Lok Sabha Question No. 361 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: National Programme for Organic Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 361

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH     MARCH, 2022

## NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION

- *361. DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

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

- (a) the aims and objectives of National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP);
- (b) the  details  of  States  in  which  the  above  programme  is  being  implemented,  with  a particular reference to Maharashtra, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) the manner by which Indian organic standards (Jaivik Bharat ) can be compared with US and EU; and
- (d) the efforts being made by the Government to bring down cost of organic products, such as  incentivizing  for  increasing  yield  per  acre,  storage  and  warehousing  to  protect  from exposing to chemicals, etc.?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

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

## STATEMENT  IN  RESPECT  OF  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  361  FOR  29.03.2022  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  PROGRAMME  FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION'.

- (a): The aims of the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), interalia include the following:
- i. To provide the means of evaluation of certification programme for organic agriculture and  products  (including  wild  harvest,  aquaculture,  livestock  products)  as  per  the approved criteria.
- ii. To  accredit  certification  programmes  of  Certification  Bodies  seeking  accreditation under this programme.
- iii. To facilitate  certification  of  organic  products in  conformity  with  the National  Standard for Organic Production (NSOP).
- iv. To facilitate certification of organic products in conformity with the importing countries organic standards as per equivalence agreement between the two countries or as per importing country requirements.
- v. To encourage the development of organic farming and organic processing.

The scope of NPOP shall, inter-alia, include the following:

- i. Policies  for  development  and  certification  of  organic  products  as  notified  by  the Department of Commerce from time to time.
- ii. National standards for organic products and processes.
- iii. Accreditation of certification programmes to be operated by Certification Bodies.
- iv. Certification of organic products.

(b): The  details  of  State-wise  cultivable  area  certified  under  NPOP  during  2020-21 including Maharashtra, West Bengal & Madhya Pradesh are at Annexure -1 .

(c): As  per  the  Directorate  General  of  Foreign  Trade  (DGFT)  Notification,  a  product certified  under  NPOP  is  eligible  for  export  as  organic.  The  European  Commission  granted equivalency to NPOP for unprocessed plant products for export to European Union (EU).

(d): Government has been implementing Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  (PKVY) and Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)  for promotion  of  organic  farming  through  cluster/FPO  in  the  country  since  2015-16.  Both  the schemes stress on end to end support to organic farmers i.e. from production to processing, certification and marketing and post harvest management support including processing which helps to bring down cost of organic products.

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 off-farm organic inputs. Whereas, financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh/ cluster of 1000 ha for 3 years is provided for value addition and infrastructure creation.

Under  MOVCDNER a sum of Rs. 46,575/ha for  3years  are  provided  for  creation  of FPO, support to farmers for organic inputs, quality seeds/ planting material and training, hand holding  and  certification.  Whereas  need  based  assistance  is  provided  for  post  harvest infrastructure and value addition up to maximum limit of Rs 600 lakh for integrated processing unit, Rs 37.50 lakh for integrated pack house, Rs 18.75 lakh each for refrigerated vehicle and cold store components, Rs 10.0 lakh for collection, aggregation, grading   and custom hiring center and Rs 6.0 lakh for four wheeler/transportation.

State-wise cultivable area under NPOP for the Year 2020-21

| S. No.           | State Name        | Area (in ha)     |
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1                | Madhya Pradesh    | 1020017.98       |
| 2                | Maharashtra       | 371722.62        |
| 3                | Rajasthan         | 298686.29        |
| 4                | Gujarat           | 147866.41        |
| 5                | Karnataka         | 95050.08         |
| 6                | Odisha            | 92694.81         |
| 7                | Sikkim            | 75729.66         |
| 8                | Uttarakhand       | 74826.4          |
| 9                | Uttar Pradesh     | 67442.61         |
| 10               | Jharkhand         | 53261.7          |
| 11               | Kerala            | 45070.38         |
| 12               | Meghalaya         | 38376.39         |
| 13               | Andhra Pradesh    | 36801.36         |
| 14               | Tamil Nadu        | 31629.06         |
| 15               | Jammu &Kashmir    | 30619.82         |
| 16               | Bihar             | 29902.54         |
| 17               | Chhattisgarh      | 23209.52         |
| 18               | Assam             | 18470.84         |
| 19               | Nagaland          | 14790.38         |
| 20               | Arunachal Pradesh | 13114.12         |
| 21               | Mizoram           | 13038.89         |
| 22               | Manipur           | 12724.92         |
| 23               | Goa               | 12632.32         |
| 24               | Himachal Pradesh  | 11854            |
| 25               | Telangana         | 6865.56          |
| 26               | Tripura           | 6521.31          |
| 27               | West Bengal       | 6302.61          |
| 28               | Haryana           | 4903.06          |
| 29               | Punjab            | 2021.5           |
| 30               | Lakshadweep       | 895.51           |
| 31               | LADAKH            | 817.85           |
| 32               | Pondicherry       | 23.65            |
| 33               | New Delhi         | 5.17             |
| Total 2657889.33 | Total 2657889.33  | Total 2657889.33 |

Source: APEDA

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## Annexure-I