Lok Sabha Question No. 3386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3386 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  1 ST  JANUARY, 2019

## ORGANIC FARMING

3386.  SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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

- (a) the area under organic farming during the last three years;
- (b) whether the organic farm produce has demand in domestic and international markets;
- (c) if so, the statistics of such produce consumed in the domestic market and exported in international markets; and
- (d) whether any system for gradation and quality control of organic produce is implemented and if so, the details thereof and the time by which such a system will be put in place?

## 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): The  area  under  organic  cultivation  under  the  schemes  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas Yojana  (PKVY),  Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region (MOVCDNER) is 2.84 lakh hectare during the period 2015-16 to 2017-18.. The state-wise detail is given at Annexure-I. The area (including in conversion) under  National Programme on Organic Production (NPOP) under organic farming during the last 3 years is given as:

|    |             | (in hectare)          |
|----|-------------|-----------------------|
|  1 | 1.48994e+06 | 1443538.17 1786494.06 |

(b) & (c): Yes, the statistics of consumption of organic products with regards to exports of organic  products  is  given  at Annexure  ll. Government  has  taken  a  number  of  initiatives under  organic  farming  schemes  of  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)/Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) to develop/boost marketing of certified organic by providing market infrastructure for Organic Food Meal/Organic  Canteen  &  Organic  Store,  facilitating  Kendriya  Bhandar  Retail  Chain  for organic produce and Identification of Prime market spaces .

(d): The  Government  of  India    under  Agricultural  Produce  (  Grading  &  Marketing  Act 1937 has notified  Organic  Agricultural  Produce  Grading  &  Marketing  Rules,2009    with  the objective of promoting organic   certification of agricultural produce in domestic market  along with rolling out  of several schemes viz Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)/Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY)  and  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH), Network  Project  on  Organic  Farming  under  ICAR  and  Third  Party  Certification  of  organic farming  is  promoted  by  Agriculture  Processed  Food  and  Export  Development  Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce to incentivize organic farming. On the regulatory front, Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI), in December 2017, have recognized both the certification systems ( National Programme of Organic Production(NPOP) and Participatory Guarantee System- India (PGS-India) valid for organic food products. Under the Fertilizer  Control  Order  (FCO),  1985,  Government  of  India  has  prescribed    standards  for some of the commodities of biofertilizers  and organic fertilizers and it is mandatory for the manufacturer to manufacture these organic/ biofertilizer as per prescribed specifications of FCO, 1985.

The scheme Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) aims at sustainable agricultural production  with  eco-friendly  process  in  tune  with  nature  and  to  produce  chemical  free agricultural  produce.  In  addition,  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  organic  products from production to marketing is promoted through Mission Organic Value Chain Development for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER).  Under  these  schemes,  the  policy  measures/ guidelines  to  develop/  boost  marketing  of  certified  organic  produce  easily  available  to households consumers is given at Annexure - IIl.

## State-wise area covered( in ha) under the schemes Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission organic Value Chain Development( MOVCDNER ) Schemes

