Lok Sabha Question No. 1117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Promotion of Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan, Kanakmal Katara, Shankar Lalwani, Keshari Devi Patel, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1117

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## PROMOTION OF ORGANIC FARMING

1117. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA: SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: DR.BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  Scheme  to  promote  organic  farming  as  a  form  of chemical-free farming, if so, the details thereof State/UT-wise, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiative  to  provide  assistance  in  obtaining organic certification to those individual farmers who are not a part of existing organic farming schemes, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to come up with an alternate Scheme to reduce the excessive consumption of urea, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  formulated/proposed  to  formulate  any  scheme  for  the farmers to promote organic farming in view of increasing demand of our organic agricultural products in global market and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether organic farming increases the productivity and soil fertility and if so, the steps being taken by the Government to promote organic farming;
- (f) whether organic farming is costly and if so, whether the Government provides/contemplating to provide assistance to the farmers to reduce this cost: and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to ( d ): In view of increasing demand of organic  agricultural product,  Government  has been  promoting  Organic  farming  as  a  chemical  free  farming      through  dedicated  schemes namely  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  and  Mission  Organic  Value  Chain Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)  since  2015-16.  Both  the  schemes provide  support  to  organic  farmers  from  organic  production  to  certification  and  marketing including post-harvest management like processing, packaging etc. The details of area and farmers  brought  under  organic    farming    in  various  States  including  Uttar  Pradesh  and Rajasthan under PKVY Scheme is given at Annexure-I.

Bhartiya  Prakritik  Krishi  Padhati  (BPKP)  has  been  introduced  as  a  sub  scheme  of Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  since  2020-21  for  the  promotion  of  traditional indigenous  practices  including  Natural  Farming  (NF).  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 plant based preparations. Until now, under natural farming an area of 4.09 lakh ha area has been covered and a total fund of Rs. 4980.99 lakh has been released in 8 States across the country.

Government  has  initiated  programme  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  individual farmers  with  8.0  or  more  hectare  land  @  2700/ha  for  3  years  for  Participatory  Guarantee System  (PGS)  certification  through  Regional  Council  or  National  Programme  for  Organic Production (NPOP) certification.

(e) to (g): Organic  Farming  enhances  soil  fertility  and  crop  productivity.  The  research studies under ICAR-All India  Network  Programme  on  Organic  Farming  indicate that comparable yield or slightly higher yield to that of conventional management can be obtained in  kharif  and  summer  crops  in  2  to  3  years,  while  in  rabi  crops  the  yield  stabilizes  after  5 years.

The use of on-farm organic inputs and adoption of Integrated Organic Farming System (IOFS) model minimizes the use of external inputs to a great extent.

Under PKVY & MOVCDNER schemes farmers are provided financial assistance  of Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years  and Rs 32500/ ha/ 3years respectively for organic inputs such as seeds, bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticides, organic manure, compost/ vermi-compost, botanical extracts etc. In  addition  to  above,  support  is  also  provided  for  group/  Farmers  Producers  Organization (FPO)  formation,  training,  certification,  value  addition  and  marketing  of    organic  produce. 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.

## Annexure I

| State-wise Clusters, area &farmers under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme since 2015-16   | State-wise Clusters, area &farmers under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme since 2015-16   | State-wise Clusters, area &farmers under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme since 2015-16   | State-wise Clusters, area &farmers under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme since 2015-16   | State-wise Clusters, area &farmers under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme since 2015-16   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | Total clusters                                                                                  | Area covered                                                                                    | Total no farmers                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                  | 5300                                                                                            | 206000                                                                                          | 265000                                                                                          |
| 2                                                                                               | Bihar                                                                                           | 427                                                                                             | 24600                                                                                           | 21350                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                                    | 1200                                                                                            | 109000                                                                                          | 60000                                                                                           |
| 4                                                                                               | Gujarat                                                                                         | 100                                                                                             | 2000                                                                                            | 5000                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                               | Goa                                                                                             | 504                                                                                             | 10080                                                                                           | 25200                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                               | Haryana                                                                                         | 20                                                                                              | 400                                                                                             | 1000                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                               | Jharkhand                                                                                       | 250                                                                                             | 8940                                                                                            | 12500                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                                       | 1045                                                                                            | 20900                                                                                           | 52250                                                                                           |
| 9                                                                                               | Kerala                                                                                          | 619                                                                                             | 96380                                                                                           | 30950                                                                                           |
| 10                                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                  | 3828                                                                                            | 175560                                                                                          | 191400                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                                     | 1258                                                                                            | 25160                                                                                           | 62900                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                              | Odisha                                                                                          | 1040                                                                                            | 44800                                                                                           | 52000                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                              | Punjab                                                                                          | 250                                                                                             | 5000                                                                                            | 12500                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                                       | 6150                                                                                            | 123000                                                                                          | 307500                                                                                          |
| 15                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                                      | 312                                                                                             | 8240                                                                                            | 15600                                                                                           |
| 16                                                                                              | Telangana                                                                                       | 690                                                                                             | 13800                                                                                           | 34500                                                                                           |
| 17                                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                   | 1120                                                                                            | 78580                                                                                           | 56000                                                                                           |
| 18                                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                                     | 120                                                                                             | 2400                                                                                            | 6000                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                           | 220                                                                                             | 4400                                                                                            | 11000                                                                                           |
| 20                                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                               | 19                                                                                              | 380                                                                                             | 950                                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                                         | 34                                                                                              | 680                                                                                             | 1700                                                                                            |
| 22                                                                                              | Manipur                                                                                         | 30                                                                                              | 600                                                                                             | 1500                                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                                        | 24                                                                                              | 480                                                                                             | 1200                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                                          | 150                                                                                             | 3000                                                                                            | 7500                                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                              | Tripura                                                                                         | 50                                                                                              | 1000                                                                                            | 2500                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                                       | 45                                                                                              | 900                                                                                             | 2250                                                                                            |
| 27                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                | 285                                                                                             | 17700                                                                                           | 14250                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                              | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                  | 28                                                                                              | 560                                                                                             | 1400                                                                                            |
| 29                                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                                                     | 4485                                                                                            | 140540                                                                                          | 224250                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                              | Andman & Nicobar                                                                                | 68                                                                                              | 1360                                                                                            | 3400                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                              | Daman & Diu                                                                                     | 55                                                                                              | 1100                                                                                            | 2750                                                                                            |
| 32                                                                                              | Dadar Nagar                                                                                     | 500                                                                                             | 10000                                                                                           | 25000                                                                                           |
| 33                                                                                              | Delhi                                                                                           | 500                                                                                             | 10000                                                                                           | 25000                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                                      | 8                                                                                               | 160                                                                                             | 400                                                                                             |
| 35                                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                                      | 65                                                                                              | 1300                                                                                            | 3250                                                                                            |
| 36                                                                                              | Lakshadeep                                                                                      | 135                                                                                             | 2700                                                                                            | 6750                                                                                            |
|                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                           | 30934                                                                                           | 1151700                                                                                         | 1546700                                                                                         |

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