Lok Sabha Question No. 1197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Bio-fertilizer Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1197

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## BIO-FERTILIZER PRODUCTION

1197.  SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

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

- (a) the  number  of  bio-fertilizer  production  units  operating  in  various  States  of  the  country along with their installed capacity, as on date, State-wise including Kerala;
- (b) the details of the actual production in each of the said unit during the last two years;
- (c) the details of the monitoring system to maintain a check on the quality of bio-fertilizers being sold in the country; and
- (d) the  details  of  incentives  being  provided  by  the  Government  for  the  production  and encouraging the use of bio-fertilizers in the country?

## 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) & (b): The  number  of  bio-fertilizer  production  units  operating  in  various  States  of  the country    including  Kerala  and  their  actual      production  during  last    two  years    is  given  at Annexure l .
- (c): The  Government  of  India  has  prescribed  the  specification  of  various  Bio-fertilizers  in Schedule  lll  of  Fertilizer  (Inorganic,  Organic  or  Mixed)  (Control)  Order,  1985  (FCO).  Under Clause 19 of FCO, no person shall sell any bio-fertilizer, which is not of the prescribed standard. There  are  22  notified  bio-fertilizer  testing  laboratories  in  the  country.  Under  the  provision  of FCO/ Essential Commodities Act (ECA), the State Governments are adequately empowered to take adequate action to check the quality of Bio-fertiliser. Any violation invokes administrative action  under  the  FCO,  1985  and  Penal  action,  which  may  extend  to  seven  years  under  the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
- (d): Government  is  encouraging  the  production  and  use  of  biofertilizers  and  providing financial  assistance  for  production  and  use  of  bio-fertilizers  in  the  country  through  various Schemes of National Mission of Sustainable Development (NMSA)/ Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  and  supported  by  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY)  and  National  Mission  on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP), National Food Security Mission (NFSM) and Indian Council of Agricultural Sciences (ICAR). The pattern of assistance is given in Annexure II .

## Bio-Fertilizer Production during the Last Two Years

| Sl. No.         |                 | No. of Units    | 2016-17            | 2016-17           | 2017-18            | 2017-18           |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No.         | State           | No. of Units    | Carrier based (MT) | Liquid based (KL) | Carrier based (MT) | Liquid based (KL) |
| South Zone      | South Zone      | South Zone      | South Zone         | South Zone        | South Zone         | South Zone        |
| 1               | A & N Islands   | -               | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 2               | Andhra Pradesh  | 17              | 3375.91            | 365.24            | 4983.60            | 369.75            |
| 3               | Daman & Diu     | -               | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 4               | Karnataka       | 47              | 31553.06           | 993.443           | 34493              | 1352.85           |
| 5               | Kerala          | 24              | 4993.8692          | 59.6143           | 6040.10            | 82.85             |
| 6               | Lakshadweep     | -               | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 7               | Pondicherry     | 3               | 203.966            | 11.197            | 297.58             | 28.37             |
| 8               | Tamil Nadu      | 116             | 27427.962          | 875.292           | 28059.40           | 983.86            |
| 9               | Telangana       | 0               | 0                  | 0                 | 574.15             | 43.65             |
| West Zone       | West Zone       | West Zone       | West Zone          | West Zone         | West Zone          | West Zone         |
| 1               | Chhattisgarh    | 6               | 955.074            | 10.23             | 969.07             | 16.63             |
| 2               | Gujarat         | 11              | 3909.82            | 2857.77           | 4248.15            | 3519.29           |
| 3               | Goa             | 1               | 822                | 0                 | 838.74             | 0                 |
| 4               | Madhya          | 36              | 5609.006           | 238.103           | 6561.51            | 290.40            |
| 5               | Maharashtra     | 87              | 8323.616           | 398.33            | 10024.90           | 427.40            |
| 6               | Rajasthan       | 1               | 711                | 0                 | 791.81             | 1.12              |
| 7               | D & N Haveli    | -               | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| North Zone      | North Zone      | North Zone      | North Zone         | North Zone        | North Zone         | North Zone        |
| 1               | Delhi           | 1               | 116.2              | 0                 | 119.72             | 0                 |
| 2               | Chandigarh      | -               | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 3               | Haryana         | 3               | 2360.644           | 70.148            | 2504.61            | 76.00             |
| 4               | H.P.            | 2               | 3.276              | 194.7             | 8.48               | 209.70            |
| 5               | J & Kashmir     | 1               | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0.04              |
| 6               | Punjab          | 11              | 5533.774           | 210.177           | 5645.28            | 236.09            |
| 7               | Uttar Pradesh   | 34              | 2835.79            | 461.19            | 3441.3             | 743.95            |
| 8               | Uttarakhand     | 5               | 3720.68            | 696.9             | 3942.05            | 533.92            |
| East Zone       | East Zone       | East Zone       | East Zone          | East Zone         | East Zone          | East Zone         |
| 1               | Bihar           | 1               | 107                | 0                 | 128.76             | 0.02              |
| 2               | Jharkhand       | 2               | 18.552             | 0                 | 20.96              | 0.01              |
| 3               | Odisha          | 9               | 516.281            | 31.79             | 560.2              | 46.18             |
| 4               | West Bengal     | 17              | 3195.18            | 26.21             | 3513.07            | 37.74             |
| North East Zone | North East Zone | North East Zone | North East Zone    | North East Zone   | North East Zone    | North East Zone   |
| 1               | Arunachal       | 1               | 119.7              | 0                 | 232.90             | 0.11              |
| 2               | Assam           | 5               | 1359.05            | 26                | 1742.62            | 33.10             |
| 3               | Manipur         | 1               | 25                 | 0                 | 23.94              | 0                 |
| 4               | Meghalaya       | -               | 0                  | 0                 | 0                  | 0                 |
| 5               | Mizoram         | 1               | 2.5                | 0                 | 8.99               | 0                 |
| 6               | Nagaland        | 2               | 51.45              | 0                 | 70.62              | 0                 |
| 7               | Sikkim          | 1               | 16.25              | 0                 | 33.15              | 0                 |
| 8               | Tripura         | 1               | 1153.5             | 0                 | 1187.88            | 0.03              |
| Grand Total     | Grand Total     | 447             | 109020.11          | 7526.33           | 121066.54          | 9033.06           |

