Lok Sabha Question No. 130 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Promotion of Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Arun Sao, Ajay (Teni) Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.130

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## PROMOTION OF ORGANIC FARMING

- *130.    SHRI ARUN SAO: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide assistance to promote organic farming in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has prepared/proposes to prepare any scheme for the farmers to  promote  organic  farming  in  view  of  the  growing  demand  for  India's  organic  agricultural products in the global market;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State and place-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether  it  has  been  proved  from  various  studies  that  organic  farming  enhances productivity and fertility of soil in the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130  DUE FOR REPLY ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020.

(a) to (d): Government of India has been promoting organic farming in the states through dedicated  schemes  namely  Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  North  Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) and Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) 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  input procurement  to  market  linkages.    Participatory  Guarantee  System  (PGS)  certified  organic production  is  promoted  under  PKVY  for  domestic  markets  while  MOVCDNER  aims  at  3 rd party  certified  production  of  niche  crops  of  north  east  region  for  exports.    Third  party certification  of  organic  farming  is  promoted  by  Agriculture  Processed  Food  and  Export Development  Authority  (APEDA),  Ministry  of  Commerce.      The  pattern  of  assistance  to promote organic farming under the schemes is given at Annexure I. The state wise detail of area covered under organic farming is at Annexure ll.

(e) & (f): The  research  studies  under  ICAR-All  India  Network  Programme  on  Organic Farming  indicates  that  comparable  yield  or  slightly  higher  yield  to  that  of  conventional management can be obtained in kharif and summer crops in 2 to 3 years even in intensive agricultural areas under organic farming, while in rabi crops, the yield stabilizes after 5 years. Continuous practice of  raising  the  crops  organically  has  improved  the  soil  fertility  and  has good potential to sequester the carbon with higher soil organic carbon (22 % increase over bench  marks  in  6  years).  Further,  organic  farming  can  be  successfully  practiced  through Integrated  Organic  Farming  Systems  (IOFS)  where  in  use  of  external  inputs  can  be minimized to a great extent through recycling thereby reducing input costs to the farmer and increasing returns.

## 1. Pattern of assistance for promotion of organic farming and other schemes (PKVY)

| S.No.   | Component                                         | Pattern of assistance Rs./ha   | Pattern of assistance Rs./ha   | Pattern of assistance Rs./ha   | Total financial assistance per ha for 3 years   | Total financial assistance per group of 20 ha for 3 year   | Total per cluster of 1000 ha each Rs. in lakh   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | Component                                         | 1 st Year                      | 2 nd Year                      | 3 rd Year                      | Total financial assistance per ha for 3 years   | Total financial assistance per group of 20 ha for 3 year   | Total per cluster of 1000 ha each Rs. in lakh   |
| A.      | Programme implementation through Support Agencies | 2500                           | 2500                           | 2500                           | 7500                                            | 150000                                                     | 30.00                                           |
| B.      | PGS Certification through Regional Councils       | 700                            | 1000                           | 1000                           | 2700                                            | 54000                                                      | 27.00                                           |
| C.      | Incentive to farmers through DBT                  | 12000                          | 10000                          | 9000                           | 31000                                           | 620000                                                     | 310.00                                          |
| D.      | Value addition, marketing and publicity           | 1300                           | 3500                           | 4000                           | 8800                                            | 176000                                                     | 88.00                                           |
|         | Total                                             | 16500                          | 17000                          | 16500                          | 50000                                           | 1000000                                                    | 500.00                                          |

## 2. Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region:

Component-wise financial assistance:

| Components                                                                                                       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Clusters development, training , documentation etc -Rs 4075/Farmers &10000/ha                                    |
| Inputs - 25000 /ha                                                                                               |
| Integrated Processing unit: upto Rs. 600 lakh                                                                    |
| Custom hiring centres: Rs 10 lakh/FPO                                                                            |
| Integrated Pack house: upto Rs 37.50 lakh                                                                        |
| Refrigerated vehicle - upto Rs. 18.75 lakh                                                                       |
| Transportation / 4 wheeler: upto Rs. 6.00 lakh                                                                   |
| Pre-cooling, cold stores, ripening chambers- Rs upto18.75 lakh                                                   |
| Branding, labeling, packing, publicity - As per proposal.                                                        |
| Post-harvest infrastructure - 75% assistance for FPCs - 50% for private entrepreneur- 50% subsidy transportation |

