Lok Sabha Question No. 102 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Setting up of Organic Compost and Bio-gas Plants
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. K Sudhakar

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 102

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## SETTING UP OF ORGANIC COMPOST AND BIO-GAS PLANTS

## *102 . DR. K SUDHAKAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी

be pleased to state: (a) whether there are any plans to support or subsidize farmers for setting up of organic compost and bio-gas plants and utilising them in their farms for better productivity, if so, the details thereof; (b) the  steps  taken  for  massive  production  of  organic  compost  in  the  country  and formulation of the policy thereof; (c) the details of the support extended to form Startups in the country during the last five years; (d) whether any policy level interventions are being made to create Model Agricultural Farming detailing the practices/processes through which the small and marginal farmers can make farming highly profitable, if so, the details thereof; (e) the details of steps taken to support small and marginal farmers of the country, StateWise especially for Karnataka; and whether any efforts are being made for digital soil mapping in the country especially

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

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

(f) for Karnataka, if so, the details thereof?

## STATEMENT  IN  RESPECT  OF  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  102  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  11 TH   FEBRUARY,  2025  REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF ORGANIC COMPOST AND BIO-GAS PLANTS'

(a) & (b): Government is promoting organic farming through the schemes of Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY)  in  all  the  States/UTs  (except  North  Eastern States).  For North  Eastern  States,  Mission  Organic Value  Chain  Development for  North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) scheme is being implemented. Both the schemes stress on end-to-end support to farmers engaged in organic farming i.e. from production to processing, certification  &  marketing  and  post-harvest  management  training  and  capacity  building. Under  PKVY,  assistance  of  Rs.  31,500  per  ha  for  a  period  of  3  years  is  provided  for promotion of organic farming. Out of this, assistance of Rs. 15,000 per ha for a period of 3 years is provided to farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer for on- farm /off -farm organic inputs including organic compost. Under MOVCDNER, assistance of Rs. 46,500/ha for 3 years is  provided  for  creation  of  Farmers  Producer  Organization,  support  to  farmers  for organic inputs etc. 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  Direct Benefit Transfer to the farmers.

Under Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Phase - II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) supports bio gas plants Liquid Fermented Organic Manure (LFOM)/ Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) produced by the Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plants under Galvanizing Organic Bio Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan). Market Development Assistance (MDA) @ Rs 1500/Metric Tonne (MT) for FOM, LFOM and Phosphate  Rich  Organic  Manure  (PROM)  is  provided  to  support  production  and  use  of organic fertilizer. Out of 81 CBG plants, 43 have registered on the iFMS portal of Department of Fertilizer and MDA of Rs. 16.01 Crore has been released to the eligible beneficiaries .

Government is implementing 'PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth (PM-PRANAM)' to incentivize States and Union Territories to promote alternative fertilizers and balanced use of chemical fertilizers. Under this programme, 50% of subsidy savings is passed on as a grant to the State for promotion of organic and natural farming and organic fertilizers.

(c): Start-ups are supported under 'Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Development' programme under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)-DPR to promote innovation and agri-entrepreneurship by providing financial support and nurturing an incubation ecosystem in the country. Start-ups are under taken in various field of agriculture and allied sectors. Five Knowledge Partners (KPs) and twenty-four RKVY Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs) implement the program. Trainings, technical and financial assistance is provided to startups to launch their products, services, business platforms etc. and facilitate to scale up products and operations for business viability. Financial support is provided to entrepreneurs of Rs. 5 lakh at the idea/pre seed stage and Rs. 25 lakh at the seed stage as grant-in-aid.  1749 startups have been financed to the tune of Rs. 124.96 crore as grants-in-aid.

(d): To encourage farmers to adopt certification and get remunerative price for certified organic  produce  two  types  of  organic  certification  systems  (Participatory  Guarantee

Certification System (PGS India) and 3 rd  Party-National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)) have been promoted under PKVY & MOVCDNER. The total cumulative state wise organic  area  covered  under NPOP  certification  &  PGS-India certification under  PKVY is 59.74 lakh ha is given at Annexure-I.

National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) has been approved in November, 2024 with outlay of ₹2481 crore (Government of India share of ₹1584 crore and States' share of ₹897 crore). The scheme envisages the formation of 15,000 NF clusters in 7.5 lakh ha area. For easy availability of natural farming inputs to the farmers, 10,000 need-based Bio-input Resource Centres (BRCs) are envisaged.  Approximately 2060 NF  Model  demonstration Farms will be established for hands on training on natural farming. For the trained farmers, output based incentive of ₹4,000 per acre per farmer per year upto 2 years is provisioned in the scheme for practicing NF package of practices like Pre Monsoon Dry Sowing (PMDS), application  of  Beejamrit,  Jeevamrit,  etc.,  diversified  cropping  system,  awareness  on NF, upkeep of livestock, preparing NF inputs or purchasing NF inputs from BRC, purchasing drums and storage containers for input preparation etc.

