Lok Sabha Question No. 1089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Bio Fertilizer Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Indra Hang Subba

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1089

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 Th  DECEMBER, 2022

## BIO-FERTILIZERS PRODUCTION

1089. SHRI INDRA HANG SUBBA:

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

- (a) the details of bio-fertilizer production in the country for the last five years, year-wise;
- (b) whether  there  is  increase  in  production  of  organic  produces  since  the  declaration  of promoting organic farming by the Government in the last budget, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government is incentivising organic farmers, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The details of bio-fertilizer production in the country for the last five years, year-wise is given at Annexure- I .
- (b): Government  has  been  promoting  organic  farming  since  2015-2016  and  the  organic production in the country has increased from 13.53 lakh MT in 2015-2016 to 34.30 lakh MT in 2021-2022
- (c): Government has been promoting organic farming in the country since 2015-16 through the schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER).  The  schemes  provide  end  to  end support to farmers engaged in organic farming i.e. from production to processing, certification and  marketing  and  post  harvest  management  support  including  processing.  PKVY  is  being implemented in all the States other-than North Eastern States, across the country. MOVCDNER scheme is implemented exclusively in the NE States. Under PKVY, farmers of various states of the  country  are  provided  financial  assistance  of  Rs  50000/ha  for  3  years  out  of  which,  Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years is provided directly to farmers through DBT for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs. Financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh/ cluster of 1000 ha for 3 years is provided for value addition and infrastructure creation.

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.  Financial  assistance  @  Rs  32500/  ha  for  3  years  is  provided  to farmers for off farm /on -farm organic inputs under the scheme.

