Government has been promoting organic farming on priority 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. Training and Capacity Building are integral part of the scheme. Incentives to farmers for producing and using organic fertilizers/manure are inbuilt in these schemes as on-farm and off-farm organic inputs.  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is provided to the farmers for using organic inputs including organic fertilizers. PKVY is being implemented in all the States other-than North Eastern (NE) States across the country whereas MOVCDNER scheme is being implemented exclusively in the NE States.

Under PKVY, an assistance of Rs.50,000 per ha for a period of three years is provided to States including States of Tamil Nadu & Rajasthan 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, 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 3 years 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.

In view of the increasing demand of organic farming products of India in the global market, Government is facilitating value addition, certification and marketing. As per requirement of International market, Government has initiated third party certification under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) in 2001.

Under PKVY assistance @ Rs 8800/ha for 3 years is provided to facilitate value addition, marketing and publicity to all the states/UTs including Tamil Nadu. Assistance is provided for certification and training, handholding & capacity building respectively @ Rs 2700/-ha for 3 years and Rs 7500/- ha for 3 years under PKVY for farmers of all the States including Rajasthan. Where  as under MOVCDNER scheme assistance is provided @ Rs 10,000/-ha for 3 years for training, capacity building & certification.

The scheme-wise and state-wise details of funds allocated, released and utilized under organic farming (under PKVY & MOVCDNER) schemes during the year 2022-23 are given at Annexure –I.

A long-term experiment, at selected sites, for comparative evaluation of organic and conventional management conducted by Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) indicated that yield was found to be higher during kharif and rabi /summer crops for coarse/ basmati rice based cropping systems, soybean-based systems compared to inorganic approaches indicating better suitability of these systems under long-term organic management approaches. Soil organic carbon was found to be significantly higher under long-term organic approach for coarse rice, basmati rice and soybean-based systems.

To disseminate information on organic and natural farming as well as on on- farm production and use of various kinds of organic fertilizers, National Center for Organic and Natural Farming (NCONF) and its Regional Center for Organic and Natural Farming (RCONF) located at Ghaziabad, Nagpur, Bangalore, Imphal and Bhubaneswar are organizing various trainings namely, One Day Farmers’ Training, Two Days Training for Extension Officers/Staff, Two Days Training on PGS, 30 Days Certificate course, One day Jaivik evam Prakratik Kisan Sammelan for 500 participants, One Day Stakeholder consultations/ conferences on Natural Farming for 100 participitants, Orientation Program on Natural Farming and awareness programmes across the country. NCONF and RCONF also organize online awareness campaign and training programmes on organic and natural farming and production and use of organic and bio-fertilizers.

The ICAR also imparts trainings, organizes front-line demonstrations, awareness programs etc. to educate farmers on organic farming and organic fertilizers.

Scheme-wise (PKVY & MOVCDNER) and State-wise details of funds allocation, released and expenditure under organic farming during the year 2022-23.

Rs in lakh

S. No.	Name of the State	2022-23
		Allocation	Release	Expenditure*
PKVY
1	Andhra Pradesh	826.35	0.00	0.00
2	Bihar	2830.65	1547.68	789.75
3	Chhattisgarh	3504.93	0.00	571.03
4	Gujarat	20.50	0.00	0.00
5	Goa	1025.10	0.00	283.05
6	Haryana	10.25	0.00	0.00
7	Jharkhand	1397.27	0.00	0.00
8	Karnataka	1045.61	512.55	256.35
9	Kerala	1971.12	1712.07	647.52
10	Madhya Pradesh	5925.51	0.00	1375.93
11	Maharashtra	745.90	449.67	776.74
12	Odisha	741.44	370.72	311.97
13	Punjab	222.46	0.00	0.00
14	Rajasthan	2452.64	1783.26	3363.94
15	Tamil Nadu	704.87	0.00	170.56
16	Telangana	30.75	0.00	0.00
17	Uttar Pradesh	12972.55	5089.32	2111.16
18	West Bengal	555.39	555.39	240.41
19	NE (Aspirational & Committed liabilities)	0.00	0.00	7.58
20	Himachal Pradesh	1121.36	0.00	1124.32
21	Uttarakhand	6030.68	5969.00	7652.94
22	All Union Territories (UTs)	893.02	193.55	0.00
	Total	45028.35	18183.20	19683.25
MOVCDNER
S. No.	Name of the State	2022-23
		Allocation	Release	Expenditure*
1	Assam	2681.80	2059.15	2059.15
2	Manipur	2915.37	2915.36	2815.36
3	Meghalaya	2011.88	621.57	524.33
4	Nagaland	1961.01	1390.60	1289.60
5	Mizoram	1604.25	1140.90	876.63
6	Arunachal Pradesh	1860.77	1642.17	1526.26
7	Sikkim	4005.10	1538.83	1398.25
8	Tripura	2759.82	3000.26	2819.01
	Total	19800.00	14308.84	13308.59
*Expenditure column also includes expenditure incurred from the releases made in the previous years

 

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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