Lok Sabha Question No. 1268 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Promotion of Organic Fertilizers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Prashant Yadaorao Padole, Shri Y S Avinash Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1268

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## PROMOTION OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS

1268. DR. PRASHANT YADAORAO PADOLE: SHRI Y S AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a) the details of the Government policy to promote organic fertilizers in the Country;
- (b) the details of production and use of organic fertilizers in the country, State-wise; and
- (c) the impact of the use of organic fertilizers on yield and productivity?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a): Government  is  promoting  organic  farming  through  the  schemes  Paramparagat Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  in  all  the  States/UTs  (excluding  North  Eastern  States)  and Mission  Organic Value  Chain  Development for North  Eastern  Region  (MOVCDNER)  for North Eastern States. 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 postharvest management. For production management specific components like on-farm input production infrastructure, vermicompost beds, and for purchase of off-farm inputs such as neem oil, cakes,  bio-fertilizers,  organic  fertilisers,  waste  decomposers,  etc. Training  and Capacity Building are integral part of the scheme.

Under    PKVY,  assistance  of  Rs.  31,500  per  ha  for  a  period  of  three  years  is provided for promotion of organic farming to cover different components. Out of this, the assistance of Rs. 15,000 per ha for a period of three years is provided to farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer for on- farm /off -farm organic inputs including organic fertilizers.

Whereas,  under  MOVCDNER  scheme,  farmers  are  directly  provided  financial assistance  of  Rs.  32500/  ha  for  3  years  to  farmers  under  the  scheme  out  of  which  Rs. 15,000 through DBT for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs including organic fertilizers.

Further,  the  Government  is  implementing  Market  Development  Assistance  (MDA) @ Rs. 1500/Metric Tonne to promote organic fertilizers, viz., Fermented Organic Manure/ Liquid Fermented Organic Manure/Phosphate Rich Organic Manure (FOM/LFOM/PROM)

produced at plants under Galvanizing Organic Bio Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan) scheme of Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS).

- (b): State-wise  details  about  the  production  of  organic  fertilizers,  as  received  from various State Governments during the last three years is given at Annexure . The details of production data is maintained at the State level.
- (c): Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  has  reported  that  long-term multilocation  studies  on  organic  farming  concludes  that  nutrient  management  plays  an important  role  in  improving  productivity  through  combination  of  organic  manure  and integrated farming systems to maintain the nutrient supply of crops.

## Details of production of Organic Fertilizers Year- wise (in Metric Tons)

## Annexure

| State            | 2021-22     | 2022-23   | 2023-24     |
|------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   | 25006       | 272572    | 1858652     |
| Assam            | 130704      | 43773     | 125812      |
| Bihar            | 47861       | 53256     | 22500       |
| Chhattisgarh     | 2166        | -         | 78402       |
| Delhi            | 27657       | -         | -           |
| Goa              | -           | 11221     | -           |
| Gujarat          | 390309      | 278037    | 257822      |
| Haryana          | 180299      | 71179     | 74223       |
| Himachal Pradesh | 18          | 33        | 4520        |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 5314508     | 3250      | 85240       |
| Jharkhand        | -           | -         | 32831       |
| Karnataka        | 38089359    | 2278241   | 2286649     |
| Kerala           | 38250       | 13560     | -           |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 94254       | 84598     | 1388205     |
| Maharashtra      | 231305      | 237843    | 343171      |
| Manipur          | 150         | -         | 150         |
| Meghalaya        | 13518       | -         | -           |
| Mizoram          | 58          | -         | -           |
| Nagaland         | 68351       | -         | -           |
| Odisha           | 37116       | 14764     | -           |
| Punjab           | 473         | 7407      | 3088335     |
| Rajasthan        | 18330       | 50477     | 52220       |
| Tamil nadu       | 60117       | 231522    | 2134453     |
| Telangana        | 27695       | 28788     | -           |
| Tripura          | -           | 947       | 1022        |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 139426      | 74799     | 802262      |
| Uttarakhand      | 6961        | 7440      | 10750       |
| West Bengal      | 6664        | 6705      | -           |
| Puducherry       | 130         | 2470      | -           |
| Ladakh           | -           | -         | 13681       |
| Grand Total      | 4,49,50,685 | 37,72,884 | 1,26,60,900 |

Source: NCONF/State Governments

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