Lok Sabha Question No. 1502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1502

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH   FEBRUARY, 2019

## ORGANIC  FARMING

1502.   DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

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

- (a) the total farm area, excluding forest area, currently under Organic Certification, State/UTwise;
- (b) the  total  number  of  clusters  under  organic  farming  formed  since  the  inception  of  the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the selection process and criteria used to choose the clusters for organic farming under the scheme; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to  provide  the  latest  technologies, infrastructure and training regarding organic farming to farmers in the selected clusters?

## 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 state/ UT wise  total area covered under 3 rd party certification (National Project  on Organic Programme)   and  participatory Guarantee Sytem (PGS-India) excluding forest area is given at Annexure-I .
- (b):          Under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), 31,891 organic clusters have been formed since the inception year 2015-16 to 2018-19. The State/UT wise details of the clusters are given at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d):     In general, organic farming is promoted in hilly tribal and rainfed areas in cluster approach. Small and marginal Farmers interested in organic farming are formed into groups and clusters.  Each  group  consists  of      20  or  more  farmers  having  an  area  of  20  hectares  in  a contiguous patch (as far as possible) within a village or close by villages. Around 25-50 such groups covering 500-1000 hectare area constitute one cluster.

Farmers in the cluster are provided an assistance of Rs 50000/ ha for training, on-farm / off-farm input support, post-harvest infrastructure development such as grading sorting, packing and  marketing  of  the  organic  products.  National  Centre  of  Organic  Farming  (NCOF)  also provide training to farmers from time to time on organic farming practices on the request of the states.

State/UT- wise farm area (including in conversion) under NPOP and PGS- India.

(Area: in hectare)

|   S.No. | State                     | NPOP (during 2017-18)*   | PGS - India   |
|---------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | -                        | 48.3          |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh            | 11976.013                | 5874.76       |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 620.15                   | 4191.59       |
|       4 | Assam                     | 14948.151                | 6610.44       |
|       5 | Bihar                     | 1.2                      | 8410.61       |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh              | 6912.253                 | 41038.17      |
|       7 | Daman and Diu             | -                        | 579.59        |
|       8 | New Delhi/Delhi           | 0.718                    | 25.17         |
|       9 | Goa                       | 8825.007                 | -             |
|      10 | Gujarat                   | 52737.256                | 9152          |
|      11 | Haryana                   | 673.711                  | 597.22        |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh          | 8154.643                 | 6146.67       |
|      13 | Jammu &Kashmir            | 17601.455                | 736.47        |
|      14 | Jharkhand                 | 2977.168                 | 6722.45       |
|      15 | Karnataka                 | 50243.418                | 26213.2       |
|      16 | Kerala                    | 18500.44                 | 3425.17       |
|      17 | Lakshadweep               | 895.513                  | -             |
|      18 | Madhya Pradesh            | 339113.854               | 58177.92      |
|      19 | Maharashtra               | 143160.492               | 28601.33      |
|      20 | Manipur                   | 241.4                    | 763.87        |
|      21 | Meghalaya                 | 1612.692                 | 518.05        |
|      22 | Mizoram                   | -                        | 531.35        |
|      23 | Nagaland                  | 2651.174                 | 1266.91       |
|      24 | Odisha                    | 66742.042                | 7107.55       |
|      25 | Pondicherry               | 2.835                    | -             |
|      26 | Punjab                    | 221.782                  | 2934.69       |
|      27 | Rajasthan                 | 98571.683                | 14872.8       |
|      28 | Sikkim                    | 66929.69                 | -             |
|      29 | Tamil Nadu                | 4080.391                 | 4720.17       |
|      30 | Telangana                 | 5884.029                 | 7547.77       |
|      31 | Tripura                   | 203.56                   | 1000          |
|      32 | Uttar Pradesh             | 42729.434                | 18116.72      |
|      33 | Uttarakhand               | 15404.293                | 25215.08      |
|      34 | West Bengal               | 4866.87                  | 2614.6        |
|      35 | Total                     | 987483.317               | 293760.62     |

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

State/UT-wise detail of the clusters under PKVY scheme:

| S.No.   | Name of the States   | Phase-I (2015-16 to 2017-18)   | Phase-II (2018-19 to 2020-21)                       |
|---------|----------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the States   | No. of clusters                | No. of new clusters allocated in 2018-19 to 2020-21 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh       | 1300                           | 4000                                                |
| 2       | Bihar                | 427                            | 102                                                 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh         | 200                            | 1000                                                |
| 4       | Gujarat              | 100                            | 0                                                   |
| 5       | Goa                  | 4                              | 0                                                   |
| 6       | Haryana              | 20                             | 0                                                   |
| 7       | Jharkhand            | 250                            | 750                                                 |
| 8       | Karnataka            | 545                            | 500                                                 |
| 9       | Kerala               | 619                            | 110                                                 |
| 10      | Madhya Pradesh       | 1380                           | 2448                                                |
| 11      | Maharashtra          | 1258                           | 350                                                 |
| 12      | Odisha               | 320                            | 720                                                 |
| 13      | Punjab               | 250                            | 100                                                 |
| 14      | Rajasthan            | 1150                           | 5000                                                |
| 15      | Tamil Nadu           | 112                            | 200                                                 |
| 16      | Telangana            | 690                            | 0                                                   |
| 17      | Uttar Pradesh        | 620                            | 500                                                 |
| 18      | West Bengal          | 120                            | 0                                                   |
| 19      | Assam                | 220                            | 0                                                   |
| 20      | Arunachal Pradesh    | 19                             | 0                                                   |
| 21      | Mizoram              | 34                             | 0                                                   |
| 22      | Manipur              | 30                             | 0                                                   |
| 23      | Nagaland             | 24                             | 0                                                   |
| 24      | Sikkim               | 150                            | 0                                                   |
| 25      | Tripura              | 50                             | 0                                                   |
| 26      | Meghalaya            | 45                             | 0                                                   |
| 27      | Himachal Pradesh     | 210                            | 75                                                  |
| 28      | Jammu &Kashmir       | 28                             | 25                                                  |
| 29      | Uttarakhand          | 585                            | 3900                                                |
| 30      | Andman &Nicobar      | 68                             | 0                                                   |
| 31      | Daman &Diu           | 55                             | 0                                                   |
| 32      | Dadar Nagar          | 500                            | 0                                                   |
| 33      | Delhi                | 500                            | 0                                                   |
| 34      | Puducherry           | 8                              | 20                                                  |
| 35      | Chandigarh           | 0                              | 65                                                  |
| 36      | Lakshadeep           | 0                              | 135                                                 |
| 37      | Other Expenses       | 0                              | 0                                                   |
|         | Total                | 11891                          | 20000                                               |

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