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Progress of National Mission on Natural Farming

Progress of National Mission on Natural Farming

Natural Farming Certification System (NFCS) was initiated as “Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)-INDIA NATURAL” for certification of natural farming produces since 2025-26. The number of farmers certified State wise,till date (as on 04.02.2026)is given at Annexure-I. The cost of certification provided under National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) is ₹2100/- per ha for two years.  The State wise details of the funds sanctioned/released under National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) scheme (as on 04.02.2026) isgiven at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

Details of farmers registered and area covered in (Ha.) and number of certificates issued under Natural Farming Certification System(NFCS)

Sl. No.

State/UT

Registered Farmers

Area (Ha.)

Number of Certificates Issued

1.

Andaman &nicobar islands

0

0

0

2.

Andhra Pradesh

13074

18453.62

472

3.

Arunachal Pradesh

0

0

0

4.

Assam

7494

5671.24

940

5.

Bihar

57573

23482.37

7955

6.

Chhattisgarh

56161

23261.58

40083

7.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu

1

0

0

8.

Delhi

0

0

0

9.

Goa

0

0

0

10.

Gujarat

41650

21610.16

2814

11.

Haryana

210

138.40

0

12.

Himachal Pradesh

49357

18641.28

7447

13.

Jammu and Kashmir

19549

7055.03

7147

14.

Jharkhand

4609

2542.92

180

15.

Karnataka

13811

12975.39

3884

16.

Kerala

594

588.09

157

17.

Ladakh

0

0

0

18.

Madhya Pradesh

29243

18410.40

2563

19.

Maharashtra

254971

147012.28

220353

20.

Manipur

528

260.75

110

21.

Meghalaya

179

50.34

150

22.

Mizoram

0

0

0

23.

Nagaland

0

0

0

24.

Odisha

83578

36088.92

49638

25.

Puducherry

0

0

0

26.

Punjab

1319

939.08

0

27.

Rajasthan

21340

29435.31

510

28.

Tamil Nadu

9142

4802.79

4246

29.

Telangana

452276

552962.23

117503

30.

Tripura

2760

1943.86

237

31.

Uttarakhand

16294

7242.13

4425

32.

Uttar Pradesh

50098

22554.66

1800

33.

West Bengal

571

366.20

32

Total

1186382

956489.03

472646

 

Annexure-II

State/UT wise details of the funds Sanctioned/released under NMNF

(Rs. In lakhs)

Sl. No.

State/ UT

Sanctioned/Released during 2024-25

Sanctioned/Released during 2025-26

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.12

17.36

2

Andhra Pradesh

47.19

11621.78

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

831.44

4

Assam

0.00

234.94

5

Bihar

14.69

1178.06

6

Chhattisgarh

16.93

1245.45

7

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

0.00

0.00

8

Delhi

0.00

26.54

9

Goa

0.48

43.34

10

Gujarat

0.00

3272.06

11

Haryana

0.00

472.65

12

Himachal Pradesh

23.96

3420.68

13

Jammu & Kashmir

0.00

1230.63

14

Jharkhand

0.00

249.31

15

Karnataka

0.00

3043.62

16

Kerala

0.00

389.62

17

Ladakh

0.00

36.34

18

Madhya Pradesh

0.00

4668.63

19

Maharashtra

0.00

4836.57

20

Manipur

0.00

640.82

21

Meghalaya

0.00

345.96

22

Mizoram

0.00

890.35

23

Nagaland

6.66

944.19

24

Odisha

0.00

1201.11

25

Puducherry

0.00

80.67

26

Punjab

0.00

168.54

27

Rajasthan

33.05

4902.20

28

Tamil Nadu

0.00

314.93

29

Telangana

17.96

1323.51

30

Tripura

6.12

913.03

31

Uttar Pradesh

34.63

4975.12

32

Uttarakhand

11.02

798.73

33

West Bengal

0.00

0.00

Total

212.78

54318.18

 

Note:   (i)         Fund allocated for 2024-25 is Rs. 36564.00 lakhs,

(ii)        Fund allocated for 2025-26 is Rs. 61601.00 lakhs

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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