Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, State-wise no . of clusters , area & fund released under PKVY schemes

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: 

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state: 

• (a) the details of progress made under the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) along with the details of funds allocated and activities undertaken under the scheme during the last four years, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh; 

• (b) whether the said Yojana has been implemented by the Government for the sole purpose of promotion of organic research and development and if so, the details thereof; 

• (c) whether the scheme has achieved its aims and objectives in promoting organic farming in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the details of total agricultural area brought under organic farming during the period from 2014 to 2018, State and year-wise; 

• (d) the number of farmers selected for providing financial assistance of Rs. 50,000 per hectare, per farmer during 2014-2018 including Bihar along with the details thereof; and 

• (e) the number of organic research projects funded by the Government, State/UT-wise since the inception of this scheme and the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to encourage research on organic farming in the coming years along with the actual fiscal allocation made by the Government for this purpose? 

 (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH) 

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

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 107 DUE FOR REPLY ON 18TH DECEMBER, 2018. 

(a), (c) & (d): Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) has been implemented since 2015-16 for the first time in the country to promote chemical free organic farming in cluster approach with Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) certification. The scheme aims at maintaining soil health, reducing cost of cultivation, empowering farmers through Institutional building and also supports farmers in providing value addition and marketing linkage to their organic products. Under the scheme assistance is provided to the farmers for cluster formation, capacity building, procuring inputs, processing, packing, labelling, branding and marketing of organic products. 

During the period 2015-16 to 2017-18, the scheme could successfully brought in 2, 37,820 hectare (11,891 clusters of 20 hectares each) of area under organic farming against the target of 2 lakh hectares and 5,94, 550 farmers got benefited under the scheme . An amount of Rs.582.47 crore has been released to the States. The state wise details of area covered, farmers benefitted and funds released during 2015- 16 to 2017-18 including Andhra Pradesh and Bihar is given at Annexure I. 

In addition, a dedicated scheme for promotion of organic farming in north east region i.e. Mission Organic value chain Development in North East region (MOVCDNER) has been implemented for the first time since 2015-16 aiming at export of organic products. Under the scheme during the period 2015-16 to 2017-18, 

100 FPOs are formed, 45,918 hectares area is covered and 50,000 farmers got benefited. An amount of Rs 235.74 crores has been released to the states during the period. 

(b) & (e): The main purpose of PKVY is to motivate farmers and promote organic farming in the country. As such the scheme has no research component on organic farming, however, Indian Council of Agricultural Research through its Plan Scheme “Network Project on Organic Farming” (NPOF) is undertaking research to develop location specific organic farming package of practices (PoP) for crops and cropping systems. Presently, the project is being implemented in 20 centres covering 16 states. Organic farming package of practices for 45 crops/cropping systems have been developed that provides technical backstopping to PKVY. The details of Centres of Network project on Organic farming (NPOF) is given at Annexure ll. The allocation for 2017-18 to 2019-20 is Rs. 5.487 crore. 

In addition, National Centre for Organic Farming (NCOF) under Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has been involved in imparting trainings to foreign delegates, state agriculture departments, farmers, regional councils on organic farming practices and is also acting as secretariat for participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Certification. 

