Lok Sabha Question No. 2705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Organic Manure and Bio-Gas Plants
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Naresh Chandra Uttam Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2705

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## ORGANIC MANURE AND BIO-GAS PLANTS

2705. SHRI NARESH CHANDRA UTTAM PATEL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  assistance  or  subsidies  to  farmers  for organic manure and bio-gas plants;
- (b) the steps taken for the production and policy formulation of organic manure;
- (c)  the  details  of  assistance  provided  for  agricultural  startups  and  small  farmers  in  Uttar Pradesh including Fatehpur district during the last five years;
- (d)  the  details  of  policies  formulated  to  promote  profitable  model  farming  for  small  and marginal farmers;
- (e) the details of steps taken for digital soil mapping in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (f) whether the Government is proposing to implement a special scheme for micro-irrigation, water  conservation,  and  crop  diversification  in  Fatehpur  district  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  situated between  the  Ganga  and  Yamuna  rivers,  facing  challenges  such  as  unstable  irrigation, drought, and monocrop and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a)  &  (b):      Organic  farming  is  being  promoted  through  Paramparagat  Krishi Vikas  Yojana (PKVY)  in  all  the  States/UTs  including  Uttar  Pradesh  except  North  Eastern  States  and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) for the North  Eastern  States.  Both  schemes  stress  on  end-to-end  support  to  farmers  engaged  in organic farming i.e. from production to processing, certification and marketing.

Under  PKVY, assistance of  Rs.  31,500  per ha in  3 years is provided  for promotion of organic farming. Out of this, assistance of Rs. 15,000 per ha is provided to farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer for on- farm /off -farm organic inputs including organic compost.

MOVCDNER, assistance of Rs. 46,500/ha in 3 years is provided for creation of Farmers Producer Organization, support to farmers for organic inputs etc. Out of this, assistance @ Rs. 32500/ ha is provided to farmers for off -farm /on -farm organic inputs under the scheme including Rs. 15,000 as Direct Benefit Transfer to the farmers.

The  Government  has  included  Biofertilizers,  Organic  Fertilisers,  Non-Edible  De-Oiled Cake, Biostimulant,  Nano fertilisers,  Fermented  Organic  Manure (FOM),  Liquid  Fermented Organic Manure (LFOM), Phosphate Rich Organic Manure (PROM), City Compost, Organic Manure etc. in the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been implementing Biogas Schemes for dissemination and deployment of biogas plants in remote, rural and semi- urban areas  of  the  country.  Under  the  umbrella  of  National  Bioenergy  Programme  (NBP),  this programme has been continued and approved on 02.11.2022 for the period from 01.04.2021 to 31.03.2026.

The objectives of the Biogas Programme are to support setting up of biogas plants for clean cooking fuel, lighting, meeting thermal and decentralized power generation needs of users  and  utilization  of  biogas  plant  produced  slurry  as  an  organic  enriched  Solid  Biogas Fertilizer, Women Empowerment and creation of Rural Employment etc.

The  details  of  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  for  different  components  under  this programme is as follows:

(i):    For  small  biogas  plants  (1-25  cubic meter/day  plant  capacity),  Rs.  9800/-  to  Rs. 70,400/- per plant based on size of the plant in cubic meter is provided.

(ii):   3 to 250 kWe Power Generation capacity per day:  Rs. 35,000/- to Rs. 45,000/- per kilowatt for power generation and Rs. 17,500 /- to Rs. 22,500/- per kilowatt equivalent for thermal applications (25 - 2500 cubic meter/day plant capacity) for Power generation and thermal application  (capacity ranging from above 25 to 2500 cubic  meter biogas generation per day) is provided.

(c) to (f): As per information from Government of Uttar Pradesh, there is no subsidies for biogas plant and organic manure preparation. However, there is Scheme of Organic/natural farming  under  the  Scheme  of  National  Mission  on  Natural  Farming (NMNF),  farmers  at cluster level preparing Ghanjivamrit and Jeevamrit as organic resources in every District of the Uttar Pradesh. There is no policy of organic manure formulated by the Department of Agriculture Government of Uttar Pradesh and there is no assistance is given to farmers for startup  as  well.  The  startups  are  promoted  through  the  Farmers  Producer  Organisation (FPO)'s in the state of Uttar Pardesh.  For the small marginal formers there is no policy of model farming but at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) level model farming existed. The details of digital soil mapping facilities for all districts of Uttar Pradesh are available at official portal of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under Soil Health Card (https://soilhealth.dac.gov.in)

The  Scheme  of  Khet  and  Talab  Yojana  is  implemented  with  the  objective  of  water conservation in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

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