Lok Sabha Question No. 1950 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Incentives to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Geeta Kora, Uday Pratap Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1950

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2023

## INCENTIVES TO FARMERS

1950.

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA: SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide incentives to the farmers to produce biofertilizers  and  promote  organic  farming  of  foodgrains  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the details of the schemes being run by the Government in this regard along with the details of the farmers who received assistance under these schemes;
- (c) the details of funds allocated, released and utilized for the same during the year 202122 so far State-wise and scheme-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  set  targets  to  promote  the development and conservation of natural and organic farming in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the  year-wise  details  of  training  and  incentives  extended  to  farmers  for  natural  and organic  farming  in  Madhya  Pradesh  along  with  the  steps  taken  for  awareness  campaigns during the last five years; and
- (f) the details of efforts being made to reduce the use of chemicals and promote natural and organic farming for the benefit of farmers and common people during the last five years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) & (b): Government has been promoting organic farming using bio-fertilizers and other organic  inputs  in  the  country  since  2015-16  through  the  schemes  of  Paramparagat  Krishi Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  and  Mission  Organic  Value  Chain  Development  for  North  Eastern Region (MOVCDNER). 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 post-

O.I.H.

harvest management. Training and Capacity Building are integral part of the scheme. PKVY is  being implemented in all the States, other-than North Eastern States across the country whereas MOVCDNER scheme is being implemented exclusively in the NE States.

Under PKVY assistance of Rs.50,000 per ha for a period of three years is provided for promotion of organic farming to cover different components like Training & Capacity Building, Data Management, PGS Certification, value addition, marketing and publicity including the assistance of Rs. 31,000 per ha for a period of three years is provided to farmers through DBT  for  on-  farm  /off  -farm  organic  inputs.  Under  MOVCDNER,  an  assistance  of  Rs. 46,575/ha for 3years is provided for creation of FPO, support to farmers for organic inputs, quality  seeds/  planting  material  and  training,  hand  holding  and  certification.    Out  of  this, assistance @ Rs. 32500/ ha for 3 years is provided to farmers for off -farm /on -farm organic inputs under the scheme including Rs. 15,000 as DBT to the farmers and Rs. 17,500 for the planting material to be given to the farmers by State Lead Agency  (SLA) in kind.

Under PKVY scheme 16.19 lakh farmers have been benefitted and 11.86 lakh ha area has been brought under organic farming while under MOVCDNER scheme 1.89 lakh farmers have been benefitted and 1.73 lakh ha area has been brought under organic farming.

Under  Soil  Health  Card  (SHC)  schemes  Government  is  also  promoting  Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) through judicious use of chemical fertilizers in conjunction with bio-fertilizers.  Under  Soil  Health  Management  (SHM),  assistance  up-to  Rs  160  lakh  /unit (200MT  capacity)  is  provided  to  State  Governments  for  establishment  of  bio-fertilizer production unit on 60:40 sharing between GoI and State Government. To augment use of bio-fertilizers  Government  is  providing  assistance  under  PKVY,  MOVCDNER  and  various other schemes in the country which are given at Annexure I.

(c): The scheme-wise (PKVY & MOVCDNER) and state-wise details of funds allocated, released and utilized under organic farming during the year 2021-22 is given at Annexure II.

(d): The envisaged target to cover area under organic farming under PKVY scheme is 6.0 lakh ha area during the period from 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 where-as the target to cover area under natural farming has been set as 7.5 lakh ha. area during the period from 20222023 to 2025-2026.

(e): Government has been implementing schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) on organic farming through State Governments.  Details of training organized and incentives  extended  to  farmers  for  natural  farming  (state  schemes)  and  organic  farming during last five years received from Government of Madhya Pradesh is given at AnnexureIII.

(f): To  reduce  the  use  of  chemicals,  organic  farming  is  being  promoted  through  the schemes  of  PKVY  &  MOVCDNER  and  natural  farming  is  being  promoted  under  Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP) under PKVY.

To encourage use of organic and bio-fertilizers/alternate fertilizers, Government has announced 'PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth (PM-PRANAM)' to incentivize States and Union Territories for balanced use of fertilizers. Under this programme, 50% of subsidy savings will be passed on as a grant to the state for promotion of organic and natural farming and organic fertilizers.

To  promote  the  use  of  organic  fertilizers,  Government  has  announced  Market Development Assistance (MDA) @ Rs 1500/tonnes for Fermented Organic Manure (FOM), Liquid Organic Manure (LOM) and Phosphate Rich Organic Manure (PROM).

The  year  -wise  details  of  area  covered  under  organic  farming  (under  PKVY  & MOVCDNER) and natural farming (under BPKP) is as under:

Area in ha

| S. No                             | Name of Scheme                    | 2017-18                           | 2018-19                           | 2019-20                           | 2020-21                           | 2021-22                           |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Organic farming (cumulative area) | Organic farming (cumulative area) | Organic farming (cumulative area) | Organic farming (cumulative area) | Organic farming (cumulative area) | Organic farming (cumulative area) | Organic farming (cumulative area) |
| 1                                 | PKVY                              | 247660                            | 621020                            | 642520                            | 1151700                           | 1185700                           |
| 2                                 | MOVCDNER                          | 50569                             | 85443                             | 85443                             | 85443                             | 172966                            |
| Natural Farming                   | Natural Farming                   | Natural Farming                   | Natural Farming                   | Natural Farming                   | Natural Farming                   | Natural Farming                   |
| 3                                 | BPKP (since 2019-2020)            | BPKP (since 2019-2020)            | BPKP (since 2019-2020)            | 4.09 lakh ha                      | 4.09 lakh ha                      | 4.09 lakh ha                      |

