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.