(e): So far, 25.30 lakh farmers have been benefitted under PKVY scheme and 2.19 lakh farmers under MOVCDNER scheme. Government of Karnataka has informed that 37,598 farmers have been covered under PKVY out of which 9,813 are small and marginal farmers. The  State-wise  details  of  farmers  under  the  PKVY  scheme  (including  Karnataka)  & MOVCDNER scheme is given at Annexure - II. The State- wise details of financial assistance to farmers under the PKVY (including Karnataka) and MOVCDNER scheme since 2022-23 is given at Annexure - III .

(f): Government is implementing Soil Health & Fertility scheme. So far, 24.77 crore Soil Health Cards have been issued, out of which 1.77 crore Soil Health Cards have been issued in the State of Karnataka. Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI) has completed the detailed  soil  survey  on  1:10K  scale  using  Remote  Sensing  and  Geographic  Information Systems (GIS) in 36.86 lakh hectares surveyed across 31 districts of Karnataka State. The scheme  provides  details  on  soil  series  characteristics,  characterization  and  taxonomic classification.  Interpretative  grouping  of  soils  for  land  capability,  soil  and  land  irrigation suitability and hydrologic soil grouping is also done to understand soil health and land use patterns in the state.

SLUSI  and  National  Remote  Sensing  Centre  (NRSC,  ISRO)  together  have  also completed soil resource mapping  on  1:50K scale using Remote Sensing and GIS for the entire  state  (19.17  M  ha).  Soil  and  Land  Use  Survey  of  India  has  also  completed  the generation of soil fertility map in 111 model villages in Karnataka state.

Annexure-I State wise details of total cumulative area covered under organic farming NPOP

## (including MOVCDNER) + PGS under PKVY till 2023-2024

| S. NO.   | State Name           | NPOP                                | PGS under PKVY                      |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 63,678.69                           | 3,60,805                            |
| 2        | Bihar                | 29,062.13                           | 31,561                              |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 15,144.13                           | 1,01,279                            |
| 4        | Goa                  | 12,287.40                           | 15334                               |
| 5        | Gujarat              | 6,80,819.99                         | 10000                               |
| 6        | Haryana              | 2,925.33                            | -                                   |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     | 9,334.28                            | 18748                               |
| 8        | Jharkhand            | 54,408.20                           | 25300                               |
| 9        | Kerala               | 44,263.91                           | 94480                               |
| 10       | Karnataka            | 71,085.99                           | 20900                               |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh       | 11,48,236.07                        | 74960                               |
| 12       | Maharashtra          | 10,01,080.32                        | 66756                               |
| 13       | Odisha               | 1,81,022.28                         | 45800                               |
| 14       | Punjab               | 11,089.41                           | 6981                                |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu           | 42,758.27                           | 32940                               |
| 16       | Telangana            | 84,865.16                           | 8100                                |
| 17       | Rajasthan            | 5,80,092.22                         | 148500                              |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh        | 66,391.34                           | 171185                              |
| 19       | Uttarakhand          | 1,01,820.39                         | 140740                              |
| 20       | West Bengal          | 8,117.80                            | 21400                               |
| 21       | Assam                | 27,079.40                           | 4400                                |
| 22       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 16,537.53                           | 380                                 |
| 23       | Meghalaya            | 29,703.30                           | 900                                 |
| 24       | Manipur              | 32,584.50                           | 600                                 |
| 25       | Mizoram              | 14,238.30                           | 780                                 |
| 26       | Nagaland             | 16,221.56                           | 480                                 |
| 27       | Sikkim               | 75,729.78                           | 63000                               |
| 28       | Tripura              | 20,481.36                           | 1000                                |
| 29       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 34,746.75                           | 5160                                |
| 30       | Pondicherry          | 21.51                               | -                                   |
| 31       | Delhi                | 9.60                                | -                                   |
| 32       | Ladakh               | -                                   | 10480                               |
| 33       | Daman & Diew         | -                                   | 642                                 |
| 34       | Dadar & Nagar Haveli | -                                   | 500                                 |
| Total    | Total                | 44,75,836.90 14,98,583 59,74,419.90 | 44,75,836.90 14,98,583 59,74,419.90 |

Source

: APEDA + PGS

Area in ha

Annexure-II

## State-wise  details  of  farmers  benefitted  under  PKVY  scheme  (including  Karnataka)  and MOVCDNER scheme since 2015-16