Source: Compiled by NCOF (Data Provided by Production Units/State Government/ RCOFs.

- A. National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)-Organic & INM Components of Soil Health Management (SHM):
1. Setting  up  of  State  of  art  liquid/  carrier  based  Biofertilizer/  Biopesticide  units,  100% assistance to State Govt/ Govt. Agencies upto a maximum limit of Rs.160.00 lakh /unit and  25%  of cost  limited  to  Rs.40  lakh/unit  for  individuals/  private  agencies  through NABARD  as  capital investment of 200 TPA production capacity.
2. Setting  up  of  Bio-fertilizer and  Organic  fertilizer  testing  Quality  Control  Laboratory (BOQCL)  or Strengthening  of  existing Laboratory  under  FCO,  assistance up to maximum  limit  of  Rs.  85  lakh  for  new  laboratory  and  up  to  a  maximum  limit  of  Rs. 45  lakh  for  strengthening  of  existing  infrastructure  to  State  Government  Laboratory under  Agriculture  or Horticulture Department.
3.  Promotion of Organic  Inputs on farmer's field  (Manure, Vermi-compost,  Bio-Fertilizers Liquid/solid, Waste compost,  Herbal extracts etc.), 50 % of cost subject to a limit of Rs. 5000/- per ha and Rs. 10,000 per beneficiary. Propose to cover 1 million ha area.
4.  Under Parampragat Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)      assistance  is  provided  for  organic conversion, organic inputs, on-farm input infrastructure  @ 31,000/hectare for 3 years
5.  (iii)  Under  MOVCDNER  assistance  is  provided  for  on-farm  and  off-farm  inputs production infrastructure @ Rs 3750/ha 3 years. for each.
- B. National  Mission  on  Oilseeds  and  Oil  Palm  (NMOOP): Financial  assistance@ 50% subsidy to the tune of Rs. 300/- per ha. is being provided for different  components including  bio-fertilisers,  Supply  of  Rhizobium  culture/Phosphate  Solubilising  Bacteria (PSB)/ Zinc Solubilising Bacteria (ZSB)/ Azatobacter/ Mycorrhiza and vermi compost.
- C. National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM):  (i) Under  NFSM-  Pulses,  financial assistance is being provided for promotion of Bio-Fertilizer (Rhizobium/PSB) @50% of the cost limited to Rs.300 per ha.

(ii) Under Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India( BGREI) ,a sub scheme of RKVY, also  supplied  bio-fertilizer  @50  of  the  cost  or  limited  to  Rs.  300  per  ha  for  Rice  and Wheat crops.

- D.  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY): Organic  Farming  project  components  are considered  by  the  respective  State  Level  Sanctioning  committee  according  to  their priority choice.
- E.  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR): The Indian  Council  of  Agricultural Research  (ICAR), is implementing under Network  project on 'Soil BiodiversityBiofertiliser'  and  developed  improved  and  efficient  strains  of  biofertiliser  specific  to different  crops  and  soil  types.  Liquid  Biofertiliser  technology  with  higher  shelf  life  has also been developed. The ICAR also imparts training, organizes Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) to educate farmers on all these aspects.

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