State-wise no . of clusters , area & fund released under PKVY schemes during 2015-16 to 2017-18 and relaesed in 2018-19 (Rs in lakh)
		Phase-I(2015-16 to 2017-18)				Phase-II (2018-19 to 2020-21)		Total fund released (4+6)
	Name of the State	No of	Area	No. of	Release in	New clusters	Release in 2018-19
					2017-18	sanctioned in
		clusters	(In ha)	farmers	(Rs in lakh)	2018-19	(Rs in lakh)
		(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1	Andhra Pradesh	1300	26000	65000	2554.50	4000	3399.88	5954.38
2	Bihar	427	8540	21350	1928.77	102	0.00	1928.77
3	Chhattisgarh	200	4000	10000	1258.51	1000	0.00	1258.51
4	Gujarat	100	2000	5000	417.28	0	0.00	417.28
5	Goa	4	80	200	7.14	0	0.00	7.14
6	Haryana	20	400	1000	99.51	0	0.00	99.51
7	Jharkhand	250	5000	12500	845.56	750	0.00	845.56
8	Karnataka	545	10900	27250	3985.03	500	408.21	4393.25
9	Kerala	619	12380	30950	1760.17	110	0.00	1760.17
10	Madhya Pradesh	1380	27600	69000	7498.92	2448	2471.99	9970.91
11	Maharashtra	1258	25160	62900	6254.20	350	0.00	6254.20
12	Odisha	320	6400	16000	2288.51	720	727.06	3015.57
13	Punjab	250	5000	12500	588.88	100	0.00	588.88
14	Rajasthan	1150	23000	57500	4710.68	5000	5049.00	9759.68
15	Tamil Nadu	112	2240	5600	801.64	200	201.96	1003.60
16	Telangana	690	13800	34500	2354.63	0	0.00	2354.63
17	Uttar Pradesh	620	12400	31000	4257.78	500	1280.26	5538.04
18	West Bengal	120	2400	6000	981.87	0	0.00	981.87
19	Assam	220	4400	11000	2380.58	0	0.00	2380.58
20	Arunachal Pradesh	19	380	950	226.99	0	0.00	226.99
21	Mizoram	34	680	1700	439.67	0	22.37	462.04
22	Manipur	30	600	1500	155.89	0	0.00	155.89
23	Nagaland	24	480	1200	283.16	0	42.99	326.15
24	Sikkim	150	3000	7500	409.11	0	656.81	1065.92
25	Tripura	50	1000	2500	607.48	0	72.00	679.48
26	Meghalaya	45	900	2250	440.55	0	0.00	440.55
27	Himachal Pradesh	210	4200	10500	1513.79	75	0.00	1513.79
28	Jammu &Kashmir	28	560	1400	162.76	25	0.00	162.76
29	Uttarakhand	585	11700	29250	6762.87	3900	5907.33	12670.20
30	Andman & Nicobar	68	1360	3400	130.00	0	0.00	130.00
31	Daman & Diu	55	1100	2750	235.55	0	0.00	235.55
32	Dadar Nagar	500	10000	25000	1000.00	0	0.00	1000.00
33	Delhi	500	10000	25000	471.45	0	0.00	471.45
34	Puducherry	8	160	400	28.55	20	0.00	28.55
35	Chandigarh	0	0	0	0.00	65	77.42	77.42
36	Lakshadeep	0	0	0	0.00	135	0.00	0.00
37	Other Expenses	0	0	0	405.00	0	115.20	520.20
	Total	11891	237820	594550	58247.01	20000	20432.48	78679.49

Sl.No.	State	University/Institute
1	Chhattisgarh	Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur-492 012
2	Gujarat	Sardar krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, S.K. Nagar-385 506 (Gujarat)
3	Himachal Pradesh	CSK HPKVV Hill Agri. Res. &Extn. Centre, Bajaura-175 125
4	Jharkhand	Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi – 834 006
5	Kerala	ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, P.B. No. 1701, Marikunnu PO, Calicut – 673 012
6		ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekarlyam, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 017, Kerala
7	Karnataka	University of Agricultural Sciences, Yettinagudda Campus, Krishinagar, Dharwad-580 005
8	Madhya Pradesh	Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004
9		ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
10	Maharashtra	Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidypeeth , Daploi
11	Meghalaya	ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam – 737 102
12	Punjab	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004
13	Rajasthan	Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur-313 001 (Rajasthan)
14		ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Tabiji, Ajmer – 305 206, Rajasthan
15	Sikkim	ICAR Regional Centre, Sikkim of ICAR Research Complex for North-Eastern Hill Region, Umroi Road, Barapani-793 103, Meghalaya
16	Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641 003
17	Uttarakhand	G.B.P. University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar – 263 145
18		ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansdhan, Almora – 263 601, Uttarakhand
19	Uttar Pradesh	ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut -250 110
20	West Bengal	Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University (RMVU), PO Belur Math, District Howrah-711 202, West Bengal