Lok Sabha Question No. 459 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Promotion of Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel, Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, D.K. Suresh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 459

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 Th  JULY, 2022

## PROMOTION OF ORGANIC FARMING

459. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR: SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  promote  organic farming in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of progress made regarding the implementation of organic farming schemes in the country;
- (c) the amount of funds allocated to establish the bio fertilizers units under the scheme and the details thereof for the last three years; and
- (d) whether the Government is providing facilities to those who make fertilizers from waste and cow dung and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) to (d): Government  has  been  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-fertilizers,  bio-pesticides,  organic manure,  compost/  vermicompost, botanical extracts etc.  Apart from this, support is also provided for Clusters/ Farmers Producers Organization (FPO) formation, training, certification, value addition and marketing of their organic produce.  Organic cultivation on either side of River Ganga under Namami Gange of  National  Mission  of  Clean  Ganga  (NMCG),  and  Large  Area  Certification  have  also  been introduced under PKVY to increase area under organic farming.

Bhartiya  Prakritik  Krishi  Padhati  (BPKP),  under  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana (PKVY) is also being implemented since 2020-21 to promote traditional indigenous practices. The scheme mainly emphasizes on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes onfarm  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.

## Progress made under PKVY scheme since 2015-16

-  Total funds released INR 1665.23 crore
-  Total 6.48 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.

## Progress made under MOVCDNER scheme since 2015-16

-  Total funds released INR 782.73 crore
-  177 FPO/FPCs created covering 156767 farmers and 177337 ha area
-  242 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
-  7 NE states developed their own brands for organic products

Under  Soil  Health  Management  (SHM),  assistance  is  provided  @  Rs  160  lakh  /unit (200MT  capacity)  to  State  Governments  for  establishment  of  bio-fertilizer  production  unit  on 60:40  sharing  between  GoI  and  State  Government.  So  far  15  bio-fertilizers  production  units have been established under the scheme.

The amount of funds allocated to establish the Bio Fertilizers production units under Soil Health Management Scheme is as under:

| Year    |   Allocated funds Rs in lakh |
|---------|------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                           96 |
| 2020-21 |                          480 |
| 2021-22 |                         1440 |
| Total   |                         2016 |

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