Lok Sabha Question No. 176 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Commercial Production of Organic Products
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 176

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2023

## COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS

- *176 . DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana in the country to promote commercial production of organic products;
- (b) if so the details of the programme and initiatives taken thereunder; and
- (c) the details of progress made so far in this regard, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

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

## STATEMENT IN  RESPECT  OF  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 176 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2023 REGARDING 'COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS'

(a) & (b): Government  promoting  organic  farming  on  priority  in  the  country  through dedicated scheme namely Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2015-16. The PKVY  scheme  provides  end  to  end  support  to  organic  farmers  i.e.  from  production  to processing and certification as well as for marketing by a clusters approach. Trainings and capacity  buildings  as  well  as  post  harvest  management  support  including  processing, packing and marketing are made integral part of the scheme. The primary focus of the scheme is to encourage farmers to adopt organic farming in clusters mode to help them to create a value and supply chain with robust focus on marketing.

Under  PKVY,  States/UTs  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. 8800/ha for  3  years  is  provided  for  marketing,  packaging,  branding,  value  addition  and  other marketing initiatives.  Apart from this, Rs. 2700/ha for 3 years is provided for certification and residual analysis.  Under the scheme assistance is also provided @Rs. 7500/ha for 3 years for training and capacity building.

To help commercial production of organic products, farmers are provided assistance for online PGS Certification. National  Centre of Natural and Organic Farming  (NCONF), a subordinate office under Ministry of Agriculture, which has a dedicated PGS secretariat to look after authorization of Regional Councils (RCs) for facilitating the local groups to take up PGS-India certification. 74 RCs have been authorized. Moreover, 90 Service Providers have  been  empanelled  for  training,  marketing  and  brand  building  etc.  The  scope  of certification  has  been  extended  to  Individual  farmer  certification  in  the  year  2021. Government has initiated Large Area Certification (LAC) programme since 2020-21 to certify large traditional/default organic areas such as hills, islands, tribal or desert belt with no past history of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) and agro chemical uses. A Total area of 14,445 ha has been certified under LAC under Car Nicobar and Nancowry group of Islands in  Union  Territory  of  A&N  Islands.  5000  ha  area  of  Ladakh  and  2700  ha  area  of Lakshadweep have been brought under PGS Certification under LAC Programme.

(c): Since 2015-16, under PKVY, 11.86 lakh ha area has been covered under organic farming by developing 32384 clusters involving 16.19 lakh farmers. In addition, 8 States developed their own brands for organic products.  Since 2015-2016 to 2022-2023, a total fund of Rs. 1854.01 crore has been released under the scheme. The details of organic brand developed by the state under PKVY are given at Annexure-I.

The  state-wise  details  of  progress  in  terms  of  area  covered,  number  of  farmers benefitted  and  fund  released  under  PKVY  since  2015-16  to  2022-2023  is  given  at Annexure-II .

## Brands developed by state under PKVY

| States         | Brand Name                                                 | Major organic Products      |
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | Made in Mandla                                             | Cereal, Pulses              |
| Uttarakhand    | Organic Uttarakhand                                        | Basmati Paddy               |
| Tamil Nadu     | Tamil Nadu Organic Product (TOP)                           | Millets, Pepper and Pulses, |
| Maharashtra    | Sahi organic, Nasik Organic & Gadchirrolia Organic Farming | Sorghum, Rice               |
| Jharkhand      | Jaivik Jharkhand , from the land of Jharkhand              | Vegetables                  |
| Chhattisgarh   | Aadim brand of Bhoomi Gadi FPO, Bastar Naturals            | Scented Rice                |
| Punjab         | Five Rivers                                                | Wheat, Rice                 |
| Tripura        | Tripureshwari Fresh                                        | Rice, Pineapple, Spices     |

## Annexure-I

Annexure-II State-wise details of progress in terms of area covered, number of farmers benefitted

## and fund released under PKVY since 2015-16 to 2022-2023

| S. No.   | State                   |     Area in ha. |   Farmers |   Fund Released to State |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------|--------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh          | 206000          |    265000 |                 31721.5  |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh       |    380          |       950 |                   234.56 |
| 3.       | Assam                   |   4400          |     11000 |                  3012.55 |
| 4.       | Bihar                   |  24600          |     21350 |                  4470.08 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh            | 109000          |     60000 |                  6006.42 |
| 6.       | Goa                     |  10080          |     25200 |                   504.9  |
| 7.       | Gujarat                 |   2000          |      5000 |                  1094.12 |
| 8.       | Haryana                 |    400          |      1000 |                   104.56 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh        |  17700          |     14250 |                  3044.52 |
| 10.      | Jammu & Kashmir         |    560          |      1400 |                   356.31 |
| 11.      | Jharkhand               |  23940          |     50000 |                  2682.42 |
| 12.      | Karnataka               |  20900          |     52250 |                  4996.36 |
| 13.      | Kerala                  |  96380          |     30950 |                  5670.47 |
| 14.      | Ladakh                  |  10000          |     12500 |                   221.85 |
| 15.      | Lakshadweep             |   2700          |      6750 |                   227.2  |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh          | 175560          |    191400 |                 13380.6  |
| 17.      | Maharashtra             |  32160          |     80400 |                 10135.5  |
| 18.      | Manipur                 |    600          |      1500 |                   163.46 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya               |    900          |      2250 |                   448.12 |
| 20.      | Mizoram                 |    680          |      1700 |                   469.61 |
| 21.      | Nagaland                |    480          |      1200 |                   333.72 |
| 22.      | Delhi                   |  10000          |     25000 |                   471.47 |
| 23.      | Odisha                  |  44800          |     52000 |                  8108.6  |
| 24.      | Pondicherry             |    160          |       400 |                    28.55 |
| 25.      | Punjab                  |   7000          |     17500 |                  2685.05 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan               | 123000          |    307500 |                 15616.3  |
| 27.      | Sikkim                  |   3000          |      7500 |                  1848.88 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu              |   8240          |     15600 |                  2274.35 |
| 29.      | Telangana               |  13800          |     34500 |                  2369.78 |
| 30.      | Tripura                 |   1000          |      2500 |                   687.05 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh           |  78580          |     56000 |                 14347.2  |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand             | 140540          |    224250 |                 39780.3  |
| 33.      | West Bengal             |   2400          |      6000 |                  1537.26 |
| 34.      | Daman Diu & Dadar Nagar |  11100          |     27750 |                  1235.55 |
| 35       | Andaman & Nicobar       |   1360          |      3400 |                   130    |
| 36       | Chandigarh              |   1300          |      3250 |                    77.42 |
| Total    | Total                   |      1.1857e+06 |   1619200 |                180477    |

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