Lok Sabha Question No. 694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Natural Fertilizers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 694

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 Th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## NATURAL FERTILIZERS

694. SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of natural fertilizers produced, procured and disbursed, State-wise;
- (b) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  reduce  dependency  on  chemical fertilisers  and promote the usage of natural fertilizers;
- (c) the measures implemented to create awareness amongst farmers;
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  usage  of  natural  insecticides  and pesticides; and
- (e) the steps taken to reduce the usage of chemcial pesticides and insecticides?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The  State  -wise  details  of  amount  of  various  types  of  organic  manures  produced  for distribution and consumption given in Annexure I.
- (b): In order to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizer and to promote usage of organic manures, Government is implementing dedicated schemes for promotion of organic farming in the country viz. 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  implemented  exclusively  in  the  NE  States.  Under  these  schemes, farmers are primarily encouraged to take up organic cultivation using organic manure and other organic inputs and the schemes provide end to end support to farmers i.e.  from production to marketing of organic produce. Hands-on training to farmers about on-farm production of organic manure and its use are integral part of these schemes. Farmers are provided a subsidy of Rs

31000/ ha / 3 years under PKVY and 32500/ ha/ 3 years under MOVCDNER for various organic inputs.

(c): For creation for awareness about natural fertilizer i.e. organic manures, National Center of  Organic  and  Natural  Farming  (NCONF)  has  been  organizing  various  trainings  and awareness programmes namely 30 Day's Certificate Course, Field Demonstration and Training, Extension  Officer  training  Programme  and  7  days  online/offline  training  course  on  various aspects of organic farming for various stakeholders including farmers to popularize Organic and Natural  Farming  practices  using  organic  manures  and  other  natural  fertilizers.  Besides organizing different training and awareness programs, NCONF has been publishing literature on organic and natural farming practices in English, Hindi and some of the regional languages for use by the farmers in fields.

(d) & (e): The Government of India has taken various steps to promote the use of natural insecticides  and  pesticides  i.e  bio  pesticides.  Simplified  guidelines  have  been  formulated  by Registration Committee (RC) for the registration of bio pesticides. For bio-pesticides provisional registration is being granted under Section 9(3B) of the Insecticides Act, 1968 along with the permission  for  commercialization  during  the  provisional  registration  period  of  two  years. Thereafter, extension is  also  granted thrice  on  yearly  basis,  to  generate  requisite  data  to  be submitted for permanent registration under section 9(3) registration. Besides this, if the strain of a bio-pesticide is already registered for use in the country, no data generation is required by the subsequent registrants, except for confirmation of molecular identity of the strain from ICARNational Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (ICAR-NBAIM), Maunath Bhanjan (UP) and quality verification of the product from Central Insecticide Laboratory (CIL).

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) division of Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, through its 36 Central IPM Centers (CIPMCs) across 28 states and 2 UTs conducts various training programmers such as Farmers Field Schools, two/five days HRD programmers,  Kisan  Goshthis,  IPM  Exhibitions  and  Seed  Treatment  Campaigns  where awareness is created amongst  farmers, NGOs/Pesticide dealers/State agriculture functionaries on  use  of  bio  pesticides,  bio  control  agents  and  botanical  formulations  as  an  alternative  to chemical  pesticides  for  pest  management,  safe  and  judicious  use  of  chemical  pesticides, usage, dose and label claim instructions as approved by RC.

Registration Committee has registered Entomo-pathogenic fungus Verticillium lecanii which is approved  for  the  management  of  insect  pest  on  various  crops.  Presently,  CIPMC's  are successfully  produces  many  biopesticides  such  as Metarhizium , Beauveri a, Pseudomonas , Bacillus , Trichoderma spp., Isaria fumosorosea ; biocontrol agents such as Trichogramma spp., Chilonus  blackburni ,  Reduviid  bug, Rhynocoris  marginatus , Chrysoperla  zastrowi  sillemi , Cryptolaemus montrouzeri , Goniozus nephantidis , Sycanus collaris , Psuedomallada astur and releases in field for the management of various pests and pathogens.

