Lok Sabha Question No. 3113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Ratio of Organic Agri Produces
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3113

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## RATIO OF ORGANIC AGRI PRODUCES

3113. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the ratio of organic agricultural produce to total agricultural produce and the year-wise growth, State-wise;
- (b) the  total  area  under  the  organic  certification  process  (registered  under  the  National Programme for Organic Production) since 2017, State-wise;
- (c) the details and achievements of the schemes and policies to promote organic farming; and
- (d) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  quality  control  of  organic produce?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): During 2022-23 the total organic agricultural production under the National Programme  for  Organic  Production  (NPOP)  was  29.53  lakh  tonnes  against  the  total agricultural production of 12167.28 lakh tonnes (Foodgrains, Horticulture produce, Oilseeds and sugarcane).

The State-wise and Year-wise organic agricultural production in the country during the year 2020-21 to 2022-23 is given at Annexure- I

(b): State-wise  details  of  the  total  area  under  organic  Certification  process  (registered under the National Programme for Organic Production) since 2017 are given at Annexure-II.

(c): Government has been promoting organic farming on priority in the country since 201516 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-harvest management Training and Capacity Building are integral part of the scheme. PKVY is being implemented in all the States otherthan  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. Out of this, 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.  Whereas  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.

(d): Two types of  organic  certifications  systems  have  been  developed  to  ensure  quality control of organic produce.

- I. Third Party Certification by Accredited Certification Agency under National Programme for  Organic  Production  (NPOP)  under  Ministry  of  Commerce  and  Industry  for development of export market .
- II. Participatory Guarantee System (PGS-India) under Ministry of Agriculture and farmers Welfare for meeting the demand of domestic market.

NPOP was launched during 2001 by the Government of India under Ministry of Commerce and  Industry.  The  NPOP  not  only  provides  the  institutional  framework  for  accreditation  of certification agencies and operationalization of certification programme through its accredited Certification  Bodies  (CBs)  but  also  ensures  that  the  system  effectively  works  and  is monitored  on  regular  basis. NPOP  is  third party certification  programme  where  the production and handling of activities at all stages such as production, processing, trading and export requirements for organic products is covered.

Under PGS-India programme, Government is implementing Participatory  Guarantee System  of  India  (PGS-India)  as  a  quality  assurance  initiative  for  certification  of  organic produce  that  is  locally  relevant,  emphasizing  the  participation  of  stakeholders,  including producers / farmers and consumers and operate outside the frame of third-party certification. In  the  operation  of  PGS-India,  stakeholders  (including  farmers/  producers)  are  involved  in decision making and essential decisions about the operation of the PGS-India certification itself  by  assessing,  inspecting  and  verifying  the  production  practices  of  each  other  and collectively declare produce as organic.

To ensure quality control of organic produce under PGS- India programme, traceability of certified organic products through online verification of Local group, Certificate number or Transaction certificate number on the web-portal and residue analysis and soil testing have been included.

For ensuring quality of organic food, manufacture, sale and marketing of organic food are regulated under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. Under the regulation any person, manufacturing,  processing,  selling  or  offer  for  selling  any  types  of  organic  food  then  it  is mandatory to obtain FSSAI licence for organic food. Licence of organic food is granted only to those products that are certified either under NPOP of PGS-India programme. Food Safety Regulation has made it mandatory for organic products to be certified under NPOP or PGS for being sold in the domestic market under Jaivik Bharat logo.

Annexure-I The State-wise and Year-wise organic agricultural production during the year 2020-21

## to 2022-23

(In MT)

| S.NO.   | State Name        |          2020-21 | 2021-22      | 2022-23    |
|---------|-------------------|------------------|--------------|------------|
| 1       | Madhya Pradesh    |      1.3921e+06  | 1,410,894.49 | 825,626.41 |
| 2       | Maharashtra       | 775775           | 691,419.72   | 790,327.30 |
| 3       | Rajasthan         | 256386           | 346,961.32   | 322,972.95 |
| 4       | Karnataka         | 355719           | 150,653.05   | 237,091.43 |
| 5       | Uttar Pradesh     | 183409           | 131812.92    | 217,519.51 |
| 6       | Gujarat           | 117806           | 258674.03    | 139,728.68 |
| 7       | Odisha            | 131852           | 183604.02    | 130,077.00 |
| 8       | Jammu& Kashmir    |  41043.9         | 38640.64     | 50,230.38  |
| 9       | Uttarakhand       |  46645.4         | 31719.74     | 43,954.51  |
| 10      | Kerala            |  27850.1         | 31965.48     | 42,734.25  |
| 11      | Tamil Nadu        |  24068.9         | 31464.86     | 25,073.04  |
| 12      | Andhra Pradesh    |  20145.3         | 19659.26     | 24,190.25  |
| 13      | Bihar             |     12.59        | 12.11        | 19,853.89  |
| 14      | Chhattisgarh      |  20630.7         | 22359.32     | 17,703.47  |
| 15      | West Bengal       |  17434.8         | 17497.89     | 15,409.18  |
| 16      | Assam             |  17839.2         | 15897.00     | 14,497.86  |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |  21753.3         | 10192.01     | 9,919.69   |
| 18      | Himachal Pradesh  |   6368.45        | 3486.48      | 6,978.06   |
| 19      | Punjab            |    264.63        | 443.35       | 6,423.70   |
| 20      | Jharkhand         |      0           | 0            | 4,363.09   |
| 21      | Haryana           |   5439           | 4547.48      | 2,679.58   |
| 22      | Goa               |   3115.44        | 2662.15      | 2,558.66   |
| 23      | Telangana         |   2509.68        | 3871.64      | 1,270.69   |
| 24      | Arunachal Pradesh |      1.09        | 81.55        | 793.00     |
| 25      | Tripura           |    348.53        | 339.83       | 548.81     |
| 26      | Mizoram           |      0           | 0            | 334.00     |
| 27      | Sikkim            |    447.27        | 20.17        | 51.90      |
| 28      | Manipur           |     27.74        | 121.67       | 11.00      |
| 29      | Pondicherry       |      0           | 0            | 4.00       |
| 30      | Nagaland          |      3.5         | 1192.87      | 0          |
| Total   | Total             |      3.46899e+06 | 3410195.02   | 2952926.29 |

