Lok Sabha Question No. 4954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha

O.I.H

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4954

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## ORGANIC  FARMING

4954.    SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHAWAHA:

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 organic farming in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether subsidy is being provided by  the  Government  to  the  farmers  for developing their own organic manure;
- (c) if    so,    the    reasons    for    non-availability  of  the  organic  manure  in  most  of  the development blocks in Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government is likely to  take  any  steps  to  meet  this  shortfall; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) & (b): Government  of  India  has  been  encouraging  organic  farming  in  the  country through dedicated schemes namely  Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)  since  2015-16. Both  the  schemes  aim  at  promotion  of  cluster/  Farmers  Producer  Organization  (FPO)  based chemical  free  low  input  cost  sustainable  organic  farming  and  support  farmers  from  organic inputs  production/ procurement  to market linkages.

Government of India has initiated a number of steps for promoting organic inputs (biofertilisers,  bio-pesticides,  vermin-compost,  botanical  extracts    etc)  and  has  been  providing assistance/ incentives for  their production/ procurement  under various schemes viz:

-  Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY):   assistance of Rs.50,000 per hectare/ 3 years is provided, out of which Rs. 31,000 (61%) 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.
-  Under  Capital  Investment  Subsidy  Scheme  (CISS)  of  Soil  Health  Management  (SHM) component, 100% assistance is provided to State Government/ Government agencies for setting up organic inputs production units with a maximum limit up to  Rs.190.00 lakh / unit for 3000 TPA production capacity . Similarly, for individuals/ private agencies assistance  up to  33%   of  cost  limited  to  Rs  63  lakh  /  unit  is  provided  through    NABARD  for  3000  TPA production capacity.
-  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.

(c) to (e): As  of  now,    PKVY  has  been  implemented  in  172  blocks  in  Uttar  Pradesh.  The availability  of  organic  manure  in  these  blocks      is  being  ensured  through  green  manuring, construction of Vermi compost units and off- farm management of biofertilizers. Similarly, under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Vermi compost scheme has been implemented in all the 75 districts in 2017 to 2019 and two vermi-compost units per village have been constructed in the last two years with an assistance of Rs. 6000 per unit. Further, NADEP scheme has been implemented in 8 aspirational districts for production of organic manure.

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