Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

Objective:

Organic agriculture is a production of agricultural products free from chemicals and pesticides residues by adopting eco friendly low cost technologies “Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana”is an elaborated component of Soil Health Management (SHM) of National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). Under PKVY, Organic farming is promoted through adoption of organic village by cluster approach and PGS certification.

Organic Area Selection Criteria:

1. The cluster chosen for Organic Farming shall be 50 acres in extent and in as contiguous a form as possible. Of the total number of farmers in a cluster, a minimum of 65% and marginal farmer should belong to the small categories. Thus minimum criteria of inclusion should as far as practicable be fulfilled at cluster level and where not possible, it should be satisfied at Mandal/Block/Taluka or District level.
2. Organic Farming shall be promoted in such areas like hilly, tribal and also rainfed areas where utilization of chemical fertilizers and Pesticide is less.

Financial Assistance:

In order to facilitate this, the ceiling of subsidy that a farmer is eligible shall be a maximum of one hectare and the total financial assistance eligible for a 50 acre cluster shall be a maximum of Rs. 10(Ten) lakhs for farmer members and Rs. 4.95 lakh for mobilization and PGS Certification.

S. No.	Component	Pattern of Assistance
1	Adoption of PGS certification through cluster approach
			1st year	2nd year	3rd year
I.	Mobilization of farmers/ local people to form cluster in 50 acre for PGS certification		1000
II.	Mobilization of farmers/ local people to form cluster in 50 acre for PGS certification		1000
III.	Training of cluster members on organic farming (3 trainings @ Rs.20000 per training)		6000
	Total		8000 Rs
2	PGS Certification and Quality control
I.	Training on PGS Certification in 2 days @ Rs.200 per LRP		400
II.	Training of Trainers (20) Lead Resource Persons @ Rs.250/day/cluster for 3 days			720
III.	Online Registration of farmer @ Rs.100 per member cluster x 50			5000	5000
IV.	Soil sample collection and testing (21 samples/year/cluster) @ Rs.190 per sample for three years.		3990	3990	3990
V.	Process documentation of conversion into organic methods, inputs used, cropping pattern followed, organic manures and fertilizer used etc., for PGS certification @ Rs.100 per member x 50		5000	5000	5000
VI.	Inspection of fields of cluster member @ Rs.400/inspection x 3 (3 inspections will be done per cluster per year)		1200	1200	1200
VII.	Residue analysis of samples in NABL (8 samples per year per cluster) @ Rs.10,000/- sample			80000	80000
VIII.	Certification Charges			2000
IX.	Administrative expenses for certification		26150	16900	16900
	Total (Yearly)		36740	114840	112090
	Overall Total		263670 Rs.
3	Action Plan for Organic Farming for one cluster
I.	Conversion of land to organic @ Rs.1000/acre x 50		50000	50000	50000
II.	Introduction of cropping system; Organic seed procurement or raising organic nursery @ Rs.500/acre/year x 50 acres		25000	25000	25000
III.	Traditional organic Input Production Units like Pachagavya, Beejamruth and Jeevamruth etc. @ Rs. 1500/unit/acre x 50 acre		75000
IV.	Biological Nitrogen Harvest Planting (Gliricidia, Sesbania, etc.) @ Rs.2000/acre x 50 acre		50000	25000	25000
V.	Botanical extracts production units Rs.1000/unit/acre x 50 acre		50000
	Total (Yearly)		250000	100000	100000
	Overall Total		450000 Rs.
4	Integrated Manure Management
I.	Liquid Bio-fertilizer consortia (Nitrogen fixing/ Phosphate Solubilizing/ potassium mobilizing bio-fertilizer) @ Rs.500/acre x 50		25000
II.	Liquid Biopesticides (Trichoderma viridae, Pseudomonas, fluorescens, Matarhizium, Beaviourie bassiana, Pacelomyces, verticillium ) 2 Rs.500/ acre x 50			25000
III.	Farmer can take up any natural pest control mechanism easily available in their local area @ Rs.500/acre x 50			25000
IV.	Phosphate Rich Organic Manure (PROM) as per specification given in FCO,1985 @ Rs.1000/acre x50		50000
V.	Vermi compost (size 7’x3’x1’) @Rs.5000/ unit x 50		250000
	Total (Yearly)		325000	50000
	Overall Total		375000 Rs.
5	Agricultural implements (As per SMAM guidelines): i.Power tiller ii. Cono weeder iii. Paddy thresher iv. Furrow opener v. Sprayer vi. Rose can vii.Top Pan balance		15000	15000	15000
	Overall Total		45000 Rs.
6	Packing, Labelling and Branding or organic products of cluster
	Packing material with PGS logo + Hologram printing @ Rs.2500/ acre x 50			62500	62500
	Transportation of organic produce (f our wheeler, 1.5 tone load capacity) @Rs.120000 max. Assistance for 1 cluster			120000
	Organic Fairs (Maximum assistance will be given @ 36330 per cluster)			36330
	Total			218830	62500
	Overall Total		281330 Rs.

 

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