Lok Sabha Question No. 331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Organic Cultivation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL, R.P. MARUTHARAJAA, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, K. GOPAL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 331

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2015

## ORGANIC CULTIVATION

331.   DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK": SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL: SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA: SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA: SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL: DR. K. GOPAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  identify  the  areas  which  are suitable for exploring organic cultivation/production in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) the volume and value of organic cash and food crops grown in the country during each of the last three years and the current year along with India's position amongst countries leading in the production of organic crops;
- (c) whether organic cultivation has witnessed a declining trend due to increasing cultivation cost of organic produce in the country during the said period and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) the details of subsidy and incentives provided to the farmers for the promotion of organic cultivation and the number of farmers benefited thereunder during the current year, State-wise; and
- (e) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  skill  development  and  capacity building to promote organic cultivation in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्राऱय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI  MOHANBHAI  KUNDARIA)

- (a):    No  study  has  been  conducted  by  Government  of  India.  The    Task  Force  on  Organic Farming  (2002),  constituted  by  Ministry  of  Agriculture    and  Farmers  Welfare  has  identified  3 priority zones for organic farming:

Category 1 : Are those areas which are rainfed and mostly under monocrop and traditionally no chemical input has ever been used. They can easily be classified as organic produce areas. Broadly, these areas exist in the States of N.E. Region, Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Rajasthan.

Contd…2/-

Category-II :  Are  those  areas  primarily  under  rainfed  farming  having  little  irrigation  support. These are normally under monocropping rarely under double cropping. Broadly the States of Orissa, HP, J&K, MP, Chattisgarh and Gujarat and also parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka will fall under this category.

Category-III: Are those areas which have moderate to heavy use of chemical fertilisers as well as pesticides. The areas are mostly under multiple cropping. The conversion of these areas into organic  farming  will  initially  cause  some  loss  of  productivity.  For  these  areas  balanced  and conjunctive  use  of  biomass,  organic  and  inorganic  fertilisers  and  controlled  use  of  chemicals through Integrated Nutrient and Pest Management (INM & IPM) will be promoted to achieve the sustainable increases in agricultural production.

However, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has constituted another 'Task Force on  Organic Farming  and  Non  Chemical  Farming'  on  23.06.2015.    One  of  the  terms  of reference  of  the  Task  Force  is  to  identify  the  potential  of  further  growth  of  production, processing,  trade  and  consumption  of  organic  products.    The  Task  Force  is  examining  this issue.

(b): The  details  of  state-wise  organic  certified  production  (excluding  wild  harvest)  under National  Programme  on  Organic  Production  maintained  by  Agricultural  and  Processed  Food Products  Export  Development  Authority  (APEDA)  during  last  three  years  is  attached  at Annexure-I and the volume of organic,  cash & food crops grown in the country during the year 2014-15 is attached at Annexure-II .

As per APEDA report India stands at 16 th position in the world in the organic cultivation.

(c): There  is  no  evidence  of  declining  trend  in  Organic  Cultivation.  However,  APEDA  has introduced a new internet based electronic service known as TRACENET,2011 and the data on organic certification is updated as and when the operators and certification bodies commence activities related to registration, inspection, freezing of actual yield, non conformities raised and certification (scope certificate and transaction certificate). Therefore, after the implementation of TRACENET,  there  are  changes  in  the  data  collected  manually  before  2011  and  electronic information available after 2011 & 2012.

(d): Government is promoting organic farming across the country through various schemes/ programmes viz. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana(PKVY), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH  and National Programme on Organic Production NPOP). Under these schemes assistance is provided for:

- i. Adoption of Organic Village for manure management and biological nitrogen harvesting.
- ii. Promotion of Organic Input production on farmers' fields.
- iii. Promotion of NPOP certification for export of organic products.

The pattern of assistance for these interventions is at Annexure-III .

During the year 2015-16 under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) funds to the tune of Rs.179.00 crore has been released to the State Governments for promotion of Organic Farming.  A state wise detail of number of clusters approved is attached at Annexure- IV .

