Government is implementing dedicated organic farming schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North East Region (MOVCDNER) since 2015-16 to encourage farmers to produce organic manure and to promote organic farming of foodgrains in the country. Under these schemes, farmers are primarily encouraged to adopt organic cultivation using organic inputs and support is provided to the farmers   for various components from production to value addition, certification and marketing of organic produce. Hands-on training to farmers for on-farm production   of   organic manure/ organic fertilisers and its use are integral part of these schemes. Farmers are provided assistance of Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years under PKVY and Rs 32500/ ha/ 3 years under MOVCDNER for various organic inputs including on-farm production/procurement of organic fertilisers. An amount of Rs 650 crores has been approved for promotion of organic farming for the year 2021-22.

 

Government is promoting Natural Farming through Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP), introduced during 2020-21 as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices including Natural Farming. The scheme mainly emphasizes on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching, use of cow dung-urine formulations and other plant-based preparations. Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis. Until now, under natural farming an area of 4.09 lakh ha area has been covered and a total fund of Rs. 4980.99 lakh has been released to 8 States across the country.

The State –wise details of funds released under Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP)

Sl. No.	States	Released date	Area in Ha	Amount released (Rs in lakh)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	30.09.20	100000	750.00
2.	Chhattisgarh	09.12.20	85000	1352.52
3.	Kerala	30.09.20	84000	1336.60
4.	Himachal Pradesh	24.12.20	12000	286.42
5	Jharkhand	02.12.20	3400	54.10
6.	Odisha	02.02.21	24000	381.89
7.	Madhya Pradesh	16.02.21	99000	787.64
8.	Tamil Nadu	16.02.21	2000	31.82
Total			409400	4980.99

 

State-wise details of funds allocated, released and utilized under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) during the year 2020-21.

 

S. No.	Name of the State	PKVY			MOVCDNER
		Allocation	Release	Expenditure	Allocation	Release	Expenditure
1	Andhra Pradesh	8078.40	10004.83	0.00	N.A
2	Bihar	206.00	993.63	0.00
3	Chhattisgarh	2019.60	3738.11	1377.26
4	Gujarat	0.00	10.10	0.00
5	Goa	1009.80	0.00	0.00
6	Haryana	0.00	5.05	0.00
7	Jharkhand	1514.70	1836.86	0.00
8	Karnataka	1009.80	10.10	0.00
9	Kerala	222.16	2198.23	0.00
10	Madhya Pradesh	4943.98	828.04	0.00
11	Maharashtra	706.86	20.20	14.09
12	Odisha	1454.11	1886.49	0.00
13	Punjab	201.96	1582.66	0.00
14	Rajasthan	10098.00	25.25	23.71
15	Tamil Nadu	403.92	439.98	308.94
16	Telangana	1284.85	15.15	0.00
17	Uttar Pradesh	1009.80	2532.17	1992.69
18	West Bengal	0.00	0.00	0.00
19	Assam	0.00	631.97	0.00	3193.80	0.00	0.00
20	Arunachal Pradesh	0.00	7.57	0.00	3044.25	1953.93	1677.93
21	Mizoram	0.00	7.57	0.00	1612.80	769.40	411.11
22	Manipur	0.00	7.57	0.00	6212.31	6444.72	6444.72
23	Nagaland	0.00	7.57	7.57	2837.80	2258.89	2134.89
24	Sikkim	0.00	7.57	0.00	1880.94	1210.90	1066.19
25	Tripura	0.00	7.57	0.00	3804.13	64.74	64.74
26	Meghalaya	0.00	7.57	0.00	2857.79	714.21	714.21
27	Himachal Pradesh	227.21	1166.24	0.00	N.A
28	Jammu &Kashmir	75.74	0.00	0.00
29	Uttarakhand	11814.66	9084.61	6748.34
30	Andman & Nicobar	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	Daman & Diu	0.00	0.00	0.00
32	Dadar Nagar	0.00	0.00	0.00
33	Delhi	0.00	0.00	0.00
34	Puducherry	67.32	0.00	0.00
35	Chandigarh	218.79	0.00	0.00
36	Lakshadeep	454.41	0.00	0.00
37	Ladakh	887.40	221.85	0.00
	Total	47909.47	37284.51	10472.61	25443.81	13416.78		12513.79

 

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

*****

APS/JK

(Release ID: 1795449) Visitor Counter : 2238