Lok Sabha Question No. 4458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Area under PKVY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4458

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023

## AREA UNDER PKVY

## 4458. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is not true that the Government aims to add 6.5 lakh hectares area under organic farming in the country under PKVY:
- (b) if so, the details of existing area under organic farming cultivation as of 2014, Statewise;
- (c) whether the Government has been able to add under PKVY to the existing area of organic farming as on 1st January, 2023, State and year-wise; and
- (d) the details of  incentives/technical  and  financial  support  that  the  Government proposes to give to States to bring more area under organic farming?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): Since 2015-16, an area of 11.85 lakh ha has been brought under organic farming through  PKVY  scheme  and  Government  also  intends  to  another  6.00  lakh  ha  area  to organic through PKVY during the period from 2022-23 to 2025-26.
- (b) & (c): The State-wise details of area under organic farming reported under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) during 2014-15 is given at Annexure- I. PKVY scheme for organic farming was launched in 2015-16 and state-wise and year-wise details of area added to organic farming through PKVY scheme since 2015-16 is at Annexure-II.
- (d): Under  PKVY,  farmers  of  various  states  of  the  country  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  off-farm  organic  inputs.  Financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh/ cluster of 1000 ha for 3 years are provided for value addition and infrastructure creation. Under the scheme assistance is provided @ Rs 7500/ha for 3 years

for training and capacity building. Apart from this, Rs 2700/ha for 3 years is provided for certification and residual analysis.

Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) is  being  implemented  for  promoting  organic  farming  in  North  Eastern  States.  Under MOVCDNER,  there  is  provision  of  financial  assistance  of  Rs  10000/ha  for  3  years  for training, handholding and ICS documentation and farmers are provided assistance @ Rs 32500/ ha for 3 years for off farm /on -farm organic inputs. Under the scheme need based assistance is provided for various component namely Integrated Processing unit @ Rs. 600 lakh, Collection, aggregation and grading unit @ Rs. 10.00 lakh, Integrated Pack house @ Rs  37.50  lakh,  Refrigerated  vehicle  @  Rs  18.75  lakh,  Pre-cooling,  cold  stores,  ripening chambers @ 18.75 lakh and Transportation / 4 wheeler @ Rs 6.00 lakh.

Annexure-I

The State-wise details of area under organic farming during 2014-15 reported under NPOP

| S. No.   | State             |   Area in ha |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar |         0    |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    |     25248.2  |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh |      1478.99 |
| 4.       | Assam             |      2719.72 |
| 5.       | Bihar             |         0    |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      |      1990.04 |
| 7.       | Goa               |     11041    |
| 8.       | Gujarat           |     30092.5  |
| 9.       | Haryana           |      5177.75 |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  |     10887.4  |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir   |     19090.8  |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         |      2293.14 |
| 13.      | Karnataka         |     45082.9  |
| 14.      | Kerala            |     22827.9  |
| 15.      | Lakshadweep       |      1791.43 |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    |    215627    |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       |     97218.3  |
| 18.      | Manipur           |       155.7  |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         |      1750.14 |
| 20.      | Mizoram           |       550.44 |
| 21.      | Nagaland          |      6904.26 |
| 22.      | Delhi             |        60.06 |
| 23.      | Odisha            |     45067.8  |
| 24.      | Pondicherry       |         5.67 |
| 25.      | Punjab            |      1450.72 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan         |     73842.8  |
| 27.      | Sikkim            |    115665    |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu        |      4413.13 |
| 29.      | Telangana         |         0    |
| 30.      | Tripura           |         0    |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh     |     51722.5  |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand       |     38543.3  |
| 33.      | West Bengal       |      2743.51 |
|          | Total             |    835442    |

Source: APEDA

Annexure- II State-wise and year-wise details of area added to organic farming through PKVY scheme since 2015-16.

