Question : Use of Organic Fertilizers

(a) whether the Government has any scheme to promote organic farming in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the nature of assistance being given by the Government to the farmers to make organic fertilizers on their own;

(c) whether any arrangement have been made to make organic fertilizers available in all development blocks in the country;

(d) if so, the reasons for non-availability of organic fertilizers in most of the development blocks in Uttar Pradesh; and

(e) whether the Government would take any measures to overcome this shortage of organic fertilizers, if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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(a) to (c): Government has taken a number of initiatives across the country through the schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) / Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) to promote organic farming. The details of the schemes PKVY and MOVCDNER is given at Annexure-I and Annexure-Il. In addition it is also supported through other Schemes viz. Soil Health Management (SHM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and Network Project on Organic Farming under ICAR. Pattern of assistance for promotion of bio and organic inputs under these schemes is enclosed at Annexure-Ill.

(d) & (e): Setting up of organic/bio-fertilizer units has been promoted under credit linked Subsidy Scheme (CISS) of NMSA (through NABARD) to ensure adequate organic fertilizer availability. States have been establishing bio-fertilizer units under RKVY scheme also. No such complaint about non-availability of fertilizer in the most of the developing blocks in Uttar Pradesh has been brought to the notice of Government.