## Steps  taken  by  government  to  augment  use  of  bio/  fertilizers  through  various schemes.

-  Paramparagat Krishi Vikash Yojana (PKVY): Under PKVY Government is providing assistance  of  RS  50,000  /ha  /  3  years  out  of  which  Rs  31,000  is  provided  directly through  DBT  for  procurement/  on-farm  production  of  organic  inputs  including  biofertilizers.
-  Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER): Under MOVCDNER, farmers are provided Rs 32500/ha for 3 years for on-farm production/ procurement of organic inputs including bio-fertilizers.
-  Soil  Health  Management  (SHM) :  Government  is  providing  Rs  160  lakh  /unit  for establishment of bio-fertilizer production unit (200MT capacity) to State Government which is shared on 60:40 ratios between GoI and State Government. 25 bio-fertilizer production units have been established under SHM.
-  National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP): Financial assistance@ 50% subsidy  to  the  tune  of  Rs.  300/-  per  ha  is  being  provided  for  different  components including  bio-fertilizers,  supply  of  Rhizobium  culture/Phosphate  Solubilising  Bacteria (PSB)/ Zinc Solubilising Bacteria(ZSB)/ Azatobacter/ Mycorrhiza and vermi compost.
-  National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM): Under  NFSM,  financial  assistance  is provided for promotion of Bio-Fertilizer (Rhizobium/ PSB) @50% of the cost limited to Rs.300 per ha.

Based  on  ICAR  recommendation  Government  is  promoting  soil  test  based  balanced  and integrated  nutrient  management  through  conjunctive  use  of  both  inorganic  and  organic sources (manure, bio-fertilizers etc.) of plant nutrients to improve soil health and fertility.

Annexure-II

Scheme-wise  (PKVY  &  MOVCDNER)  and  State-wise  details  of  funds  allocation, released and utilized under organic farming during the year 2021-22.

Rs in lakh

*This also includes utilization made in the FY 2021-22 on the releases made in the previous years

| S. No.          | Name of the State                  | Allocation      | Release         | Utilized*       |
|-----------------|------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| PKVY scheme     | PKVY scheme                        | PKVY scheme     | PKVY scheme     | PKVY scheme     |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh                     | 1607.45         | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 2               | Bihar                              | 994.84          | 0.00            | 1578.13         |
| 3               | Chhattisgarh                       | 1327.77         | 0.00            | 766.81          |
| 4               | Gujarat                            | 20.81           | 0.00            | 469.04          |
| 5               | Goa                                | 0.00            | 0.00            | 152.05          |
| 6               | Haryana                            | 10.40           | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 7               | Jharkhand                          | 270.50          | 0.00            | 929.48          |
| 8               | Karnataka                          | 20.81           | 0.00            | 158.95          |
| 9               | Kerala                             | 1212.71         | 0.00            | 1110.25         |
| 10              | Madhya Pradesh                     | 1606.84         | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 11              | Maharashtra                        | 41.62           | 0.00            | 87.37           |
| 12              | Odisha                             | 618.12          | 0.00            | 1849.16         |
| 13              | Punjab                             | 241.94          | 221.13          | 0.00            |
| 14              | Rajasthan                          | 4100.09         | 4048.07         | 1696.22         |
| 15              | Tamil Nadu                         | 63.65           | 0.00            | 311.83          |
| 16              | Telangana                          | 31.21           | 0.00            | 139.99          |
| 17              | Uttar Pradesh                      | 1960.10         | 865.56          | 2756.30         |
| 18              | West Bengal                        | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 19              | NE States (Aspirational districts) | 218.48          | 96.39           | 20.00           |
| 20              | Himachal Pradesh                   | 401.17          | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 21              | Uttarakhand                        | 2984.87         | 2953.66         | 5233.99         |
| 22              | All UTs                            | 952.68          | 0.00            | 0.00            |
|                 | Total                              | 18686.05        | 8184.81         | 17259.57        |
| MOVCDNER scheme | MOVCDNER scheme                    | MOVCDNER scheme | MOVCDNER scheme | MOVCDNER scheme |
| 1               | Assam                              | 2281.07         | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 2               | Manipur                            | 5498.90         | 4911.50         | 4911.50         |
| 3               | Meghalaya                          | 737.43          | 92.88           | 92.88           |
| 4               | Nagaland                           | 2451.36         | 2114.20         | 2114.20         |
| 5               | Mizoram                            | 1638.36         | 1291.74         | 1291.74         |
| 6               | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2589.60         | 2776.10         | 2776.10         |
| 7               | Sikkim                             | 2121.42         | 795.69          | 795.69          |
| 8               | Tripura                            | 2681.86         | 1178.27         | 1178.27         |
|                 | Total                              | 20000.00        | 13160.38        | 13160.38        |

Annexure - III Details of training organized and incentives provided by Government of Madhya Pradesh

| S. No.   | Year    | Natural Farming (State Schemes)   | Natural Farming (State Schemes)   | Organic Farming   | Organic Farming   | Total No. of Farmers   |
|----------|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
| S. No.   | Year    | Training                          | Incentive                         | Training          | Incentive         | Total No. of Farmers   |
| 01.      | 2018-19 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 3522              | 93.92             | 46960                  |
| 02.      | 2019-20 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                      |
| 03.      | 2020-21 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                      |
| 04.      | 2021-22 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                      |
| 05.      | 2022-23 | 52                                | 132.98                            | 0                 | 0                 | 53192                  |

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