Lok Sabha Question No. 2261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2261

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 Th  MARCH, 2023

## ORGANIC FARMING

2261. SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  details  about  the  facilities  given  for  organic farming to the farmers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is not true that the Government aims to add 6.5 lakh hectares area under organic farming in the country under PKVY:
- (d) if  so, the details of existing area under organic farming cultivation, State-wise as of 2014
- (e) the amount that the Government has been able to add under PKVY to the existing area of organic farming, State-wise and year-wise, as of 1st January, 2023; and
- (f) 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 क ृ िष एवं िकसान काण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): Government has been promoting organic farming in the country since 201516 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 whereas 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.

(c): 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.

(d) & (e): 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.

- (f): 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  whereas,  Apart  from  this,  Rs  2700/ha  for  3  years  is provided for certification and residual analysis.

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,  Precooling, 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 33   | Uttarakhand       |     11000 | 11000     | 12540     | 90540     | 90540     |    140540 | 140540 2400 |
|         | West Bengal       |      2400 | 2400 0    | 2400      | 2400      | 2400      |      2400 |             |
| 34      | Daman & Diu       |         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 | 10000       |
|         | Total             |    144160 | 144160    | 0 247660  | 0 621020  | 0 642520  |   1151700 | 1185700     |

Cumulative state-wise year under PKVY since 2015-16

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