759.68                   |
| 15 | Tamil Nadu        | 112                                                 | 2240             | 5600                                                | 801.64                                              | 200                                                 | 201.96                              | 1003.60                   |
| 16 | Telangana         | 690                                                 | 13800            | 34500                                               | 2354.63                                             | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 2354.63                   |
| 17 | Uttar Pradesh     | 620                                                 | 12400            | 31000                                               | 4257.78                                             | 500                                                 | 1280.26                             | 5538.04                   |
| 18 | West Bengal       | 120                                                 | 2400             | 6000                                                | 981.87                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 981.87                    |
| 19 | Assam             | 220                                                 | 4400             | 11000                                               | 2380.58                                             | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 2380.58                   |
| 20 | Arunachal Pradesh | 19                                                  | 380              | 950                                                 | 226.99                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 226.99                    |
| 21 | Mizoram           | 34                                                  | 680              | 1700                                                | 439.67                                              | 0                                                   | 22.37                               | 462.04                    |
| 22 | Manipur           | 30                                                  | 600              | 1500                                                | 155.89                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 155.89                    |
| 23 | Nagaland          | 24                                                  | 480              | 1200                                                | 283.16                                              | 0                                                   | 42.99                               | 326.15                    |
| 24 | Sikkim            | 150                                                 | 3000             | 7500                                                | 409.11                                              | 0                                                   | 656.81                              | 1065.92                   |
| 25 | Tripura           | 50                                                  | 1000             | 2500                                                | 607.48                                              | 0                                                   | 72.00                               | 679.48                    |
| 26 | Meghalaya         | 45                                                  | 900              | 2250                                                | 440.55                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 440.55                    |
| 27 | Himachal Pradesh  | 210                                                 | 4200             | 10500                                               | 1513.79                                             | 75                                                  | 0.00                                | 1513.79                   |
| 28 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 28                                                  | 560              | 1400                                                | 162.76                                              | 25                                                  | 0.00                                | 162.76                    |
| 29 | Uttarakhand       | 585                                                 | 11700            | 29250                                               | 6762.87                                             | 3900                                                | 5907.33                             | 12670.20                  |
| 30 | Andman& Nicobar   | 68                                                  | 1360             | 3400                                                | 130.00                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 130.00                    |
| 31 | Daman& Diu        | 55                                                  | 1100             | 2750                                                | 235.55                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 235.55                    |
| 32 | Dadar Nagar       | 500                                                 | 10000            | 25000                                               | 1000.00                                             | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 1000.00                   |
| 33 | Delhi             | 500                                                 | 10000            | 25000                                               | 471.45                                              | 0                                                   | 0.00                                | 471.45                    |
| 34 | Puducherry        | 8                                                   | 160              | 400                                                 | 28.55                                               | 20                                                  | 0.00                                | 28.55                     |
| 35 | Chandigarh        | 0                                                   | 0                | 0                                                   | 0.00                                                |                                                     |                                     | 77.42                     |
| 36 | Lakshadeep        | 0                                                   | 0                | 0                                                   |                                                     | 65 135                                              | 77.42 0.00                          | 0.00                      |
| 37 | Other Expenses    | 0                                                   | 0                | 0                                                   | 0.00                                                | 0                                                   | 115.20                              | 520.20                    |
|    | Total             | 11891                                               | 237820           | 594550                                              | 405.00 58247.01                                     | 20000                                               | 20432.48                            | 78679.49                  |

## Centres of Network Project on Organic Farming (NPOF)

| Sl.No.   | State            | University/Institute                                                                                                         |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Chhattisgarh     | Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur-492 012                                                                         |
| 2        | Gujarat          | Sardar krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, S.K. Nagar-385 506 (Gujarat)                                           |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh | CSK HPKVV Hill Agri. Res. &Extn. Centre, Bajaura-175 125                                                                     |
| 4        | Jharkhand        | Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi - 834 006                                                                       |
| 5        | Kerala           | ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, P.B. No. 1701, Marikunnu PO, Calicut - 673 012                                     |
| 6        | Kerala           | ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekarlyam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 017, Kerala                               |
| 7        | Karnataka        | University of Agricultural Sciences, Yettinagudda Campus, Krishinagar, Dharwad-580 005                                       |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh   | Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004                                                                    |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh   | ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal - 462 038                                             |
| 10       | Maharashtra      | Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidypeeth , Daploi                                                                        |
| 11       | Meghalaya        | ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam - 737 102                                                                        |
| 12       | Punjab           | Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004                                                                             |
| 13       | Rajasthan        | Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur-313 001 (Rajasthan)                                          |
| 14       | Rajasthan        | ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Tabiji, Ajmer - 305 206, Rajasthan                                             |
| 15       | Sikkim           | ICAR Regional Centre, Sikkim of ICAR Research Complex for North-Eastern Hill Region, Umroi Road, Barapani-793 103, Meghalaya |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu       | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003                                                                     |
| 17       | Uttarakhand      | G.B.P. University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar - 263 145                                      |
| 18       | Uttarakhand      | ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansdhan, Almora - 263 601, Uttarakhand                                         |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh    | ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut -250 110                                                |
| 20       | West Bengal      | Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University (RMVU), PO Belur Math, District Howrah-711 202, West Bengal                       |
| *******  | *******          | *******                                                                                                                      |