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | Farmers   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|
| PKVY     | PKVY                | PKVY      |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 7,46,976  |
| 2        | Bihar               | 43,208    |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        | 60,294    |
| 4        | Gujarat             | 17,836    |
| 5        | Goa                 | 12,685    |
| 6        | Jharkhand           | 32,714    |
| 7        | Karnataka           | 37,598    |
| 8        | Kerala              | 3,10,841  |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh      | 1,16,360  |
| 10       | Maharashtra         | 87,350    |
| 11       | Odisha              | 70,026    |
| 12       | Punjab              | 6,676     |
| 13       | Rajasthan           | 2,17,479  |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu          | 37,886    |
| 15       | Telangana           | 18,405    |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh       | 2,73,672  |
| 17       | West Bengal         | 48,585    |
| 18       | Assam               | 9,740     |
| 19       | Mizoram             | 2,054     |
| 20       | Meghalaya           | 2,275     |
| 21       | Himachal Pradesh    | 44,932    |
| 22       | Jammu & Kashmir     | 12,900    |
| 23       | Uttarakhand         | 3,01,109  |
| 24       | Andaman & Nicobar   | 3,590     |
| 25       | Daman & Diu         | 1,324     |
| 26       | Ladakh              | 14,070    |
|          | Total               | 25,30,585 |
| MOVCDNER | MOVCDNER            | MOVCDNER  |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 15699     |
| 2        | Assam               | 24,425    |
| 3        | Manipur             | 42,338    |
| 4        | Meghalaya           | 19,841    |
| 5        | Mizoram             | 22,104    |
| 6        | Nagaland            | 31,128    |
| 7        | Sikkim              | 38,645    |
| 8        | Tripura             | 25,753    |
| Total    |                     | 2,19,933  |

Annexure-III State-  wise  details  of  financial  assistance  including  training  to  farmers  under  the  PKVY (including Karnataka) and MOVCDNER scheme since 2022-23 (Rs. In Lakhs)

| S.       | Name of the State   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No.      |                     | Release   | Release   | Release   |
| PKVY     | PKVY                | PKVY      | PKVY      | PKVY      |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | -         | 970.00    | 2099.00   |
| 2        | Bihar               | 1547.68   | 402.00    | 312.00    |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        | -         | 1892.50   | 1188.00   |
| 4        | Gujarat             | -         | 196.00    | 282.00    |
| 5        | Goa                 | -         | 250.00    | 70.50     |
| 6        | Jharkhand           | -         | 163.00    | 399.00    |
| 7        | Karnataka           | 512.55    | 2803.00   | 974.00    |
| 8        | Kerala              | 1712.07   | 71.00     | 392.00    |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh      | 0.00      | 33.00     | 1250.00   |
| 10       | Maharashtra         | 449.67    | 1681.00   | 1256.00   |
| 11       | Odisha              | 370.72    | 791.00    | 373.50    |
| 12       | Punjab              | -         | -         | 278.50    |
| 13       | Rajasthan           | 1783.26   | 800.00    | 750.00    |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu          | -         | 1564.00   | 1620.00   |
| 15       | Telangana           | -         | -         | 212.00    |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh       | 5089.32   | 5881.00   | 4500.00   |
| 17       | West Bengal         | 555.39    | 1717.00   | 1120.75   |
| 18       | Himachal Pradesh    | -         | 124.00    | 746.00    |
| 19       | Uttarakhand         | 5969.00   | 767.00    | 2305.00   |
| 20       | All UTs             | 193.55    | 380.02    | 2305.00   |
|          | Total               | 18,183.20 | 20,485.70 | 20,463.75 |
| MOVCDNER | MOVCDNER            | MOVCDNER  | MOVCDNER  | MOVCDNER  |
| S. No.   | Name of the State   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
| S. No.   | Name of the State   | Release   | Release   | Release   |
| 1        | Assam               | 2059.15   | 3684.91   | 2031.00   |
| 2        | Manipur             | 2915.36   | 2805.38   | 1977.00   |
| 3        | Meghalaya           | 621.57    | 2465.40   | 2343.00   |
| 4        | Nagaland            | 1390.60   | 2346.10   | 1735.00   |
| 5        | Mizoram             | 1140.90   | 2336.16   | 2380.00   |
| 6        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1642.17   | 2574.75   | 988.00    |
| 7        | Sikkim              | 1538.83   | 3260.69   | 1219.00   |
| 8        | Tripura             | 3000.26   | 3370.04   | 2266.00   |
|          | Total               | 14,308.84 | 22,843.43 | 14,939.00 |

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