Source: APEDA

Annexure- II State-wise details of the total area under organic Certification process (registered

## under the National Programme for Organic Production) since 2017

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Area in ha

| Sl. No.   | State Name               |          2017-18 |          2018-19 |          2019-20 |          2020-21 |          2021-22 |          2022-23 |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andaman& Nicobar Islands |      0           |   7484           |   7484           |      0           |      0           |      0           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |  29748.7         |  32510.7         |  37202.9         |  36801.4         |  47922.4         |  62916           |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |   6179.69        |   9246.94        |  10657.7         |  13114.1         |  12636.6         |  12882.7         |
| 4         | Assam                    |  28011.8         |  28174.7         |  26693.7         |  18470.8         |  18102.9         |  23067.4         |
| 5         | Bihar                    |     17.8         |   3519.51        |  22712.5         |  29902.5         |  30941           |  32747.6         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |  20530.8         |  21225.7         |  22437.8         |  23209.5         |  18856.5         |  16899.9         |
| 10        | Goa                      |  11900.2         |  13308.8         |  12436.5         |  12632.3         |  12669.9         |  12396.4         |
| 11        | Gujarat                  |  81268.9         |  93841.3         |  95207.6         | 147866           | 602248           | 935931           |
| 12        | Haryana                  |   6872.14        |   5978.48        |   6155.74        |   4903.06        |   3198.95        |   2894.76        |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh         |  14153.5         |  13065           |  12053.9         |  11854           |  11160.5         |  11065.1         |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir           |  22870.3         |  25002.9         |  30276           |  30619.8         |  30675.6         |  32604.5         |
| 15        | Jharkhand                |  17387.9         |  24316.9         |  25854.2         |  53261.7         |  58870.1         |  54119.9         |
| 16        | Karnataka                |  86946           |  83098.8         |  81065.2         |  95050.1         |  96188.9         |  82015.6         |
| 17        | Kerala                   |  31660.1         |  38404.2         |  41780.5         |  45070.4         |  43676.5         |  44114.4         |
| 18        | Ladakh                   |      0           |      0           |     64.22        |    817.85        |    817.85        |    121.42        |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |    895.51        |    895.51        |    895.51        |    895.51        |    895.51        |      0           |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           | 613395           | 674052           | 892896           |      1.02002e+06 |      1.50495e+06 |      1.51738e+06 |
| 21        | Maharashtra              | 235691           | 250934           | 282496           | 371723           |      1.13357e+06 |      1.28431e+06 |
| 22        | Manipur                  |   5397.9         |   5460.82        |  12990.1         |  12724.9         |  14628.4         |  10685.5         |
| 23        | Meghalaya                |  40335.7         |  48409.7         |  45382.4         |  38376.4         |  27508.7         |  24009           |
| 24        | Mizoram                  |    998.95        |   7039.89        |  10029.9         |  13038.9         |  19038.9         |  20060.9         |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |   8839.86        |   8268.56        |  14255           |  14790.4         |  14269.3         |  12553.2         |
| 26        | New Delhi                |      9.23        |      0.72        |      0.72        |      5.17        |     12.95        |     17.39        |
| 27        | Odisha                   | 105616           |  95739.7         |  88177.6         |  92694.8         | 180422           | 195079           |
| 28        | Pondicherry              |      2.84        |      2.84        |     23.65        |     23.65        |     21.51        |     21.51        |
| 29        | Punjab                   |   1384.77        |   8908.59        |   9021.95        |   2021.5         |   7564.6         |   9892.65        |
| 30        | Rajasthan                | 208571           | 223991           | 287578           | 298686           | 488905           | 580680           |
| 31        | Sikkim                   |  76076.2         |  75798.9         |  75717.6         |  75729.7         |  75475.3         |  75475.3         |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu               |  17247.3         |  22459.5         |  26005.7         |  31629.1         |  52305.7         |  58566.7         |
| 33        | Telangana                |   8919.82        |   8759.52        |   8742.28        |   6865.56        |  39200.5         |  84474.2         |
| 34        | Tripura                  |   2251.19        |   2534.52        |   3539.18        |   6521.31        |  12081.6         |  19614.4         |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh            |  55197.5         |  62838.1         |  60948.2         |  67442.6         |  70946.6         |  68007.1         |
| 36        | Uttarakhand              |  42304.7         |  36658.6         |  42047           |  74826.4         |  89670.9         |  98393.7         |
| 37        | West Bengal              |   5811.48        |   6289.65        |   6392.05        |   6302.61        |   7280.37        |   8794.24        |
|           | Total                    |      1.78649e+06 |      1.93822e+06 |      2.29922e+06 |      2.65789e+06 |      4.72671e+06 |      5.39179e+06 |

Source: APEDA