Lok Sabha Question No. 746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 746

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 Th  JULY, 2023

## PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA

746. DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

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

- (a) the aims and objectives of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and the details of clusters formed in the country, State-wise particularly Telangana;
- (b) the  details  of  areas  of  land  in  hectares  which  have  been  covered  and  farmers benefited under organic farming in the country, State-wise particularly Telangana;
- (c) the extent to which organic farming has helped farmers to double their income; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  help  farmers  to  take  up  natural  farming either  side  of  river  Godavari  and  Krishna  in  Telangana  in  the  same  the  way  it  is  helping farmers of UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand to take up organic farming on either side of River Ganga under Namami Gange programme and if not, the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): Government  of  India  has  been  promoting  Organic  farming  in  the  country through dedicated scheme namely Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2015-16. The  scheme  provides  end  to  end  support  to  organic  farmers  i.e.  from  production  to certification  and  marketing.  Trainings  and  capacity  buildings  as  well  as  post  harvest management support including processing, packing and marketing are made integral part of the scheme to encourage organic farmers.

Under PKVY, farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare/ 3 years, out of which Rs. 31,000 is provided directly through DBT for inputs (bio fertilizers, biopesticides, organic manure, compost, vermi-compost, botanical extracts etc).

## Aims and objectives of the PKVY Scheme:

-  To  promote  natural  resource  based  integrated  and  climate  resilient  sustainable farming  systems  that  ensure  maintenance  and  increase  of  soil  fertility,  natural resource  conservation,  on-farm  nutrient  recycling  and  minimize  dependence  of farmers on external inputs;
-  To  reduce  cost  of  agriculture  to  farmers  through  sustainable  integrated  organic farming systems thereby enhancing farmer's net income per unit of land.
-  To sustainably produce chemical free and nutritious food for human consumption.
-  To  protect  environment  from  hazardous  inorganic  chemicals  by  adoption  of  ecofriendly low-cost traditional techniques and farmer friendly technologies.
-  To bring large contiguous traditional/ default organic areas under organic certification and empowering the farmers of such areas with market linkages;
-  To facilitate certification access to individual and small farmer groups not covered by any scheme.
-  To  empower  farmers  through  their  own  institutional  development  in  the  form  of clusters  and  groups  with  capacity  to  manage  production,  processing,  value  addition and certification management in value chain mode;
-  To make farmers entrepreneurs through direct market linkages with local and export trade houses/ chains.
-  Ensuring professional handholding for transforming so developed cluster into business enterprises for better value realization of their premium organic produce

The cost of production in organic farming is less as compared to conventional farming, as organic  farming  is  based  on  on-farm  resource  management  avoiding  use  of  chemical fertilizer and pesticides. Moreover, farmer gets premium from their certified organic produce which helps them to increase their income.

The State- wise details of clusters formed, area covered and farmers benefitted including the State of Telangana under PKVY since 2015- 2016 is given at Annexure-I .

(d): The selection  of  the  area  for  natural  farming/  organic  farming  is  done  by  the  State Government  and  it  can  take  up  areas  on  either  side  of  river  Godavari  and  Krishna  in Telangana.

## Annexure- I

## The  state-wise  details  of  clusters  formed,  area  and  farmers  benefited  including Telangana under PKVY since 2015-16

Area (in ha)

| S. No.   | State                   |   Clusters |   Area under PKVY |   Farmers |
|----------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh          |       5300 |   206000          |    265000 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh       |         19 |      380          |       950 |
| 3.       | Assam                   |        220 |     4400          |     11000 |
| 4.       | Bihar                   |        427 |    24600          |     21350 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh            |       1200 |   109000          |     60000 |
| 6.       | Goa                     |        504 |    10080          |     25200 |
| 7.       | Gujarat                 |        100 |     2000          |      5000 |
| 8.       | Haryana                 |         20 |      400          |      1000 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh        |        285 |    17700          |     14250 |
| 10.      | Jammu & Kashmir         |         28 |      560          |      1400 |
| 11.      | Jharkhand               |       1000 |    23940          |     50000 |
| 12.      | Karnataka               |       1045 |    20900          |     52250 |
| 13.      | Kerala                  |        619 |    96380          |     30950 |
| 14.      | Ladakh                  |        250 |    10000          |     12500 |
| 15.      | Lakshadweep             |        135 |     2700          |      6750 |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh          |       3828 |   175560          |    191400 |
| 17.      | Maharashtra             |       1608 |    32160          |     80400 |
| 18.      | Manipur                 |         30 |      600          |      1500 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya               |         45 |      900          |      2250 |
| 20.      | Mizoram                 |         34 |      680          |      1700 |
| 21.      | Nagaland                |         24 |      480          |      1200 |
| 22.      | Delhi                   |        500 |    10000          |     25000 |
| 23.      | Odisha                  |       1040 |    44800          |     52000 |
| 24.      | Pondicherry             |          8 |      160          |       400 |
| 25.      | Punjab                  |        350 |     7000          |     17500 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan               |       6150 |   123000          |    307500 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                  |        150 |     3000          |      7500 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu              |        312 |     8240          |     15600 |
| 29.      | Telangana               |        690 |    13800          |     34500 |
| 30.      | Tripura                 |         50 |     1000          |      2500 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh           |       1120 |    78580          |     56000 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand             |       4485 |   140540          |    224250 |
| 33.      | West Bengal             |        120 |     2400          |      6000 |
| 34.      | Daman Diu & Dadar Nagar |        555 |    11100          |     27750 |
| 35       | Andaman & Nicobar       |         68 |     1360          |      3400 |
| 36       | Chandigarh              |         65 |     1300          |      3250 |
|          | Total                   |      32384 |        1.1857e+06 |   1619200 |

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