Parliament Question: Organic Cerification

O.I.H GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS’ WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1589 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29TH JULY, 2025 ORGANIC CERTIFICATION

1589. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ िष एवं िकसान क(cid:670)ाण मं(cid:361)ी

be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the work undertaken under organic certification in Khargone Parliamentary constituency and Barwani district since the year 2010 till date, year-wise, bodies-wise along with the number of involved therein;

(b) the details of Project Directors involved in all the projects undertaken by the Certification Bodies (CB) and the list of participating farmers, location-wise and year-wise along with the names of crops covered thereunder;

(c) the name of the projects under which the TC (Transaction Certificate) was issued by Certification Bodies (CB) along with details thereof year-wise, production-wise and project- wise;

(d) whether the Certification Bodies (CB) or projects have been suspended or blacklisted; and

(e) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ िष एवं िकसान क(cid:670)ाण रा(cid:475) मं(cid:361)ी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a): The Government is implementing organic certification program namely, Participatory Guarantee System of India (PGS-India) through National Centre for Organic and Natural farming under Ministry of Agriculture and farmers’ Welfare and National the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) through Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under Ministry of Commerce & Industries. Details of organic certification under PGS-India and NPOP in Khargone and Barwani districts along with number of certification bodies is enclosed at Annexure 1.(b): As per available records, as on date, there are 4712 active Organic grower groups covering around 19,29,243 farmers certified by the accredited certification bodies under NPOP. Details of the certified operators are available on public domain under the respective certification body’s website. Links are enclosed at Annexure 2.

(c) to (e): The system for Organic Certification under NPOP involves a third-party certification system of organic processes and organic produce, which is certified across the supply chain by a certification body (CB) Govt. or private.

Accreditation to the Certification Bodies is granted by the National Accreditation Body

(NAB) operating under NPOP. The National Accreditation Body also maintains oversight over the Certification Bodies and takes appropriate action wherever deviation/violations are observed in the certification programme of the Certification Bodies.

As per available records, during 2024-25, around 11530 transaction certificates were issued to 1900 grower groups by their respective certification bodies. One Certification Body under NPOP was suspended in October 2024 for a period of one year. As per available records, during 2024-25, around 11,530 transaction certificates were issued to 1900 Organic grower groups by their respective certification bodies.

The certification bodies conduct annual inspections of their certified operators who can be a producer, processor, trader, or a Grower Group. Further, unannounced inspections are conducted by the Certification Body and also by the Evaluation Committee under NPOP.

Based on the severity of the non-compliances, appropriate action on the grower groups are taken by their respective certification bodies.Annexure 1 Organic Certification details under PGS-India in Khargone and Barwani Districts (since the inception of the scheme in 2015) S.No Particulars Barwani Khargone 1 Total Farmers and Area 4810 farmers covering NIL (In Ha) for FY 2024-25 2592.72 ha area 2 Local Groups(Farmers 284 - Groups) Trace Assure, Akhil Gujarat - 3 Regional Councils Vikas Trust and State Govt.

of M.P. ATMA-Agar Distt.

M.P.

Organic Certification details under NPOP in Khargone and Barwani Districts S.No Particulars Barwani Khargone 1 Total Farm Area (In Ha) 89,303.49 1,09,675.23 for FY 2024-25 2 Total Farm Production 1,25,512.47 1,75,476.42 (In MT) for FY 2024-25 3 Raw Cotton, Raw Cotton, Wheat, Non-Basmati Paddy, Soyabean/Soybean White, Seeded Cotton, Non-Basmati Paddy, Soyabean/Soybean White, Maize Grain, Pigeon pea/arhar whole, Chickpea/Kabuli Chana Amaranth seed/Ram dhana, Products Certified (garbanzos), Wheat, Brown gram/Gram/Chana Flax Seed, (Cicer arietinum), Rapeseed/Rai/Rye, Pigeon pea/arhar whole, Chickpea/Kabuli Chana Lentil, (garbanzos) etc Sesame/Sesamum etc 4 No of Operators for FY 110 239 2024-25 5 No of Certification 13 16 Bodies (Active)

Source of NPOP: Information provided by the certification bodies accredited under NPOP on TracenetAnnexure 2 LIST OF ACTIVE ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION BODIES UNDER NPOP AS ON DATE

23.07.2025 S. Name of the Certification Contact Address Website No Agency .

1 Bureau Veritas (India) Pvt. Mumbai, www.bureauveritas.co.in Limited Maharashtra 2 ECOCERT India Pvt. Ltd. Bangaluru, www.ecocert.in Karnataka 3 IMO Control Pvt. Ltd. Bangaluru, www.imocontrol.in Karnataka 4 INDOCERT Ernakulam, Kerala www.indocert.org 5 Lacon Quality Certification Pvt. Thiruvalla, Kerala www.laconindia.com Ltd.

