Lok Sabha Question No. 1440 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1440

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 Th  JULY, 2022

## PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA

## 1440. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

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

- (a) the aims and objectives of the Paramparagat Krishi Vikash Yojana (PKVY);
- (b) the  number  of  people  benefited  so  far  under  the  said  yojana,  State-wise  including Kalahandi and Nawapada districts of Odisha; and
- (c) the total amount of funds allocated by the Government thereunder particularly for the State of Odisha?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Government  of  India  has  been  promoting  Organic  farming  in  the  country  through dedicated scheme namely Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2015-16. The scheme stresses on end to end support to organic farmers i.e from production to certification and marketing. Post harvest management support including processing, packing, marketing is made integral part of these schemes to encourage organic farmers.

Under PKVY, farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare/ 3 years,  out  of  which  Rs.  31,000  (62%)  is  provided  directly  through  DBT  for  inputs  (bio fertilizers, bio-pesticides, organic manure, compost, vermi-compost, botanical extracts etc).

## Aims and objectives of the PKVY Scheme:

-  To  promote  natural  resource  based  integrated  and  climate  resilient  sustainable farming  systems  that  ensure  maintenance  and  increase  of  soil  fertility,  natural resource  conservation,  on-farm  nutrient  recycling  and  minimize  dependence  of farmers on external inputs;
-  To  reduce  cost  of  agriculture  to  farmers  through  sustainable  integrated  organic farming systems thereby enhancing farmer's net income per unit of land.
-  To sustainably produce chemical free and nutritious food for human consumption.
-  To  protect  environment  from  hazardous  inorganic  chemicals  by  adoption  of  ecofriendly low-cost traditional techniques and farmer friendly technologies.
-  To bring large contiguous traditional/ default organic areas under organic certification and empowering the farmers of such areas with market linkages;
-  To facilitate certification access to individual and small farmer groups not covered by any scheme.
-  To  empower  farmers  through  their  own  institutional  development  in  the  form  of clusters and groups with capacity to manage production, processing, value addition and certification management in value chain mode;
-  To make farmers entrepreneurs through direct market linkages with local and export trade houses/ chains.
-  Ensuring professional handholding for transforming so developed cluster into business enterprises for better value realization of their premium organic produce

(b) & (c): A  total  amount  of  Rs  73.06  crore  has  been  released  to  Odisha  for  1040 clusters benefitting 39215 farmers including 924 farmers in Nawapada and 3608 farmers in Kalahandi district covering an area of 20800 ha since 2015-16 to till date.

The state-wise farmers benefited under PKVY is given at Annexure - I.

## Annexure- I

## The state-wise farmers benefited under PKVY since 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Total no of farmers | Total no of farmers   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                265000 |                       |
| 2         | Bihar               |                 21350 |                       |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh        |                 60000 |                       |
| 4         | Gujarat             |                  5000 |                       |
| 5         | Goa                 |                 25200 |                       |
| 6         | Haryana             |                  1000 |                       |
| 7         | Jharkhand           |                 50000 |                       |
| 8         | Karnataka           |                 52250 |                       |
| 9         | Kerala              |                 30950 |                       |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh      |                191400 |                       |
| 11        | Maharashtra         |                 80400 |                       |
| 12        | Odisha              |                 39215 |                       |
| 13        | Punjab              |                 17500 |                       |
| 14        | Rajasthan           |                307500 |                       |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu          |                 15600 |                       |
| 16        | Telangana           |                 34500 |                       |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh       |                 56000 |                       |
| 18        | West Bengal         |                  6000 |                       |
| 19        | Assam               |                 11000 |                       |
| 20        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                   950 |                       |
| 21        | Mizoram             |                  1700 |                       |
| 22        | Manipur             |                  1500 |                       |
| 23        | Nagaland            |                  1200 |                       |
| 24        | Sikkim              |                  7500 |                       |
| 25        | Tripura             |                  2500 |                       |
| 26        | Meghalaya           |                  2250 |                       |
| 27        | Himachal Pradesh    |                 14250 |                       |
| 28        | Jammu &Kashmir      |                  1400 |                       |
| 29        | Uttarakhand         |                224250 |                       |
| 30        | Andman & Nicobar    |                  3400 |                       |
| 31        | Daman & Diu         |                  2750 |                       |
| 32        | Dadar Nagar         |                 25000 |                       |
| 33        | Delhi               |                 25000 |                       |
| 34        | Puducherry          |                   400 |                       |
| 35        | Chandigarh          |                  3250 |                       |
| 36        | Lakshadweep         |                  6750 |                       |
| 37        | Ladakh              |                 12500 |                       |
|           | Total               |               1606415 |                       |

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