## Annexure-ll

## The state-wise details of area covered (certified and under conversion) under Organic farming (area in ha)

| State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2019-20 till date (Area in Ha)   | State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2019-20 till date (Area in Ha)   | State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2019-20 till date (Area in Ha)   | State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2019-20 till date (Area in Ha)   | State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2019-20 till date (Area in Ha)   | State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2019-20 till date (Area in Ha)   | State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2019-20 till date (Area in Ha)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                     | State Name                                                                                  | National Program of Organic Produce(NPOP)*                                                  | National Program of Organic Produce(NPOP)*                                                  | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)                                                     | Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region                            | Non Scheme / State schemes                                                                  |
| Sl. No.                                                                                     | State Name                                                                                  | Organic area                                                                                | In Conversion                                                                               | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)                                                     | (MOVCDNER)                                                                                  | Non Scheme / State schemes                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                              | 13763.38                                                                                    | 18747.33                                                                                    | 106000                                                                                      | 0                                                                                           | 5955                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                           | 627.15                                                                                      | 8619.79                                                                                     | 380                                                                                         | 8500                                                                                        | 4010                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                           | Assam                                                                                       | 15223.47                                                                                    | 12951.20                                                                                    | 4400                                                                                        | 6926                                                                                        | 3118                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                           | Bihar                                                                                       | 1.20                                                                                        | 3518.31                                                                                     | 8540                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 150                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                | 7356.54                                                                                     | 13869.17                                                                                    | 24000                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 26106                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                         | 10696.37                                                                                    | 2612.45                                                                                     | 10080                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           |                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                     | 60185.40                                                                                    | 33655.88                                                                                    | 2000                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 7601                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                     | 2291.85                                                                                     | 3686.63                                                                                     | 400                                                                                         | 0                                                                                           | 560                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 8527.13                                                                                     | 4537.90                                                                                     | 4200                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 1127                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                          | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                              | 17558.76                                                                                    | 7444.13                                                                                     | 560                                                                                         | 0                                                                                           | 129                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                   | 2977.17                                                                                     | 21339.70                                                                                    | 5000                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 1343                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                   | 57018.08                                                                                    | 26080.70                                                                                    | 10900                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 17415                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                      | 19232.89                                                                                    | 19171.34                                                                                    | 12380                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 3354                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                          | Lakshadweep                                                                                 | 895.51                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                        | 2700                                                                                        |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |
| 15                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                              | 379996.68                                                                                   | 294055.17                                                                                   | 76560                                                                                       |                                                                                             | 5625                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                 | 158097.14                                                                                   | 92837.19                                                                                    | 25160                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 7650                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                     | 241.40                                                                                      | 5219.42                                                                                     | 600                                                                                         | 12500                                                                                       | 561                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                          | Meghalaya                                                                                   | 1612.69                                                                                     | 46797.05                                                                                    | 900                                                                                         | 6430                                                                                        |                                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                        | 7039.89                                                                                     | 680                                                                                         | 6656                                                                                        | 64                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                          | Nagaland                                                                                    | 2751.17                                                                                     | 5517.39                                                                                     | 480                                                                                         | 13000                                                                                       | 1112                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                          | Delhi                                                                                       | 0.72                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                        | 10000                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 15                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                      | 73124.10                                                                                    | 22615.61                                                                                    | 20800                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 1388                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                          | Pondicherry                                                                                 | 2.84                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                        | 560                                                                                         | 0                                                                                           |                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                          | Punjab                                                                                      | 317.75                                                                                      | 8590.84                                                                                     | 5000                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 3116                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                   | 110240.21                                                                                   | 113751.25                                                                                   | 123000                                                                                      | 0                                                                                           | 2564                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                          | Sikkim                                                                                      | 73654.88                                                                                    | 2144.04                                                                                     | 3000                                                                                        | 12435                                                                                       | 63565*                                                                                      |
| 27                                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                  | 4314.61                                                                                     | 18144.94                                                                                    | 6240                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 1301                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                          | Telangana                                                                                   | 6322.92                                                                                     | 2436.60                                                                                     | 13800                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 5030                                                                                        |
| 29                                                                                          | Tripura                                                                                     | 203.56                                                                                      | 2330.96                                                                                     | 1000                                                                                        | 5045                                                                                        |                                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                               | 44802.36                                                                                    | 18035.77                                                                                    | 12400                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 3923                                                                                        |
| 31                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                 | 20052.26                                                                                    | 16606.29                                                                                    | 89700                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 1419                                                                                        |
| 32                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                 | 4984.20                                                                                     | 1305.45                                                                                     | 2400                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 145                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                          | Andaman                                                                                     | -                                                                                           | 7484.00                                                                                     | 1360                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           |                                                                                             |
| 34                                                                                          | Daman & Diu                                                                                 | -                                                                                           | -                                                                                           | 1100                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 21                                                                                          |
| 35                                                                                          | Dadar Nagar                                                                                 | -                                                                                           | -                                                                                           | 10000                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           |                                                                                             |
| 36                                                                                          | Chandigarh                                                                                  | -                                                                                           | -                                                                                           | 1300                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 2002                                                                                        |
| Total                                                                                       |                                                                                             | 1097074.39                                                                                  | 841146.40                                                                                   | 597180                                                                                      | 71492                                                                                       | 170369                                                                                      |

Total area under Organic Farming:  27.77 lakh ha

* Source Data provided by the accredited Certification Bodies under NPOP on Tracenet.

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