Lok Sabha Question No. 840 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Promotion of Natural and Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt, Anumula Revanth Reddy, Dharambir Singh, S.R. Parthiban, Nihal Chand Chauhan, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 840

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 Th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## PROMOTION OF NATURAL AND ORGANIC FARMING

840. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

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

- (a) the salient features of organic and natural farming;
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under it so far within the country, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  to  promote  chemical fertilizer free farming and organic farming in view of the increasing cost and diseases, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the  details  of  achievements  made  under  this  till  date  in  the  country  and  the  organic agricultural products exported during last three years;
- (e) whether the demand for the same has increased all over the world and if so, the details thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  the  growing  demand  and providing marketing facilities in the country;
- (f) the area coming under organic farming in the Himalayan regions and the steps taken by the Government for promoting the organic farming in the said regions during the last five years; and
- (g) whether  the  Union  Government  is  working  on  any  alternative  scheme  to  reduce  the excessive consumption of urea in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Salient features of organic and natural farming are as under:

## Organic Farming-

-  'National Standard of Organic Production (NSOP) has defined organic agriculture as 'a system  of  farm  design  and  management  to  create  an  ecosystem  which  can  achieve sustainable productivity without use of artificial off farm input such as chemical fertilizer and  pesticides.  Organic  Farming    is  open  to  use  of  off-farm  purchased  organic  and biological inputs and need based soil correction through natural mined minerals

## Natural farming -

-  Natural Farming is an ecological farming system based  on onfarm resource management and on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching, use of  cow  dung-urine  formulations  and  other  plant  based  preparations.  It  excludes  all external inputs (organic & inorganic), and hence reduce cost of cultivation.
- (b): The State/UTs - wise including Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu details of allocation, release and  utilization  under  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  and  Mission  Organic  Value Chain Development in North East Region (MOVCDNER) schemes for promotion of natural and organic farming is given at Annexure- I.
- (c): Bhartiya  Prakritik  Krishi  Padhati  (BPKP),  under  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana (PKVY)  is  being  implemented  since  2020-21  to  promote  traditional  indigenous  practices including  natural  farming.  The  scheme  mainly  emphasizes  on  exclusion  of  all  synthetic chemical  inputs  and  promotes  on-farm  biomass  recycling  with  major  stress  on  biomass mulching,  use  of  cow  dung-urine  formulations  and  other  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.

Government is implementing schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)  since 2015-16.  PKVY  is  being  implemented  in  all  the  States  across  the  country  other-than  North Eastern (NE) States. MOVCDNER scheme is being implemented exclusively in the NE States. Under these schemes, farmers are encouraged to adopt organic cultivation and are provided end to end support from production to marketing of organic produce.

Under PKVY, farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 50000/ha for 3 years out of which, Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years is provided as incentives directly to farmers through DBT for onfarm and off-farm organic inputs. Whereas, under MOVCDNER, an assistance of Rs. 46,575/ha for 3years is provided for creation of FPO, support to farmers for organic inputs, quality seeds/ planting material and training, hand holding and certification, out of which Rs. 32,500/ ha for 3years is provided as incentives to farmers for off-farm and on-farm organic inputs.

- (d): Achievements made under PKVY scheme since 2015-16
-  Total funds released INR 1674.82 crore
-  Total 6.53 lakh ha area has been covered
-  16.19 lakh farmers have been benefitted in 32384 clusters in both phases.
-  In  addition  to  above  organic  farming  in  1.23  lakh  ha  area  under  Namami  Gange Program.
-  Under natural farming (BPKP) fund released for 4.09 lakh ha area.
-  8 States namely Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Tripura have developed their own brands for organic products.

Achievements made under MOVCDNER scheme since 2015-16

-  Total funds released INR 878.17 crore
-  379 FPO/FPCs created covering 189039 farmers and 172966 ha area
-  367 Collection, Aggregation, Grading units, Custom Hiring Centres, 74 processing and pack house entities created under FPO/FPCs and private ownership
-  124 transportation vehicles provided to FPO/FPCs
-  8 NE states developed their own brands for organic products

## The organic agricultural products exported during last 3 years

|   S. No. | Year    |   Exported Qty (In MT) |   Value (In Crore) |   Value (In USD Million) |
|----------|---------|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | 2021-22 |                 460320 |            5249.32 |                   771.96 |
|        2 | 2020-21 |                 888179 |            7078.5  |                  1040.96 |
|        3 | 2019-20 |                 638998 |            4686    |                   689.1  |

(Source: APEDA)

- (e): As  per  latest  report  published  by  International  Federation  of  Organic  Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) Germany and FiBL Switzerland in 2022, the Global Organic Market has been growing at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8.7 % during last six years (2015-2020). In value terms, the market size has grown from US $ 84 billion in 2015 to US $ 129 billion in 2020 suggesting that the demand of organic products has increased all over the world.

Under  PKVY  assistance  is  provided  @  Rs.  15.0  lakh  /  1000  ha  cluster  for  3  years facilitate  farmers  for  direct  marketing  of  their  organic  products  to  the  buyers.  In  addition, assistance is provided @ Rs. 53.0 lakh /1000 ha clusters for 3 years for branding, publicity, exhibition, trade fairs and other marketing initiatives to support direct buying of organic products from farmers. Under MOVCDNER, there is provision of assistance of Rs. 25.0 lakh/ FPO/FPC of  500  farmers  for  3  years  for  marketing  of  certified  organic  products.  Moreover,  to  promote direct marketing of organic products from the farmers to the end consumers, a dedicated web portal- www.Jaivikkheti.in/  has been created as online marketing platform to get a better price for organic products.