| Sl. No.   | State Name          | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)   | Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)   | Total area covered in organic farming under PKVY &MOVCDNER Scheme   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 26000                                     | -                                                                             | 26000                                                               |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 380                                       | 5000                                                                          | 5380                                                                |
| 3         | Assam               | 4400                                      | 5000                                                                          | 9400                                                                |
| 4         | Bihar               | 8540                                      | -                                                                             | 8540                                                                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 4000                                      | -                                                                             | 4000                                                                |
| 6         | Goa                 | 80                                        | -                                                                             | 80                                                                  |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 2000                                      | -                                                                             | 2000                                                                |
| 8         | Haryana             | 400                                       | -                                                                             | 400                                                                 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    | 4200                                      | -                                                                             | 4200                                                                |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 560                                       | -                                                                             | 560                                                                 |
| 11        | Jharkhand           | 5000                                      | -                                                                             | 5000                                                                |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 10900                                     | -                                                                             | 10900                                                               |
| 13        | Kerala              | 12380                                     | -                                                                             | 12380                                                               |
| 14        | Lakshadweep         | -                                         | -                                                                             | -                                                                   |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh      | 27600                                     | -                                                                             | 27600                                                               |
| 16        | Maharashtra         | 25160                                     | -                                                                             | 25160                                                               |
| 17        | Manipur             | 600                                       | 5000                                                                          | 5600                                                                |
| 18        | Meghalaya           | 900                                       | 6430                                                                          | 7330                                                                |
| 19        | Mizoram             | 680                                       | 4053                                                                          | 4733                                                                |
| 20        | Nagaland            | 480                                       | 6000                                                                          | 6480                                                                |
| 21        | Delhi               | 10000                                     | -                                                                             | 10000                                                               |
| 22        | Odisha              | 6400                                      | -                                                                             | 6400                                                                |
| 23        | Pondicherry         | 160                                       | -                                                                             | 160                                                                 |
| 24        | Punjab              | 5000                                      | -                                                                             | 5000                                                                |
| 25        | Rajasthan           | 23000                                     | -                                                                             | 23000                                                               |
| 26        | Sikkim              | 3000                                      | 12435                                                                         | 15435                                                               |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu          | 2240                                      | -                                                                             | 2240                                                                |
| 28        | Telangana           | 13800                                     | -                                                                             | 13800                                                               |
| 29        | Tripura             | 1000                                      | 2000                                                                          | 3000                                                                |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh       | 12400                                     | -                                                                             | 12400                                                               |
| 31        | Uttarakhand         | 11700                                     | -                                                                             | 11700                                                               |
| 32        | West Bengal         | 2400                                      | -                                                                             | 2400                                                                |
| 33        | Andaman             | 1360                                      | -                                                                             | 1360                                                                |
| 34        | Daman &Diu          | 1100                                      | -                                                                             | 1100                                                                |
| 35        | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 10000                                     | -                                                                             | 10000                                                               |
| Total     |                     | 237820                                    | 45918                                                                         | 283738                                                              |

## Export data of Agricultural Products

| Year    |   Export (Quantity) (MT) |   Export (Value) in crore Rs. |   Export (Value) million USD |
|---------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                   458339 |                       3453.48 |                          516 |
| 2016-17 |                   309767 |                       2478.17 |                          370 |
| 2015-16 |                   263687 |                       1975.87 |                          298 |

Source: APEDA: Data provided by the accredited Certification Bodies under NPOP on TraceNet

## Annexure-ll

Annexure-IIl

Under the following schemes, policy measures taken by the Government to develop/ boost marketing of certified organic produce easily available to households consumers to promote organic farming are as follows:

## Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY):

1.  Financial  assistance  is  given  for  direct  marketing  to  the  groups  and  clusters including procuring common  packing  material, printing of packing material, brochures,  leaflets,  preparation  of  labels,  holograms,  transportation  expenses  to local markets, hiring spaces on rent for specific organic markets and branding of organic products @ Rs. 15 lakhs/ cluster of 1000 ha. each.
2.  Clusters  can  develop  their  own  post-harvest,  value  addition  and  processing  facilities, preferably  under  their  institutions  such  as  Farmer  Producer  Organisations  (FPOs)/ Farmer  Producer  Companies  (FPCs)  for  creation,  collection  and  aggregation  of  post harvest process centre (one between every 5-10 groups) @ Rs. 20 lakhs/ cluster of 1000 ha. each.
3.  Market linkage/ brand building with FPO/ Small Medium Enterprises (SME) including the cost  of  organic  fare  to  be  provided  on  submission  of  appropriate  proposal  to  the Executive Committee (EC) on case to case basis @ Rs. 53 lakhs/ cluster of 1000 ha. each

## Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER): Financial assistance is given for setting up of the following:

1.  Functional  infrastructure  for  collection,  aggregation,  grading  units  and  North-Eastern (NE) organic bazaar @ Rs. 15 lakh (75% subsidy).
2.  Integrated Processing Units with Total Financial Outlay (TFO) of Rs. 800 lakh or more limited to 75% to Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) and 50% to private entrepreneurs as credit linked back ended subsidy.
3.  Integrated pack house with 75% subsidy to FPCs on TFO of 50 lakh or more and 50% to private entrepreneurs or maximum of 37.50 lakh whichever is less as credit linked back ended subsidy.
4.  Transportation/ 4 wheeler up to TFO of 12lakh (50%).
5. Refrigerated transport vehicle/ Pre-cooling/ cold stores/ ripening chambers upto TFO of 25 lakh (75% subsidy to FPC and 50% to private).

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