Lok Sabha Question No. 2110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Urban Compost
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara, Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2110 TO BE ANSWERED ON : 10.12.2021

Urban Compost

## 2110 SHRI G.M: SIDDESHWAR: SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is fact that under the   policy of  promoting urban  compost; fertilizer companies have adopted hundreds of villages to encourage the use of urban compost and if so, the State-wise details of all such villages;
- whether the Government is running the scheme to reduce the volume of waste by converting it into useful organic fertilizers and if s0, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of villages, especially in Karnataka, where these fertilizer companies are selling urban compost directly to farmers;
- (d) the status and progress under the urban compost scheme, State/UT wise including Gujarat;
- if so, the details thereof?
- (e) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of villages adopted by the fertilizer   companies to promote the use of urban   compost in the country including Gujarat; and

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE AND CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS MANSUKH MANDAVIYA) (DR:

- (a): To promote the use of city compost; the Fertilizers   marketing  Companies have adopted 498 villages across the country: The State-wise number of villages adopted by marketing companies is at Annexure-I.
- (b) No such data is maintained.
- (c) & (d): For converting Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into organic fertilizer, Swachh Bharat Mission Urban under Ministry of Housing & Urban central share fund for establishment of Solid Waste Management   (SWM) plants by States/Union Territories (UTs) in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
- (ii) The   specifications of 10   organic   fertilizers namely compost;,  vermi   compost; Phosphate rich organic manure, Bio-enriched organic manure, organic manure , Fermented Organic Manure (solid) , Fermented Organic Manure (liquid) , Bone meal raw and Bone meal steam and Potash derived from rhodophytes have been notified in the Fertilizer Control Order, (FCO), 1985. The raw material used in some of these fertilizers are various types of organic waste. city

(iii) The Government had approved the policy on promotion of city compost which was notified by the Department of Fertilizers on 10.02.2016 wherein a Market Development Assistance of Rs. 1500/- M.T was provided for scaling up production and consumption of city   compost made from city waste However, the   scheme of Market Development Assistance (MDA) for scaling up production and consumption of compost has been discontinued 2021 based on the MDA Policy and recommendations of   Expenditure Finance Committee  (EFC) in its meeting dated 2nd August; 2021. city

(iv) As per iFMS portal, the production of city compost for the year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 up to October; 2021 is as under:

|    | Year    | Production of city Compost in MT   |
|----|---------|------------------------------------|
| 1  | 2019-20 | 327790.58                          |
| 2  | 2020-21 | 269110.46                          |
| 3_ | 2021-22 | 194385.14 (up to Oct_, 2021)       |

The PoS sale State-wise/UT-wise by fertilizer marketing companies and bulk sale of city compost by compost manufacturers for the year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 up to October, 2021 including Gujarat is at Annexure-II:

- (e) There is no such proposal:

In view of (e) above; the question does not arise.

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Annexure-| StatelUT-wise number of Villages adopted by Fertilizer companies for promotion of usage of urban compost

| S No:   | Name of State        | Number of Villages   |
|---------|----------------------|----------------------|
|         | Andrhra Pradesh      | 21                   |
| 2       | Assam                | 13                   |
| 3       | Bihar                | 5                    |
| 4       | Chhattishgarh        | 5                    |
| 5       | Goa                  | 4                    |
| 6       | Gujarat              | 56                   |
| 7       | Haryana              | 14                   |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh     |                      |
| 9       | Jek                  | 1                    |
| 10      | Jharkhand            | 1 35                 |
| 11      | Karnataka            | 10                   |
| 12      | Kerala               |                      |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh       | 15                   |
| 14      | Maharashtra          | 55                   |
| 15      | Odisha               | 10                   |
| 16      | Puducherry           | 1                    |
| 17      | Punjab               | 12                   |
|         |                      | 48                   |
| 18      | Rajasthan            | 42                   |
| 19 20   | Tamil Nadu Telangana | 23                   |
| 21      |                      | 102                  |
|         | Uttar Pradesh        | 2                    |
| 22      | Uttrakhand           |                      |
| 23      | West Bengal          | 22                   |
| Total   |                      | 498                  |

## State /UT wise sale of City Compost

## Annexure-II

(In MT)

| S No.   | States/UT Name   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 | 2021-22 (upto October, 2021)   |
|---------|------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|         | Andhra Pradesh   |      9660 |     12790 | 10430                          |
| 2       | Assam            |        10 |       590 | 500                            |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh     |       860 |      1460 | 2270                           |
| 4       | Delhi            |       200 |        70 | 80                             |
| 5       | Gujarat          |     32850 |     28670 | 19030                          |
| 6       | Haryana          |      5660 |      5370 | 6490                           |
|         | Jharkhand        |      5410 |     11700 | 12070                          |
| 8       | Karnataka        |     24600 |     31250 | 25930                          |
| 9       | Kerala           |      7260 |      3880 | 4270                           |
| 10      | Madhya Pradesh   |      4390 |      7320 | 9610                           |
| 11      | Maharashtra      |     30190 |     38620 | 34510                          |
| 12      | Odisha           |       960 |      1480 | 2880                           |
| 13      | Puducherry       |       690 |       440 | 320                            |
| 14      | Punjab           |      8480 |      9560 | 11850                          |
| 15      | Rajasthan        |     12210 |     13420 | 12890                          |
| 16      | Tamil Nadu       |     11560 |     12180 | 12580                          |
| 17      | Telangana        |      6760 |     11700 | 9920                           |
| 18      | Uttarakhand      |       190 |       300 | 330                            |
| 19      | Uttar Pradesh    |     26400 |     40310 | 21630                          |
| 20      | West Bengal      |     18420 |     21180 |                                |
| 21      | Total Bulk Sale  |    120516 |    100391 | 79579.26                       |
|         | Total            |    327276 |    352681 | 300049.26                      |

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