(e): Skill development and capacity building programmes to promote organic cultivation in the country are being conducted by National Centre of Organic Farming(NCOF), Ghaziabad and its six  Regional  Centres  situated  at  Panchkula,  Jabalpur,  Nagpur,  Bengaluru,  Bhubaneswar  and Imphal.

Annexure-I

State-wise Organic Certified Production (excluding wild) under NPOP during last three years.

(in MT)

| S.No.   | State                     |        2012-13 | 2013-14    |          2014-15 |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------|------------|------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |      0         | 0          |      0           |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            |   5935.63      | 8361.60    |   9556.78        |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         |     60.622     | 17.34      |      0           |
| 4       | Assam                     |   4832.72      | 7923.87    |   7515.37        |
| 5       | Bihar                     |      0         | 0          |      0           |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh              |    273.363     | 2276.93    |   4579.94        |
| 7       | Goa                       |   2547.62      | 4088.66    |   3427.63        |
| 8       | Gujarat                   |  37942         | 56217.21   |  60621.4         |
| 9       | Haryana                   |   3353.17      | 3823.24    |   2833.38        |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh          |     36.016     | 123.58     |    227.26        |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir           |   3724.39      | 6084.57    |  11234.8         |
| 12      | Jharkhand                 |      0         | 0          |      0           |
| 13      | Karnataka                 | 322455         | 258335.82  | 254664           |
| 14      | Kerala                    |   5784.1       | 6926.40    |   9122.56        |
| 15      | Lakshadweep               |      0         | 0          |      0           |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh            | 425849         | 397015.12  | 321587           |
| 17      | Maharashtra               | 270744         | 296846.63  | 217112           |
| 18      | Meghalaya                 |   1446.03      | 200.31     |   1738.29        |
| 19      | Mizoram                   |      0         | 0          |      0           |
| 20      | Manipur                   |     28         | 17.70      |      0           |
| 21      | Nagaland                  |      0         | 9.68       |    391.67        |
| 22      | New Delhi                 |      0         | 0          |      0           |
| 23      | Odisha                    |  48725.5       | 33668.27   |  28678.7         |
| 24      | Pondicherry               |      0         | 1.00       |      3           |
| 25      | Punjab                    |    880.123     | 2177.54    |    506.77        |
| 26      | Rajasthan                 |  90021.5       | 54118.55   |  59449.8         |
| 27      | Sikkim                    |      0         | 90.62      |     67.63        |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu                |  17016.8       | 8854.55    |  17218.4         |
| 29      | Telangana                 |      0         | 0          |    164           |
| 30      | Tripura                   |     36.919     |            |    262.82        |
| 31      | Uttar Pradesh             |  47733         | 55575.44   |  50165.6         |
| 32      | Uttaranchal               |  28835.6       | 15573.11   |  23695.8         |
| 33      | West Bengal               |  10738.5       | 10774.53   |  10929.1         |
|         | Total                     |      1.329e+06 | 1229102.28 |      1.09575e+06 |

Source: Data provided by the accredited Certification Bodies under NPOP on tracenet of APEDA.

| CATEGORY-WISE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC CERTIFIED PRODUCTS FOR THE YEAR 2014-2015   | CATEGORY-WISE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC CERTIFIED PRODUCTS FOR THE YEAR 2014-2015   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Category                                                                        | Organic Production ( in MT)                                                     |
| Cereals                                                                         | 159500.16                                                                       |
| Dry Fruits                                                                      | 7348.39                                                                         |
| Fibre Crops                                                                     | 208931.40                                                                       |
| FODDER CROPS                                                                    | 44.06                                                                           |
| Fruits                                                                          | 20218.84                                                                        |
| Medicinal/Herbal & Aromatic Plants (Crops)                                      | 32663.25                                                                        |
| Oil Seed crops                                                                  | 228414.22                                                                       |
| ORNAMENTAL PLANTS & FLOWERS                                                     | 2358.41                                                                         |
| Plantation Crops                                                                | 33929.77                                                                        |
| PULSES                                                                          | 34717.45                                                                        |
| Spices & Condiments                                                             | 18176.21                                                                        |
| Sugar Crops                                                                     | 338192.74                                                                       |
| Tuber Crops                                                                     | 165.92                                                                          |
| Vegetables                                                                      | 10823.92                                                                        |
| Miscellaneous (others)                                                          | 269.40                                                                          |
| Total                                                                           | 1095754.14                                                                      |

| TOTAL FARM NPOP   | 1095754.14   |
|-------------------|--------------|

Data provided by the accredited Certification Bodies under NPOP on  tracenet of APEDA.

