Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
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Organic Farming

Posted On: 14 MAR 2023 7:08PM by PIB Delhi

Government has been promoting organic farming 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 harvest management support including processing. PKVY is being implemented in all the States other-than North Eastern States, across the country. MOVCDNER scheme is implemented exclusively in the NE States.     

Under PKVY, farmers of various states of the country are provided financial assistance of Rs 50000/ha for 3 years 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.

Since 2015-16, an area of 11.85 lakh ha has been brought under organic farming through PKVY scheme and Government also intends to another 6.00 lakh ha area to organic through PKVY during the period from 2022-23 to 2025-26.

The State-wise details of area under organic farming reported under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) during 2014-15 is given at Annexure- I. PKVY scheme for organic farming was launched in 2015-16 and state-wise and year-wise details of area added to organic farming through PKVY scheme since 2015-16 is at Annexure-II.

Under PKVY, farmers of various states of the country are provided financial assistance of Rs 50000/ha for 3 years out of which, Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years is provided directly to farmers through DBT for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs. Financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh/ cluster of 1000 ha for 3 years are provided for value addition and infrastructure creation. Under the scheme assistance is provided @ Rs 7500/ha for 3 years for training and capacity building whereas, Apart from this, Rs 2700/ha for 3 years is provided for certification and residual analysis.

Under MOVCDNER, there is provision of financial assistance of Rs 10000/ha for 3 years for training, handholding and ICS documentation and farmers are provided assistance @ Rs 32500/ ha for 3 years for off farm /on –farm organic inputs. Under the scheme need based assistance is provided for various component namely Integrated Processing unit @ Rs. 600 lakh, Collection, aggregation and grading unit @ Rs. 10.00 lakh, Integrated Pack house @ Rs 37.50 lakh, Refrigerated vehicle @ Rs 18.75 lakh, Pre-cooling, cold stores, ripening chambers @ 18.75 lakh and Transportation / 4 wheeler @ Rs 6.00 lakh.

 

Annexure-I

The State-wise details of area under organic farming during 2014-15 reported under NPOP

 

S. No.

State

Area in ha

  1.  

Andaman & Nicobar

0.00

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh

25248.17

  1.  

Arunachal Pradesh

1478.99

  1.  

Assam

2719.72

  1.  

Bihar

0.00

  1.  

Chhattisgarh

1990.04

  1.  

Goa

11040.95

  1.  

Gujarat

30092.51

  1.  

Haryana

5177.75

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh

10887.41

  1.  

Jammu & Kashmir

19090.78

  1.  

Jharkhand

2293.14

  1.  

Karnataka

45082.88

  1.  

Kerala

22827.93

  1.  

Lakshadweep

1791.43

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

215626.65

  1.  

Maharashtra

97218.29

  1.  

Manipur

155.70

  1.  

Meghalaya

1750.14

  1.  

Mizoram

550.44

  1.  

Nagaland

6904.26

  1.  

Delhi

60.06

  1.  

Odisha

45067.80

  1.  

Pondicherry

5.67

  1.  

Punjab

1450.72

  1.  

Rajasthan

73842.83

  1.  

Sikkim

115665.01

  1.  

Tamil Nadu

4413.13

  1.  

Telangana

0.00

  1.  

Tripura

0.00

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

51722.52

  1.  

Uttarakhand

38543.27

  1.  

West Bengal

2743.51

 

Total

835441.70

Source: APEDA

Annexure- II

State-wise and year-wise details of area added to organic farming through PKVY scheme since 2015-16.

S. No

State

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

1

Andaman & Nicobar

1360

1360

1360

1360

1360

1360

1360

2

Andhra Pradesh

8660

8660

26000

106000

106000

206000

206000

3

Arunachal Pradesh

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

4

Assam

4400

4400

4400

4400

4400

4400

4400

5

Bihar

6540

6540

10600

10600

10600

24600

24600

6

Chhattisgarh

3760

3760

4000

24000

24000

109000

109000

7

Goa

80

80

80

10080

10080

10080

10080

8

Gujarat

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

9

Haryana

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

10

Himachal Pradesh

2200

2200

4200

4200

5700

17700

17700

11

Jammu & Kashmir

560

560

560

560

560

560

560

12

Jharkhand

2000

2000

5540

5540

5540

8940

23940

13

Karnataka

10900

10900

10900

10900

20900

20900

20900

14

Kerala

2380

2380

12380

12380

12380

96380

96380

15

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

2700

2700

2700

2700

16

Madhya Pradesh

17600

17600

27600

76560

76560

175560

175560

17

Maharashtra

18640

18640

25160

25160

25160

25160

32160

18

Manipur

600

600

600

600

600

600

600

19

Meghalaya

900

900

900

900

900

900

900

20

Mizoram

680

680

680

680

680

680

680

21

Nagaland

480

480

480

480

480

480

480

22

Delhi

0

0

10000

10000

10000

10000

10000

23

Odisha

6400

6400

6400

20800

20800

44800

44800

24

Pondicherry

0

0

160

160

160

160

160

25

Punjab

1000

1000

5000

5000

5000

5000

7000

26

Rajasthan

15100

15100

23000

123000

123000

123000

123000

27

Sikkim

3000

3000

3000

3000

3000

3000

3000

28

Tamil Nadu

2240

2240

2240

6240

6240

8240

8240

29

Telangana

6000

6000

13800

13800

13800

13800

13800

30

Tripura

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

31

Uttar Pradesh

11500

11500

18800

32800

42800

78580

78580

32

Uttarakhand

11000

11000

12540

90540

90540

140540

140540

33

West Bengal

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

34

Daman & Diu

0

0

1100

1100

1100

1100

1100

35

Dadar Nagar

0

0

10000

10000

10000

10000

10000

36

Chandigarh

0

0

0

1300

1300

1300

1300

37

Ladakh

0

0

0

0

0

0

10000

 

Total

144160

144160

247660

621020

642520

1151700

1185700

Cumulative state-wise year under PKVY since 2015-16

This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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