## STATE WISE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS IN INDIA (2021-22)

| S.No. ककक . कक .   | State             |   City Compost (A) | Organic manure   |   Vermi- compost | Phosphate rich organic manure (PROM) (D)   | Bioenriched Organic Manure (MT) (E)   | Bone meal, raw (F)   | Bone meal, Steamed (G)   | Potash derived from Rhodophytes (H)   | Fermented Organic Manure (I)   | Rural Compost (J)   | Farm Yard Manure (K)   |   Total Manure in MT | Deoiled Cake MT   | Liquid Fermented Organic Manure   |
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh    |               0    | 463              |          964     | 617                                        | 157                                   | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 18000               | 4805                   |      25006           | 0                 | (KL) 0                            |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh |               0    | 0                |            0     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |          0           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 3                  | Assam             |            2350    | 9050             |       111950     | 2202                                       | 1195.1                                | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 1512                | 2445                   |     130704           | 121               | 0                                 |
| 4                  | Bihar             |               0    | 0                |        47860.9   | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |      47860.9         | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 5                  | Chhattisgarh      |             752    | 30               |          137.07  | 1237.8                                     | 9.6                                   | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |       2166.47        | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 6                  | Delhi             |           27033    | 140              |          484     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |      27657           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 7                  | Goa               |               0    | 0                |            0     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |          0           | 0                 |                                   |
| 8                  | Gujarat           |           34485.6  | 93545.598        |          580     | 26312.18                                   | 3500                                  | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 16285.3             | 215600                 |     390309           | 7185.12           | 0                                 |
| 9                  | Haryana           |           58512.3  | 44116.04         |        17719     | 59040.661                                  | 910.712                               | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |     180299           | 289.38            | 8341.88                           |
| 10                 | Himachal Pradesh  |               0    | 0                |           17.8   | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |         17.8         | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 11                 | Jammu & Kashmir   |               0    | 6700             |         3608     | 0                                          | 100                                   | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 5304100                |          5.31451e+06 | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 12                 | Jharkhand         |               0    | 0                |            0     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |          0           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 13                 | Karnataka         |           75476    | 153204           |        22188     | 21361                                      | 19381                                 | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 254875              | 37542874               |          3.80894e+07 | 2273              | 0                                 |
| 14                 | Kerala            |           17329.9  | 19145.01         |          518.913 | 614                                        | 596.795                               | 8837.667*            | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 45.25               | 0                      |      38249.9         | 5011.13           | 0                                 |
| 15                 | Madhya Pradesh    |           14429.5  | 29135.62         |         7513.74  | 42358.89                                   | 816.5                                 | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |      94254.3         | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 16                 | Maharashtra       |           75942    | 53386            |        11924.3   | 89900                                      | 0                                     | 153                  | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |     231305           | 5520              | 0                                 |
| 17                 | Manipur           |               0    | 100              |            0     | 50                                         | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |        150           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 18                 | Meghalaya         |               0    | 0                |          308     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 10                   | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 13200                  |      13518           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 19                 | Mizoram           |               0    | 1.5              |           42.6   | 0                                          | 0.2                                   | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 13.5                   |         57.8         | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 20                 | Nagaland          |               0    | 561              |         1086     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 12984               | 53720                  |      68351           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 21                 | Odisha            |            3460.18 | 1831.9           |        28573.9   | 200                                        | 200                                   | 150                  | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 1200                | 1500                   |      37116           | 1350              | 0                                 |
| 22                 | Punjab            |               0    | 91.19            |            9.2   | 101.78                                     | 26.534                                | 0                    | 0                        | 172.3                                 | 72.44                          | 0                   | 0                      |        473.444       | 82.29             | 0                                 |
| 23                 | Rajasthan         |            3700    | 4000             |         4750     | 3640                                       | 2050                                  | 0                    | 0                        | 190                                   | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |      18330           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 24                 | Sikkim            |               0    | 0                |            0     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |          0           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 25                 | Tamil Nadu        |           31947    |                  |        28170     |                                            |                                       |                      |                          |                                       |                                |                     |                        |      60117           |                   | 0                                 |
| 26                 | Telengana         |           25035    | 99               |         1650     | 670                                        | 241                                   | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |      27695           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 27                 | Tripura           |               0    | 0                |            0     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |          0           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 28                 | Uttar Pradesh     |          117364    | 17661.99         |          225     | 4174.56                                    | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |     139426           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 29                 | Uttarakhand       |            2500    | 765.57           |          501.45  | 3193.535                                   | 0.59                                  | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |       6961.15        | 14246.8           | 0                                 |
| 30                 | West Bengal       |               0    | 2584.1           |         2232.82  | 0                                          | 1846.6                                | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |       6663.52        | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 31                 | Chandigarh        |               0    | 0                |            0     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |          0           | 0                 | 0                                 |
| 32                 | Puducherry        |               0    | 0                |          130     | 0                                          | 0                                     | 0                    | 0                        | 0                                     | 0                              | 0                   | 0                      |        130           | 0                 | 0                                 |
|                    | Total             |          490317    | 436611.518       |       293145     | 255673.406                                 | 31031.631                             | 313                  | 0                        | 362.3                                 | 72.44                          | 304901.55           | 43138257.5             |          4.49507e+07 | 36078.72          | 8341.88                           |

## Annexure- I