Lok Sabha Question No. 308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Organic Food in India
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, DHARMENDRA YADAV, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, Shrirang Appa Barne

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.308

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH   FEBRUARY, 2019

## ORGANIC FOOD IN INDIA

308.   DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

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

- (a) whether according to a report in a leading newspaper, the organic food market in India is growing  at  20-22  per  cent  annually  due  to  increasing  health  consciousness  and  awareness among consumers, if so, the facts thereof;
- (b) whether India has a rich heritage in organic farming, if so, the details of land in hectares certified as organic;
- (c) whether organic farming is a lifeline not only for small farmers who receive a fair price for their produce but also for the environment which gets a fillip, if so, the incentives given by the Union Government of India to the farmers particularly small farmers to promote organic farming; and
- (d) whether  according  to  the  Delhi  based  Indian  Council  for  Research  on  International Economic  Relations  (ICRIER)  foods  that  are  labelled  organic  but  not  certified  cannot  be considered safe and if so, the action taken by the Union Government of India thereon?

## 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):      According to the study conducted by International Competentence Centre of Organic Agriculture (ICCOA) the growth of Organic Food market in the country during the year 2014-15 to 2016-17 is USD 135 million, USD 160 million and USD 190 million respectively. The market in India will supposedly be touching USD 1.50 billion by 2020.
- (b):        The  State  wise  area  covered  under  Participatory  Guarantee  System  -  India  (PGS  India) and  National Programme on Organic Production (NPOP) during 2017-18 is provided at Annexure - I .

- (c):     Government of India has been implementing Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) for promoting organic farming in the country. Under these schemes assistance is provided from cluster formation to marketing including capacity building, inputs and value addition.

(d): Any organic food manufactured, packed, sold, offered for sale, marketed or otherwise distributed  in  the  country  is  regulated  as  per  the  provisions  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards (Organic Food) Regulations, 2017 which were notified on 29.12.2017. These regulations require Organic  Food  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  National  Programme  for  Organic  Production (NPOP) or Participatory Guarantee System (PGS). However, to support small original organic producer  or  producer  organisation,  those  with  annual  turnover  not  exceeding  12  lakhs  per annum  have  been  exempted  from  certification  through  NPOP  or  PGS.  The  Organic  food covered through these regulations should bear FSSAI organic logo i.e. Jaivik Bharat Logo

## State wise Farm area (including in conversion) under NPOP and PGS- India (Area: in hectare)

|   No. | State                     | NPOP(during 2017-18)*   | PGS - India   |
|-------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|     1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0                       | 48.3          |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh            | 29748.650               | 5780.67       |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 6179.689                | 4191.59       |
|     4 | Assam                     | 28011.811               | 6610.44       |
|     5 | Bihar                     | 17.800                  | 7861.28       |
|     6 | Chhattisgarh              | 20530.745               | 40220.3       |
|     7 | Daman and Diu             | -                       | 579.59        |
|     8 | New Delhi/Delhi           | 9.230                   | 15.22         |
|     9 | Goa                       | 11900.179               | -             |
|    10 | Gujarat                   | 81268.942               | 6954.43       |
|    11 | Haryana                   | 6872.139                | 597.22        |
|    12 | Himachal Pradesh          | 14153.468               | 6133.73       |
|    13 | Jammu &Kashmir            | 22870.344               | 728.67        |
|    14 | Jharkhand                 | 17387.934               | 6205.25       |
|    15 | Karnataka                 | 86945.981               | 25840.39      |
|    16 | Kerala                    | 31660.142               | 3402.11       |
|    17 | Lakshadweep               | 895.513                 | -             |
|    18 | Madhya Pradesh            | 613395.458              | 57537.95      |
|    19 | Maharashtra               | 235690.552              | 28191.16      |
|    20 | Manipur                   | 5397.900                | 760.68        |
|    21 | Meghalaya                 | 40335.660               | 518.05        |
|    22 | Mizoram                   | 998.950                 | 531.35        |
|    23 | Nagaland                  | 8839.864                | 1266.91       |
|    24 | Odisha                    | 105616.236              | 7107.94       |
|    25 | Pondicherry               | 2.835                   | -             |
|    26 | Punjab                    | 1384.769                | 2934.69       |
|    27 | Rajasthan                 | 208571.126              | 13919.9       |
|    28 | Sikkim                    | 76076.178               | -             |
|    29 | Tamil Nadu                | 17247.284               | 4712.05       |
|    30 | Telangana                 | 8919.821                | 6886.57       |
|    31 | Tripura                   | 2251.190                | 1000          |
|    32 | Uttar Pradesh             | 55197.527               | 17962.66      |
|    33 | Uttarakhand               | 42304.664               | 25185.18      |
|    34 | West Bengal               | 5811.483                | 2617.1        |
|    35 | Total                     | 1786494.06              | 286301.38     |

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

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