## Annexure-II

## Pattern of assistance for promotion of organic farming

| Component                                                                                                                                                   | Pattern of assistance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| NMSA                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 1. Promotion of Organic Inputs on farmer's field (Manure, Vermi-compost, Bio-Fertilizers, Liquid/ solid, Waste compost, Herbal extracts etc.)               | 50% of cost subject to a limit of Rs.5000/-per ha and Rs.10,000 per beneficiary. Propose to cover 1 million ha area.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 2. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana - (PKVY) Adoption of organic farming through cluster approach under Participatory Guarantee system (PGS) certification. | Under PKVY scheme- Fifty or more farmers will form a cluster and their 50 acres of land will be brought under Organic Farming.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| MIDH                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 1. Adoption of Organic Farming.                                                                                                                             | 50% of cost limited to Rs. 10000/ha for a maximum area of 4 ha. per beneficiary, spread over a period of 3 years involving an assistance of Rs.4000/- in first year and Rs.3000/- each in second & third year. The programme to be linked with certification.                                                                                              |
| 2. Organic Certification                                                                                                                                    | Rs. 5 lakh for a cluster of 50 ha which will include Rs. 1.50 lakh in first year, Rs. 1.50 lakh in second year and Rs. 2.00 lakh in third year.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 3. Vermi compost Units/organic input production                                                                                                             | 50% of cost conforming to the size of the unit of 30'X8'X2.5' dimension of permanent structure to be administered on pro-rata basis. For HDPE Vermibed, 50% of cost conforming to the size of 96 cft (12'X4'X2') and IS 15907:2010 to be administered on pro-rata basis (Rs. 100,000/ unit for permanent structure and Rs. 16,000/unit for HDPE Vermibed). |

## Annexure-III

Annexure - IV Details of no of clusters approved for implementation under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana(PKVY)  during the year 2015-16 till(5.11.2015)

| Sl. No.                | STATE                  | No.of Cluster          |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1                      | Assam                  | 220                    |
| 2                      | Arunachal Pradesh      | 19                     |
| 3                      | Andhra Pradesh         | 411                    |
| 4                      | Bihar                  | 327                    |
| 5                      | Chhattisgarh           | 188                    |
| 6.                     | Goa                    | 04                     |
| 7.                     | Gujarat                | 100                    |
| 8.                     | Haryana                | 20                     |
| 9                      | Himachal Pradesh       | 110                    |
| 10                     | Jammu & Kashmir        | 28                     |
| 11                     | Jharkhand              | 100                    |
| 12                     | Karnataka              | 545                    |
| 13                     | Kerala                 | 119                    |
| 14                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 880                    |
| 15                     | Maharashtra            | 932                    |
| 16                     | Mizoram                | 34                     |
| 17                     | Manipur                | 30                     |
| 18                     | Nagaland               | 24                     |
| 19                     | Odisha                 | 320                    |
| 20                     | Punjab                 | 50                     |
| 21                     | Rajasthan              | 755                    |
| 22                     | Sikkim                 | 150                    |
| 23                     | Tamil Nadu             | 112                    |
| 24                     | Tripura                | 50                     |
| 25                     | Telangana              | 300                    |
| 26                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 575                    |
| 27                     | Uttarakhand            | 550                    |
| 28                     | West Bengal            | 120                    |
| 29                     | Andman &Nicobar        | 68                     |
|                        | Total                  | 7141                   |
| (1 cluster = 50 acres) | (1 cluster = 50 acres) | (1 cluster = 50 acres) |

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