Lok Sabha Question No. 2259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Promotion of Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: N.K. Premachandran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2259

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  MARCH, 2022

## PROMOTION OF ORGANIC FARMING

## 2259. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  promote  organic  farming,  if  so,  the  details  of action taken thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to supply organic manure at subsidized rate, if so, the details of action taken thereof; (c) whether the Government  proposes  to  establish laboratories in district-wise for certification of organic agricultural produce, if so, the action taken thereon; (d) whether the Government proposes to setup a national  wide network marketing system for the organic agricultural produce, if so, the details of action taken thereon; (e) whether  it  has  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Government  that  non  organic  agricultural produce are marketing as organic agricultural produce, if so, the action taken against such marketing; and whether  the  Government  propose  to  extent  subsidy  and  other  benefits  to  organic

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)    to  (f):      Government  is  promoting  organic  farming  through  dedicated  schemes  namely Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North East Region (MOVCDNER).  Farmers are provided financial assistance  of Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years  under  PKVY and  Rs 32500/ ha/ 3years under MOVCDNER for organic inputs such  as  seeds,  bio-fertilisers,  bio-pesticides,  organic  manure,  compost/  vermi-compost, botanical  extracts  etc.    In  addition,  support  is  also  provided  for  group/  Farmers  Producers Organization (FPO) formation, training, certification, value addition and marketing of organic produce.  Organic cultivation on either side of river Ganga under National Mission of Clean
- (f) farmers, if so, the details thereof?

Ganga (NMCG), natural  farming,  large  area  certification  and  support  for  individual  farmers have been introduced under PKVY to increase area under organic farming.

Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP), a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is being implemented since 2020-21 for promotion of traditional indigenous practices  .The  scheme  promotes  on-farm  biomass  recycling  with  major  stress  on  biomass mulching,  use  of  cow  dung-urine  formulations  and  plant  based  preparations.  Under  BPKP, financial  assistance  of  Rs  12200/ha  for  3  years  is  provided  for  cluster  formation,  capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis.

Organic Farming has also been supported under other schemes viz.  Rashtriya Krishi Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY),  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  and Network Project on Organic Farming under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

The certification of organic agriculture produce is a process certification and not based on the testing of produce in the laboratories. The third party certification is done by accredited Certification Body under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) authorized by Agricultural  and  Processed  Food  Products  Export  Development  Authority  (APEDA)  under Ministry  of  Commerce. Whereas, PGS-Organic certification  is  done by  authorized  Regional Council under PGS- India Programme under Ministry of Agriculture.

Under NPOP 29 accredited Certification Bodies have been authorized by APEDA for certification  of  organic  produce  for  development  of  export  organic  market.  Ministry  of Agriculture  has  launched  low  cost  farmer's  group  centric  decentralized  PGS-India  organic certification  programme  for  development  of  domestic  organic  market.  Under  PGS-India programme  organic  farmers  certify  their  organic  produce  through  authorized  Regional Council. Until now 65 numbers of Regional Council have been authorized under PGS- India programme.

Under  PKVY  scheme,  an  assistance  of  Rs  8800/  ha  for  3  years  are  provided  to facilitate  marketing,  branding,  trade  etc.  States  like  Uttarakhand,  Jharkhand  etc.  have  also opened organic outlets for sale of organic products while states like Jharkhand, Maharashtra etc. are running weekly organic bazaars for sale of organic products.

Assistance of Rs 5000/ ha under MOVCDNER are provided for marketing, branding and trade of organic products. The details of brands developed under these programmes in the country is given at Annexure-I.

To promote marketing of organic products, a dedicated web portal- www.Jaivikkheti.in/ has also been created as online marketing platform for direct sale to the consumers to get a better price for their products. A total of 5.74 lakh farmers have been registered under Jaivik kheti portal.

No such information/ observation  has come to the notice of the Government that non organic agricultural produce are being marketing as organic agricultural produce.

Annexure-I

## Brands developed under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojan (PKVY)

| States         | Brand Name                                                |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | Made in Mandla                                            |
| Uttarakhand    | Organic Uttarakhand                                       |
| Tamil Nadu     | Tamil Nadu Organic Product (TOP)                          |
| Maharashtra    | Sahi organic, Nasik Organic &Gadchirrolia Organic Farming |
| Jharkhand      | JaivikJharkhand , from the land of Jharkhand              |
| Chhattisgarh   | Aadim brand of BhoomiGadi FPO, Bastar Naturals            |
| Punjab         | Five Rivers                                               |
| Tripura        | Tripureshwari Fresh                                       |

## Brands developed under Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER).

|   S. No. | Name of the State   | Brand Name / Trademarks   |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Organic Arunachal         |
|        2 | Manipur             | Organic Manipur           |
|        3 | Mizoram             | Mission Organic Mizoram   |
|        4 | Nagaland            | Naga Organic              |
|        5 | Sikkim              | Sikkim Organic            |
|        6 | Meghalaya           | O Megha                   |
|        7 | Tripura             | Tripura Organic           |

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