| S. No   | State             |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar |      1360 |      1360 |      1360 |      1360 |      1360 |      1360 |      1360 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |      8660 |      8660 |     26000 |    106000 |    106000 |    206000 |    206000 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |       380 |       380 |       380 |       380 |       380 |       380 |       380 |
| 4       | Assam             |      4400 |      4400 |      4400 |      4400 |      4400 |      4400 |      4400 |
| 5       | Bihar             |      6540 |      6540 |     10600 |     10600 |     10600 |     24600 |     24600 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |      3760 |      3760 |      4000 |     24000 |     24000 |    109000 |    109000 |
| 7       | Goa               |        80 |        80 |        80 |     10080 |     10080 |     10080 |     10080 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |      2000 |      2000 |      2000 |      2000 |      2000 |      2000 |      2000 |
| 9       | Haryana           |       400 |       400 |       400 |       400 |       400 |       400 |       400 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |      2200 |      2200 |      4200 |      4200 |      5700 |     17700 |     17700 |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   |       560 |       560 |       560 |       560 |       560 |       560 |       560 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |      2000 |      2000 |      5540 |      5540 |      5540 |      8940 |     23940 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |     10900 |     10900 |     10900 |     10900 |     20900 |     20900 |     20900 |
| 14      | Kerala            |      2380 |      2380 |     12380 |     12380 |     12380 |     96380 |     96380 |
| 15      | Lakshadweep       |         0 |         0 |         0 |      2700 |      2700 |      2700 |      2700 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh    |     17600 |     17600 |     27600 |     76560 |     76560 |    175560 |    175560 |
| 17      | Maharashtra       |     18640 |     18640 |     25160 |     25160 |     25160 |     25160 |     32160 |
| 18      | Manipur           |       600 |       600 |       600 |       600 |       600 |       600 |       600 |
| 19      | Meghalaya         |       900 |       900 |       900 |       900 |       900 |       900 |       900 |
| 20      | Mizoram           |       680 |       680 |       680 |       680 |       680 |       680 |       680 |
| 21      | Nagaland          |       480 |       480 |       480 |       480 |       480 |       480 |       480 |
| 22      | Delhi             |         0 |         0 |     10000 |     10000 |     10000 |     10000 |     10000 |
| 23      | Odisha            |      6400 |      6400 |      6400 |     20800 |     20800 |     44800 |     44800 |
| 24      | Pondicherry       |         0 |         0 |       160 |       160 |       160 |       160 |       160 |
| 25      | Punjab            |      1000 |      1000 |      5000 |      5000 |      5000 |      5000 |      7000 |
| 26      | Rajasthan         |     15100 |     15100 |     23000 |    123000 |    123000 |    123000 |    123000 |
| 27      | Sikkim            |      3000 |      3000 |      3000 |      3000 |      3000 |      3000 |      3000 |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu        |      2240 |      2240 |      2240 |      6240 |      6240 |      8240 |      8240 |
| 29      | Telangana         |      6000 |      6000 |     13800 |     13800 |     13800 |     13800 |     13800 |
| 30      | Tripura           |      1000 |      1000 |      1000 |      1000 |      1000 |      1000 |      1000 |
| 31      | Uttar Pradesh     |     11500 |     11500 |     18800 |     32800 |     42800 |     78580 |     78580 |
| 32      | Uttarakhand       |     11000 |     11000 |     12540 |     90540 |     90540 |    140540 |    140540 |
| 33      | West Bengal       |      2400 |      2400 |      2400 |      2400 |      2400 |      2400 |      2400 |
| 34      | Daman & Diu       |         0 |         0 |      1100 |      1100 |      1100 |      1100 |      1100 |
| 35      | Dadar Nagar       |         0 |         0 |     10000 |     10000 |     10000 |     10000 |     10000 |
| 36      | Chandigarh        |         0 |         0 |         0 |      1300 |      1300 |      1300 |      1300 |
| 37      | Ladakh            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |     10000 |
|         | Total             |    144160 |    144160 |    247660 |    621020 |    642520 |   1151700 |   1185700 |

Cumulative state-wise year under PKVY since 2015-16