6 OneCert International Private Jaipur, Rajasthan www.onecertinternational.com Limited 7 SGS India Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon, Haryana www.sgsgroup.in 8 CU Inspections India Pvt. Ltd Navi Mumbai, www.controlunion.com Maharashtra 9 Uttarakhand State Organic Dehradun, www.usoca.org Certification Agency (USOCA) Uttarakhand 10 Rajasthan State Organic Jaipur, Rajasthan https://agriculture.rajasthan.gov.in/rs Certification Agency (RSOCA) soca/ 11 Indian Society for Certification Coimbatore, Tamil www.iscop.org of Organic Products (ISCOP) Nadu 12 Aditi Organic Certifications Bangaluru, www.aditicert.net Pvt. Ltd Karnataka 13 Chhattisgarh Certification Raipur, www.cgcert.com Society, India (CGCERT) Chhattisgarh 14 Tamil Nadu Organic Chennai, Tamil www.tnocd.net Certification Department Nadu

(TNOCD) 15 Madhya Pradesh State Bhopal, Madhya https://mpsoca.org/ Organic Certification Agency Pradesh

(MPSOCA) 16 Odisha State Organic Bhubaneswar, www.ossopca.nic.in Certification Agency Odisha

(OSOCA) 17 Natural Organic Certification Navi Mumbai, www.nocaagro.com Agro Pvt. Ltd. (NOCA) Maharashtra 18 FairCert Certification Services Ahmedabad, www.faircert.com Pvt. Ltd Gujarat19 Gujarat Organic Products Ahmedabad, www.gopca.in Certification Agency (GOPCA) Gujarat 20 Uttar Pradesh State Organic Lucknow, Uttar www.upsoca.org Certification Agency Pradesh

(UPSOCA) 21 Karnataka State Organic Bangaluru, https://kssoca.karnataka.gov.in/engli Certification Agency (KSOCA) Karnataka sh 22 Global Certification Society Kangra, Himachal www.glocert.org Pradesh 23 GreenCert Biosolutions Pvt. Pune, Maharashtra www.greencertindia.in Ltd 24 Telangana State Organic Hyderabad, https://scadev.seedsgrowerp.com/O Certification Authority Telangana rganiccerti.php

(TGOCA) 25 Bihar State Seed and Organic Patna, Bihar https://bssca.co.in/ Certification Agency

(BSSOCA) 26 Chhattisgarh State Organic Raipur, https://cgocert.com/ Certification Agency Chhattisgarh

(CGOCERT) 27 Eccentric Organic Private Tiruchirappali Tamil www.eccentricorganic.com/ Limited Nadu 28 Glaze Corporate Services Kota, Rajasthan http://www.glazecspl.com/ Private Limited 29 GSCI Service Private Limited Mumbai, www.gsciservices.com Maharashtra 30 MS Agroland Services Private Sewak Park, New https://agrolandgroup.com/ Limited Delhi 31 Krushi Certification Private Dehradun, www.krushicert.com Limited Uttarakhand 32 CERT ID India Private Limited Mumbai, www.foodchainid.com Maharashtra 33 Andhra Pradesh State Organic Guntur, Andhra https://apsopca.org/ Products Certification Pradesh Authority (APSOPCA) 34 Getcert Private Limited Nanded, www.getcert.co.in Maharashtra 35 GCL International Assessment Coimbatore, Tamil https://gcl-intl.co.in Private Limited Nadu 36 Shivalik Natural Resources Dehradun, www.snrms.org Management Society Uttarakhand

(SNRMS) 37 Meghalaya State Organic East Khasi Hills https://msocb.org/ Certification Body District, Meghalaya ****