Lok Sabha Question No. 1387 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Promotion of Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Balak Nath, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1387 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7th  DECEMBER, 2021

## PROMOTION OF ORGANIC FARMING

1387. SHRI  BALAK NATH: SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD: SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  promoting  organic/natural  farming  as  chemical-  free farming;
- (b) if so, the details of the area covered under organic / natural farming, State -wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any scheme to provide organic certification services to individual farmers and if so, the criteria for providing the assistance;
- (d) the initiatives  taken by the Government to promote alternative or organic fertilizers to reduce the excessive consumption of urea in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a)    to  (e):  Government  has  been  promoting  organic/natural  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-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 their organic produce.  Organic cultivation on either  side  of  River  Ganga  under  National  Mission  of  Clean  Ganga(NMCG)  ,  natural farming,  large  area  certification  and  support  for  individual  farmers  have  also  been introduced under PKVY to increase  area under organic farming .

Bhartiya  Prakritik  Krishi  Padhati  (BPKP),  a  sub  scheme  of  Paramparagat  Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2020-21  is promoted for  traditional indigenous practices .The scheme mainly emphasises 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    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.

Organic  Farming  has  also  been  supported  under  other  schemes  viz.    Rashtriya Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY)  and  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture (MIDH),  Network  Project  on  Organic  Farming  under  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural Research (ICAR).

Individual and  small organic farmers groups  (5-50  farmers)  may  also get registered with State  Agriculture  Department  and  nearby  Regional  Council  (RC)of Participatory Guarantee System- India  (PGS-India) to certify their farm as organic under PGS.  Assistance  of  Rs.  2700/ha  for  3  years  is  provided  for  PGS  Certification  (Cost  of Certification is directly reimbursed to Regional Council of PGS- India)

At present organic farming is taken up in an area of 38.09 lakh hectares in the country including 6.19 lakh hectares under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), 1.23 lakh hectare  under  Namami  Gange  Programme,  4.09  lakh  hectare  under  BPKP  (Natural Farming),  and    26.57  lakh  hectares    under  National  Program  for  Organic  Production (NPOP). The State-wise details of the area covered under PKVY, BPKP, NMCG , NPOP including area of MOVCDNER and others are given at Annexurel.

## State wise area covered under Organic Farming for the year 2020-21 till date (Area in Ha)

| S.N o.                                                          | Under National Program of Organic Produce(NPOP)*                | Under National Program of Organic Produce(NPOP)*                | Area covered under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana ( In ha)     | Area covered under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana ( In ha)     | Area covered under Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana ( In ha)     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.N o.                                                          | State Name                                                      | Organic area including conversion (including area of MOVCDNER)  | Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)                          | National Mission on Clean Ganga (NMCG)                          | Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddati (BPKP) **                     |
| 1                                                               | A&NIsland                                                       | 0                                                               | 1360                                                            |                                                                 | -                                                               |
| 2                                                               | Andhra. P                                                       | 36801.36                                                        | 106000                                                          |                                                                 | 100000                                                          |
| 3                                                               | Arunachal. P                                                    | 13114.12                                                        | 380                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 4                                                               | Assam                                                           | 18470.84                                                        | 4400                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 5                                                               | Bihar                                                           | 29902.54                                                        | 8540                                                            | 16060                                                           | ------                                                          |
| 6                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                    | 23209.52                                                        | 24000                                                           |                                                                 | 85000                                                           |
| 7                                                               | Goa                                                             | 12632.32                                                        | 10080                                                           |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 8                                                               | Gujarat                                                         | 147866.41                                                       | 2000                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 9                                                               | Haryana                                                         | 4903.06                                                         | 400                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 1 0                                                             | H.P                                                             | 11854                                                           | 5700                                                            |                                                                 | 12000                                                           |
| 11                                                              | J&K                                                             | 30619.82                                                        | 560                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 12                                                              | Jharkhand                                                       | 53261.70                                                        | 5000                                                            | 540                                                             | 3400                                                            |
| 13                                                              | Karnataka                                                       | 95050.08                                                        | 20900                                                           |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 15                                                              | Kerala                                                          | 45070.38                                                        | 12380                                                           |                                                                 | 84000                                                           |
| 14                                                              | Ladakh                                                          | 817.85                                                          | 0.00                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 15                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                     | 895.51                                                          | 2700                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 16                                                              | M.P                                                             | 1020017.98                                                      | 76560                                                           |                                                                 | 99000                                                           |
| 17                                                              | Maharashtra                                                     | 371722.62                                                       | 25160                                                           |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 18                                                              | Manipur                                                         | 12724.92                                                        | 600                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 19                                                              | Meghalaya                                                       | 38376.39                                                        | 900                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 20                                                              | Mizoram                                                         | 13038.89                                                        | 680                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 21                                                              | Nagaland                                                        | 14790.38                                                        | 480                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 22                                                              | Delhi                                                           | 5.17                                                            | 10000                                                           |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 23                                                              | Odisha                                                          | 92694.81                                                        | 20800                                                           |                                                                 | 24000                                                           |
| 24                                                              | Pondicherry                                                     | 23.65                                                           | 160                                                             |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 25                                                              | Punjab                                                          | 2021.50                                                         | 5000                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 26                                                              | Rajasthan                                                       | 298686.29                                                       | 123000                                                          |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 27                                                              | Sikkim                                                          | 75729.66                                                        | 3000                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 28                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                      | 31629.06                                                        | 6240                                                            |                                                                 | 2000                                                            |
| 29                                                              | Telangana                                                       | 6865.56                                                         | 13800                                                           |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 30                                                              | Tripura                                                         | 6521.31                                                         | 1000                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 31                                                              | Uttar Pradesh (including UPDASP)                                | 67442.61                                                        | 22400                                                           | 56180                                                           | ------                                                          |
| 32                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                     | 74826.40                                                        | 89700                                                           | 50840                                                           | ------                                                          |
| 33                                                              | West Bengal                                                     | 6302.61                                                         | 2400                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 34                                                              | Daman& Diu                                                      | 0                                                               | 1100                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 35                                                              | Dadar Nagar                                                     | 0                                                               | 10000                                                           |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| 36                                                              | Chandigarh                                                      | 0                                                               | 1300                                                            |                                                                 | ------                                                          |
| Total                                                           | Total                                                           | 2657889.32 (A )                                                 | 618680 ( B )                                                    | 123620 ( C )                                                    | 409400 (D)                                                      |
| Grand Total                                                     | Grand Total                                                     | Grand Total                                                     | (B )+ ( C) + (D) = 1151700 ha                                   | (B )+ ( C) + (D) = 1151700 ha                                   | (B )+ ( C) + (D) = 1151700 ha                                   |
| Total area covered under organic farming (A+B+C+D) = 3809589.32 | Total area covered under organic farming (A+B+C+D) = 3809589.32 | Total area covered under organic farming (A+B+C+D) = 3809589.32 | Total area covered under organic farming (A+B+C+D) = 3809589.32 | Total area covered under organic farming (A+B+C+D) = 3809589.32 | Total area covered under organic farming (A+B+C+D) = 3809589.32 |

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