## (f): The area under organic farming in the Himalayan region States during 2021-22:

| S.NO.   | StateName         | Total area (in ha)   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | Uttarakhand       | 89,670.88            |
| 2       | Sikkim            | 75,475.28            |
| 3       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 30,675.58            |
| 4       | Meghalaya         | 27,508.74            |
| 5       | Mizoram           | 19,038.89            |
| 6       | Assam             | 18,102.94            |
| 7       | Manipur           | 14,628.42            |
| 8       | Nagaland          | 14,269.27            |
| 9       | Arunachal Pradesh | 12,636.64            |
| 10      | Tripura           | 12,081.63            |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh  | 11,160.55            |
| 12      | West Bengal       | 7,280.37             |
| 13      | Ladakh            | 817.85               |
| Total   | Total             | 333,347.04           |

Government  is  implementing  PKVY  scheme  for  promoting  organic  farming  in  the Himalayan region States of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West  Bengal  whereas  Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region (MOVCDNER) is being  implemented  for  Organic  Farming  in  all  the  North  Eastern  States  of since  2015-16.  Under  these  schemes,  farmers  are  assisted  for  organic  cultivation  and  are provided end to end support from production to marketing of organic produce.

(g): For reducing excessive consumption of urea, under Soil Health Card (SHC)/ Soil Health Management (SHM) schemes Government is promoting Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) through  judicious  use  of  chemical  fertilizers  in  conjunction  with  bio-fertilizers  and  organic manures  for  improving  soil  health,  fertility  and  productivity.  Under  PKVY  &  MOVCDNER scheme  organic  manure  and  bio-fertilizers  are  used  for  organic  farming  which  reduces  the consumption of chemical fertilizers including urea.

## Annexure - I

| lakh) S. No.   | Name of the State   |            |           |           |            |          |           |
|----------------|---------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|-----------|
| lakh) S. No.   | Name of the State   | Allocation | Release   | Utilize   | Allocation | Release  | Utilize   |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh      | 38934.34   | 31721.49  | 21716.66  | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 2              | Bihar               | 10459.94   | 2922.40   | 2509.82   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 3              | Chhattisgarh        | 16167.62   | 6006.42   | 4582.61   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 4              | Gujarat             | 967.47     | 1094.12   | 680.29    | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 5              | Goa                 | 4121.34    | 504.90    | 152.05    | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 6              | Haryana             | 211.95     | 104.56    | 25.20     | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 7              | Jharkhand           | 8822.75    | 2682.42   | 1775.05   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 8              | Karnataka           | 9084.15    | 4483.81   | 4359.42   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 9              | Kerala              | 12317.27   | 4576.73   | 2804.14   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 10             | Madhya Pradesh      | 38844.83   | 13380.63  | 10650.49  | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 11             | Maharashtra         | 14367.01   | 9685.85   | 9321.52   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 12             | Odisha              | 9529.82    | 7737.88   | 7254.95   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 13             | Punjab              | 3140.39    | 2685.05   | 881.26    | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 14             | Rajasthan           | 43573.81   | 15616.26  | 13102.89  | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 15             | Tamil Nadu          | 3091.05    | 2274.35   | 2046.73   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 16             | Telangana           | 7628.30    | 2369.78   | 1810.30   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 17             | Uttar Pradesh       | 32000.74   | 12604.66  | 9003.33   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 18             | West Bengal         | 1642.55    | 1259.57   | 678.90    | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 19             | Assam               | 3204.97    | 3012.55   | 2380.41   | 16384.69   | 7697.54  | 7683.87   |
| 20             | Arunachal Pradesh   | 288.96     | 234.56    | 132.49    | 14741.41   | 12104.28 | 11086.84  |
| 21             | Mizoram             | 492.80     | 469.61    | 439.67    | 12219.79   | 7699.55  | 6747.01   |
| 22             | Manipur             | 438.44     | 163.46    | 107.07    | 24172.59   | 22209.96 | 22115.03  |
| 23             | Nagaland            | 356.90     | 333.72    | 290.73    | 16290.45   | 13629.57 | 12934.27  |
| 24             | Sikkim              | 2069.19    | 1848.88   | 904.49    | 18784.82   | 9622.46  | 9122.14   |
| 25             | Tripura             | 710.23     | 687.05    | 607.48    | 14397.79   | 7749.05  | 6607.73   |
| 26             | Meghalaya           | 642.28     | 448.12    | 303.57    | 13973.19   | 5772.61  | 4781.76   |
| 27             | Himachal Pradesh    | 5652.83    | 3044.52   | 1920.87   | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 28             | Jammu &Kashmir      | 1065.45    | 162.76    | 162.76    | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 29             | Uttarakhand         | 49844.06   | 36795.78  | 33493.17  | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 30             | Andman & Nicobar    | 1026.77    | 130.00    | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 31             | Daman & Diu         | 830.47     | 235.55    | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 32             | Dadar Nagar         | 7549.75    | 1000.00   | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 33             | Delhi               | 7549.75    | 471.45    | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 34             | Puducherry          | 307.96     | 28.55     | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 35             | Chandigarh          | 663.00     | 77.42     | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00      |
| 36             | Lakshadeep          | 1604.21    | 227.20    | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     |           |
| 37             | Ladakh              | 2023.43    | 221.85    | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00     | 0.00 0.00 |
|                | Total               | 341226.79  | 171303.90 | 134098.33 | 130964.72  | 86485.02 | 81078.65  |