Lok Sabha Question No. 286 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nayab Singh, Gyaneshwar Patil

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 286

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST     MARCH, 2023

## PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA

*286. SHRI NAYAB SINGH: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  under  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  is providing financial assistance and Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) for organic farming in order to check and ensure that the crops are organic;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the major components of the above said scheme/yojana; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  beneficiaries  of  PKVY  in  the  States  of  Haryana  and  Madhya Pradesh particularly in the Kurukshetra and Khandwa regions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) to (d):      A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

O.I.H.

## STATEMENT  IN  RESPECT  OF  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 286 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 21.03.2023 REGARDING 'PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA'.

(a) to (c): Yes Sir, Government is implementing Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2015-16 for promotion of organic farming in all the states other-than North Eastern States in the country  . The scheme provides financial assistance for end to end support to farmers engaged  in  organic  farming  for  various  components  i.e.  from  production  to  processing, certification  and  marketing  and  post  harvest  management  support  including  processing. Training, handholding and capacity building on organic farming are integral part of the scheme.

Under PKVY, farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 50000/ha for 3 years out of which, Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years is provided directly to farmers through DBT for on-farm and offfarm  organic  inputs.  In  order  to  ensure  participation  of  the  scheme  farmers  under  PGS certification programme for Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) certification and residual analysis of organic produce, assistance is provided @ Rs 2700/ha for 3 years. Whereas, for training and capacity building on organic farming, assistance is provided @ Rs 7500/ha for 3 years.

Under the scheme, assistance is also provided @ Rs. 15.0 lakh / 1000 ha cluster for 3 years to facilitate farmers for direct marketing of organic products. In addition, assistance is provided @ Rs. 53.0 lakh /1000 ha clusters for 3 years for branding, publicity, exhibition, trade fairs and other marketing initiatives.  For value addition and infrastructure creation, assistance is provided @ Rs 20 lakh/ cluster of 1000 ha for 3 years.

PGS certification is a de-centralized farmer's group centric quality assurance system with minimum documentation, in which, farmers/ producers get involved in decision making and essential decisions about the operation of the PGS certification itself by assessing, inspecting and  verifying  the  production  practices  of  each  other  and  collectively  declare  produce  as organic. PGS certification system also provides end to end traceability of the organic products to consumers. Under Food Safety and Standard (FSS) Act, 2006, PGS certification has been made mandatory requirement for organic food product for being sold in the domestic market. To facilitate small and marginal farmers to certify their crops as organic, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare initiated online PGS- certification by launching PGS- India programme through development of PGS- India portal (https://pgsindia-ncof.gov.in/) in 2015. PGS-India has   a number   of basic   elements  which embrace a participatory approach, a shared vision, transparency and trust. The scope of PGS certification is extended from groups certification to other  system  of  certification  like  Producers  and  Processors/  handlers  Certification,  large contiguous Traditional/ Default organic area certification and Individual Producer Certification. Under PGS-India programme, online registration of farmers groups and certification of their

PKVY  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  being  implemented  through  States  and  the details of the beneficiaries are therefore not maintained by Government of India. The scheme is implemented in a cluster mode and each cluster has up to 50 beneficiary farmers. 20 clusters of 50 farmers each were approved for the state of Haryana including Kurukshetra region. 3828 clusters have been approved for the state of Madhya Pradesh including Khandwa region and

However, Haryana State Government is implementing Natural Farming Scheme in the State  and  against  a  target  of  2500  acres,  6000  acres  have  been  achieved  under  Natural products are done by authorized Regional Councils (RCs). (d): 191400 farmers are benefitted under PKVY scheme in Madhya Pradesh. Farming during 2022-23.

Also,  8376  participants  (129  progressive  farmers,  434  young  farmers,  361  women farmers, 6234 Sarpanch and Ex- Sarpanch, 294 Horticulture farmers, 915 officers, State and other State) have been trained against capacity building programme for Natural Farming at Natural Farming Training Institute (NFTI), Kurukshetra.

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