Lok Sabha Question No. 635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Export of Organic Products
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Dr. Indra Hang Subba

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 635

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  NOVEMBER, 2024

## EXPORT OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS

## 635. DR. INDRA HANG SUBBA:

Will the minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total amount of organic products exported during the last five years and current year;
- (b) whether the Government has allocated any specific fund to incentivise the industries for producing the organic products and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the total number of food processing industries for producing the organic products, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH)

(a). Total amount of organic food products exported during last five years and current year:

|   Sr. No. | Year     |   Quantity (MT) |   Value (USD Million) |
|-----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | 2019-20  |          638998 |                689.1  |
|         2 | 2020-21  |          888180 |               1040.95 |
|         3 | 2021-22  |          460320 |                771.96 |
|         4 | 2022-23  |          312801 |                708.33 |
|         5 | 2023-24  |          261029 |                494.8  |
|         6 | 2024-25* |          263050 |                447.73 |

Source:  Information  provided  by  the  certification  bodies  accredited  under  National  Programme  for  Organic Production (NPOP) on Tracenet

*: Export till date 25.11.2024

(b) and (c).  The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has not allocated any specific fund to incentivize the industries for producing the organic products. However, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under Ministry of Commerce and Industries provides Financial Assistance to its member exporters, including exporters of organic food products, for:

- (i) Development of Export Infrastructure
- (ii) Quality Development
- (iii) Market Development

Further,  APEDA  is  implementing  the  National  Programme  for  Organic  Production  (NPOP).  The programme involves the accreditation of Certification Bodies, standards for organic production, promotion of organic farming and marketing, etc. Under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), operators are certified as per their scope of operation such as production, processing and trading. The total number of organic certified processing units under National Programme for Organic Production in India are 1016. State wise number of organic certified processing units is at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  635  FOR  REPLY  ON  28 TH  NOVEMBER,  2024 REGARDING  'EXPORT  OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS'

## State wise no. of organic certified processing units under the NPOP as on 21.11.2024

| S. No.   | Name of State     |   No. of certified processing units |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Karnataka         |                                 127 |
| 2        | Gujarat           |                                 122 |
| 3        | Maharashtra       |                                 113 |
| 4        | Tamil Nadu        |                                  88 |
| 5        | West Bengal       |                                  83 |
| 6        | Rajasthan         |                                  79 |
| 7        | Kerala            |                                  59 |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                  50 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                  50 |
| 10       | Haryana           |                                  43 |
| 11       | Telangana         |                                  37 |
| 12       | Uttarakhand       |                                  34 |
| 13       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                  25 |
| 14       | Punjab            |                                  20 |
| 15       | New Delhi         |                                  19 |
| 16       | Assam             |                                  16 |
| 17       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                  13 |
| 18       | Odisha            |                                   8 |
| 19       | Chhattisgarh      |                                   8 |
| 20       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                   4 |
| 21       | Goa               |                                   4 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |                                   3 |
| 23       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                   2 |
| 24       | Daman &Diu        |                                   2 |
| 25       | Ladakh            |                                   2 |
| 26       | Chandigarh        |                                   1 |
| 27       | Jharkhand         |                                   1 |
| 28       | Meghalaya         |                                   1 |
| 29       | Pondicherry       |                                   1 |
| 30       | Tripura           |                                   1 |
| Total    | Total             |                                1016 |

Source: Information provided by the certification bodies accredited under NPOP on Tracenet

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