Lok Sabha Question No. 1128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Promotion of Natural Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1128

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## PROMOTION OF NATURAL FARMING

1128. SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  taking  steps  to  promote  'Jaivik  Kheti'  (Chemical  free agriculture) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  developed  any  web  portal  for  direct  sale  of  organic produce by farmers to the consumers to help them for better price realization:
- (d) if so, the farmers who have been registered so far, State/UT-wise including Gujarat; and
- (e) the steps taken for capacity building of farmers and particularly the details of area being covered so far ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Government has  been promoting organic  farming  in  the  country  since  2015-16 through the schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER). Both the schemes stress on end to  end  support  to  farmers  engaged  in  organic  farming  i.e.  from  production  to  processing, certification and marketing and post harvest management support including processing. PKVY is  being  implemented  in  all  the  States  other-than  North  Eastern  States,  across  the  country. MOVCDNER scheme is implemented exclusively in the NE States.

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

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through DBT for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs. Financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh/ cluster of 1000 ha for 3 years is provided for value addition and infrastructure creation.

Under MOVCDNER, an assistance of Rs. 46,575/ha for 3years is provided for creation of FPO, support to farmers for organic inputs, quality seeds/ planting material and training, hand holding  and  certification.  Financial  assistance  @  Rs  32500/  ha  for  3  years  is  provided  to farmers for off farm /on -farm organic inputs under the scheme

(c) & (d): Government has developed web portalwww.Jaivikkheti.in/ as an online marketing platform for direct sale of organic produce by farmers to the consumers to help them for  better  price  realization.  Total  6.09  lakh  farmers  have  been  registered  under Jaivik  kheti portal .  The state/UT - wise (including Gujarat) details of number of farmers registered on the portal is given in Annexure- I .

(e): Under PKVY there is provision of assistance @ Rs 7500/ha for 3 years for training and capacity building of farmers on organic production whereas, under MOVCDNER Rs 10000/ha for 3 years is provided for training and hand holding of farmers for capacity building on organic production.

National  Center  For  Organic  and  Natural  Farming  (NCONF)  a  sub-ordinate  office  of DA&FW, has  been  organizing  various  training  and  capacity  building  programme  namely  30 Day's Certificate Course, Field Demonstration and Training, Extension Officer training Programme and 7 days online/offline training course on various aspects of organic farming for farmers and other stake holders.

Multi- disciplinary team of scientist of Indian Council of Agriculture (ICAR)  are involved in need-based training to farmers and extensions agents and giving technical support to State agencies for promotion of organic farming. Scientists in Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) organize regular training programs to farmers and extension personnel on organic agriculture including production and use of organic inputs.

The details of  state-wise  area  covered  under  organic  farming  under  NPOP  and  PGSIndia programme certification during 2021-22 is given in Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I

## The state/UT - wise (including Gujarat) details of number of farmers registered on the portal:

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         |   No. of Farmers |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |              971 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |               77 |
| 3.        | Assam             |             7339 |
| 4.        | Bihar             |            13222 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      |            27780 |
| 6.        | Daman and Diu     |             1131 |
| 7.        | Delhi             |             2882 |
| 8.        | Goa               |            11556 |
| 9.        | Gujarat           |             3885 |
| 10.       | Haryana           |              323 |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh  |             1830 |
| 12.       | Jammu and Kashmir |                1 |
| 13.       | Jharkhand         |             9926 |
| 14.       | Karnataka         |            11500 |
| 15.       | Kerala            |            14781 |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh    |            47465 |
| 17.       | Maharashtra       |            39281 |
| 18.       | Manipur           |             1180 |
| 19.       | Meghalaya         |             1214 |
| 20.       | Mizoram           |              306 |
| 21.       | Nagaland          |             1130 |
| 22.       | Odisha            |            31299 |
| 23.       | Punjab            |               22 |
| 24.       | Rajasthan         |            40414 |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu        |             3653 |
| 26.       | Tripura           |              892 |
| 27.       | Talangana         |             4360 |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh     |           105896 |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand       |           217795 |
| 30.       | West Bengal       |             7222 |
|           | Total             |           609144 |

Source:

www.Jaivikkheti.in/

## Annexure- II State-wise total land under organic farming under NPOP and PGS- India programme

## certification during 2021-22.

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## Area (in ha)

| S. No.   | State                   | Under NPOP Certification   |   Under PGS certification |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh          | 47922.42                   |          206000           |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 12636.64                   |             380           |
| 3.       | Assam                   | 18102.94                   |            4400           |
| 4.       | Bihar                   | 30941.01                   |           24600           |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh            | 18856.46                   |          109000           |
| 6.       | Goa                     | 12669.88                   |           10080           |
| 7.       | Gujarat                 | 154950.14                  |            2000           |
| 8.       | Haryana                 | 3198.95                    |             400           |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh        | 11160.55                   |           17700           |
| 10.      | Jammu & Kashmir         | 30675.58                   |             560           |
| 11.      | Jharkhand               | 58870.14                   |           23940           |
| 12.      | Karnataka               | 96188.88                   |           20900           |
| 13.      | Kerala                  | 43676.54                   |           96380           |
| 14.      | Ladakh                  | 7280.37                    |           10000           |
| 15.      | Lakshadweep             | 895.51                     |            2700           |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh          | 1504950.14                 |          175560           |
| 17.      | Maharashtra             | 1133570.30                 |           32160           |
| 18.      | Manipur                 | 14628.42                   |             600           |
| 19.      | Meghalaya               | 27508.74                   |             900           |
| 20.      | Mizoram                 | 19038.89                   |             680           |
| 21.      | Nagaland                | 14269.27                   |             480           |
| 22.      | Delhi                   | 12.948                     |           10000           |
| 23.      | Odisha                  | 488904.77                  |           44800           |
| 24.      | Pondicherry             | 21.505                     |             160           |
| 25.      | Punjab                  | 7564.60                    |            7000           |
| 26.      | Rajasthan               | 488904.77                  |          123000           |
| 27.      | Sikkim                  | 75475.28                   |            3000           |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu              | 52305.73                   |            8240           |
| 29.      | Telangana               | 39200.47                   |           13800           |
| 30.      | Tripura                 | 12081.63                   |            1000           |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh           | 70946.65                   |           78580           |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand             | 89670.88                   |          140540           |
| 33.      | West Bengal             | 7280.37                    |            2400           |
| 34.      | Daman Diu & Dadar Nagar | -                          |           11100           |
| 35       | Andaman & Nicobar       | -                          |            1360           |
| 36       | Chandigarh              | -                          |            1300           |
| Total    | Total                   | 5912414.74                 |               5.91241e+06 |

Source: NPOP (APEDA)

PGS (NCONF)