Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
In 2019-2020 the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare initiated a component of natural farming under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) as Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP) in 8 States, which has been upscaled as “National Mission on Natural Farming” (NMNF) on 25.11.2024.
The area sanctioned in the country under the BPKP since 2020-21 is given below:
States
Area in Ha
Andhra Pradesh
100000
Chhattisgarh
85000
Kerala
84000
Himachal Pradesh
12000
Jharkhand
3400
Odisha
24000
Madhya Pradesh
99000
Tamil Nadu
2000
Total
409400
Training programme have been organized under BPKP. Details of training sessions/ work-shops/ conferences held/organized by the State and the beneficiary level data (details of small and marginal farmers) is maintained at the State level only.
Government of Maharashtra State has not opted for natural farming under BPKP. However, following training has been conducted by Maharashtra under organic farming:
Training/ sessions name
No. of training
KVK level trainings
136
Village level trainings
442
Total
578
NMNF has been approved on 25.11.2024 for all States including Maharashtra.
The PKVY scheme provides end-to-end support to organic farmers i.e. from production to processing certification and marketing by a clusters approach. The primary focus of the scheme is to form organic clusters (other than NE states) to help them to create a value and supply chain with robust focus on marketing.
Under PKVY, States/UTs are provided financial assistance of Rs. 31500/ha for 3 years out of which, Rs. 15000/ha/3 years is provided directly to farmers through DBT for on-farm and off-farm organic inputs. Financial assistance of Rs. 4500/ha for 3 years is provided for marketing, packaging, branding, value addition and other marketing initiatives. Apart from this, Rs. 3000/ha for 3 years is provided for certification and residue analysis. Under the scheme assistance is also provided @Rs. 9000/ha for 3 years for training and capacity building.
Since 2015-16, under PKVY, 14.99 lakh ha area has been covered under organic farming by developing 52289 clusters involving 25.30 lakh farmers. In addition, 8 States have developed their own brands for organic products. Since 2015-2016 to 2023-2024, Rs. 2170.30 crore has been released under the scheme.
The State-wise details of progress in terms of area covered, number of farmers benefitted and fund released under PKVY since 2015-16 to 2024-2025 as on 06.12.2024 is given below:
State-wise details of progress in terms of area covered, number of farmers benefitted and fund released under PKVY since 2015-16 to 2024-2025 as on 6.12.2024
S. No.
Name of the State
Area in ha.
Farmers
Fund Released to State
(Rs in lakh.)
1
Andhra Pradesh
360805.39
746976.00
34089.49
2
Bihar
31561.30
42961.00
5077.08
3
Chhattisgarh
101279.29
60294.00
9086.92
4
Gujarat
15334.41
17836.00
1431.12
5
Goa
10000.00
12685.00
825.40
6
Haryana
–
–
104.56
7
Jharkhand
25300.00
32714.00
3044.42
8
Karnataka
20900.00
37598.00
8773.36
9
Kerala
94480.00
310841.00
5937.47
10
Madhya Pradesh
74960.00
116360.00
14163.63
11
Maharashtra
66756.00
87350.00
12444.51
12
Odisha
45800.00
70026.00
9273.10
13
Punjab
6981.00
6676.00
2685.05
14
Rajasthan
148500.00
217479.00
17166.26
15
Tamil Nadu
32940.00
37886.00
4250.35
16
Telangana
8100.00
18405.00
2581.78
17
Uttar Pradesh
171184.80
273672.00
21353.58
18
West Bengal
21400.00
48585.00
3628.01
19
Assam
4400.00
9740.00
3012.55
20
Arunachal Pradesh
380.00
–
234.56
21
Mizoram
780.00
2054.00
469.61
22
Manipur
600.00
–
163.46
23
Nagaland
480.00
–
333.72
24
Sikkim
63000.00
–
1848.88
25
Tripura
1000.00
–
687.05
26
Meghalaya
900.00
2275.00
448.12
27
Himachal Pradesh
18747.87
44932.00
3354.52
28
Jammu & Kashmir
5160.00
12900.00
839.81
29
Uttarakhand
140740.00
301109.00
41947.28
30
Andaman & Nicobar
14491.00
3590.00
163.00
31
Daman & Diu
642.18
1324.00
235.55
32
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
500.00
–
1000.00
33
Delhi
–
–
471.45
34
Puducherry
–
–
44.75
35
Chandigarh
–
–
77.42
36
Lakshadweep
–
–
227.20
37
Ladakh
10480.00
14070.00
404.85
Total
14,98,583.24
25,30,338.00
211879.86
Note: Total fund release Rs 2,170.30 crore (including Rs 2,118.80 Crore to States/UTs & Rs. 51.50 Crore for other expenses)
The Union Cabinet on 25th November 2024 approved the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) as a standalone centrally sponsored scheme with an overall outlay of ₹2481 crore. The Mission has a target to initiate 1 crore farmers to natural farming spreading over 7.5 Lakh ha land.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Ram Nath Thakur in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.