## Annexure- I

| S. No .   |                          | State-wise                               | State-wise           | Production of Biofertilizers             | Production of Biofertilizers   | during last 5 years (                    | during last 5 years (   | 2017-18 to 2021-22)                      | 2017-18 to 2021-22)   |                                          |                      |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| S. No .   | State                    | 2017-18 Carrier based (in metric tonnes) | Liquid Based (in KL) | 2018-19 Carrier based (in metric tonnes) | Liquid Based (in KL)           | 2019-20 Carrier based (in metric tonnes) | Liquid Based (in KL)    | 2020-21 Carrier based (in metric tonnes) | Liquid Based (in KL)  | 2021-22 Carrier based (in metric tonnes) | Liquid Based (in KL) |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 | 0.00                                     | 0.00                           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 4983.60                                  | 369.80               | 263.88                                   |                                | 228.30                                   |                         | 123.20                                   | 98.50                 | 353.87                                   | 62.61                |
| 3         | Daman & Diu              | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 | 0.00                                     | 0.00                           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 4         | Karnataka                | 34493.00                                 | 1352.90              | 3253.70                                  | 758.20                         | 3606.70                                  | 1218.00                 | 1446.50                                  | 870.53                | 1510.61                                  | 1368.37              |
| 5         | Kerala                   | 6040.10                                  | 82.90                | 108.20                                   | 2.10                           | 91.00                                    | 5512.10                 | 164.98                                   | 2612.00               | 127.19                                   | 660.60               |
| 6         | Lakshadweep              | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 | 0.00                                     | 0.00                           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 7         | Puducherry               | 297.60                                   | 28.40                | 121.90                                   | 6.20                           | 121.90                                   | 7.60                    | 97.20                                    | 2.16                  | 90.15                                    | 5.66                 |
| 8         | Tamil Nadu               | 28059.40                                 | 983.90               | 4187.20                                  | 536.80                         | 11611.00                                 | 1481.60                 | 88652.43                                 | 434.31                | 0.00                                     | 1108.89              |
| 9         | Telengana                | 574.20                                   | 43.70                | 2556.30                                  | 12711.70                       | 1536.30                                  | 174.80                  | 448.70                                   | 150.10                | 290.31                                   | 105.00               |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh             | 969.10                                   | 16.60                | 172.00                                   | 133.70                         | 26.80                                    | 189.60                  | 558.88                                   | 268.68                | 9.78                                     | 103.45               |
| 11        | Gujarat                  | 4248.20                                  | 3519.30              | 10596.00                                 | 430.50                         | 20778.00                                 | 9444.00                 | 19483.30                                 | 8055.70               | 24772.14                                 | 8030.32              |
| 12        | Goa                      | 838.70                                   | 0.00                 | 2044.00                                  | 0.00                           | 50.00                                    | 0.00                    | 30.00                                    | 0.00                  | 124.26                                   | 0.00                 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh           | 6561.50                                  | 290.40               | 7426.50                                  | 327.20                         | 1330.00                                  | 315.60                  | 21834.30                                 | 15811.10              | 6584.79                                  | 84200.00             |
| 14        | Maharashtra              | 10024.90                                 | 427.40               | 15049.80                                 | 4193.80                        | 15897.00                                 | 237.10                  | 5328.20                                  | 2140.90               | 7452.94                                  | 4680.88              |
| 15        | Rajasthan                | 791.80                                   | 1.10                 | 791.80                                   | 1.10                           | 2142.80                                  | 0.00                    | 10612.00                                 | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 16        | Dadar& Nagar Haveli      | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 | 0.00                                     | 0.00                           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 17        | Delhi                    | 119.70                                   | 0.00                 | 394.00                                   | 0.00                           | 345.00                                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 173.00                                   | 0.00                 |
| 18        | Chandigarh               | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 | 0.00                                     | 0.00                           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 19        | Haryana                  | 2504.60                                  | 76.00                | 2128.70                                  | 246.50                         | 2794.80                                  | 0.00                    | 3105.40                                  | 113.17                | 99809.61                                 | 108982.00            |
| 20        | Himachal Pradesh         | 8.50                                     | 209.70               | 135.10                                   | 12.10                          | 320.00                                   | 137.90                  | 0.20                                     | 0.22                  | 120.45                                   | 137.00               |
| 21        | Jammu & Kashmir*         | 0.00                                     | 0.04                 | 0.00                                     | 0.04                           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.55                                     | 3.30                 |
| 22        | Punjab                   | 5645.30                                  | 236.10               | 7167.40                                  | 220.80                         | 9252.20                                  | 192.50                  | 16042.27                                 | 361.37                | 3063.70                                  | 85.70                |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh            | 3441.30                                  | 744.00               | 2451.80                                  | 2444.60                        | 2142.80                                  | 2539.90                 | 0.00                                     | 5725.64               | 132.11                                   | 0.00                 |
| 24        | Uttarakhand              | 3942.10                                  | 533.90               | 3359.80                                  | 281.40                         | 3119.00                                  | 4980.00                 | 3708.80                                  | 1150.80               | 3476.03                                  | 566.84               |
| 25        | Bihar                    | 128.80                                   | 0.02                 | 130.80                                   | 0.00                           | 375.00                                   | 1900.00                 | 74.60                                    | 2.10                  | 6545.66                                  | 0.00                 |
| 26        | Jharkhand                | 21.00                                    | 0.01                 | 21.00                                    | 0.00                           | 5.20                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 27        | Odisha                   | 560.20                                   | 46.20                | 8166.90                                  | 149.70                         | 449.20                                   | 1719.00                 | 19406.60                                 | 859.60                | 13367.97                                 | 200.82               |
| 28        | West Bengal              | 3513.10                                  | 37.70                | 2050.00                                  | 37.70                          | 2200.00                                  |                         | 448.60                                   | 33.50                 | 703.00                                   | 12.48                |
| 29        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 232.90                                   | 0.01                 | 0.00                                     | 0.00                           | 0.00                                     | 0.00                    | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
| 30        | Assam                    | 1742.60                                  | 33.10                | 617.20                                   | 0.00                           | 640.30                                   | 4.90                    | 438.54                                   | 3447.35               | 524.85                                   | 22582.00             |
| 31        | Manipur                  | 23.90                                    | 0.00                 | 81.50                                    | 100.00                         | 13.20                                    | 11.50                   | 20.00                                    | 24.01                 | 22.10                                    | 24.74                |
| 32        | Meghalaya                | 0.00                                     |                      | 0.00                                     | 0.00                           | 0.00                                     |                         | 0.00                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00                                     | 0.00                 |
|           |                          |                                          | 0.00                 |                                          |                                |                                          | 0.00                    |                                          |                       |                                          |                      |
| 33        | Mizoram                  | 9.00                                     | 0.00                 | 2.50                                     | 0.00                           | 1.40                                     | 0.00                    | 1.40                                     | 0.00                  | 0.90                                     | 0.00                 |
| 34 35     | Nagaland Sikkim          | 70.60 33.20                              | 0.00 0.00            | 17.50 0.00                               | 0.00 51.50                     | 18.70 0.00                               | 0.00 0.00               | 19.10 0.00                               | 0.00 69.00            | 6.04 0.00                                | 0.00 11.31           |
| 36        | Tripura                  | 1187.90                                  | 0.03                 | 81.80                                    | 0.00                           | 340.10                                   | 39.80                   | 283.99                                   | 9.02                  | 117.04                                   | 2.32                 |
|           | Total                    | 121066.8 0                               | 9033.21              | 73377.28                                 | 22645.64                       | 79436.70                                 | 30105.90                | 192329.19                                | 42239.76              | 169379.04                                | 232934.29            |

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