BIO-FERTILIZER PLANTS
During Tenth Plan,
Government envisage to implement a new scheme "National Project
on Organic Farming" which includes setting up of a National
Institute of Organic Farming and its Regional Centres to promote
and facilitate various aspects of organic farming in the country.
The scheme includes inter-alia support to commercial production
units of organic inputs like fruits and vegetable waste, compost
units, biofertilizer production units and hatcheries for vermiculture
etc.
The State-wise
production of biofertilizer is as below:
Details of State-wise
Biofertilizer Production for last three years
(in tonnes)
|
NAME OF STATES
|
1999-2000
|
2000-2001
|
2001-2002
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
128.67
|
84.14
|
170.62
|
|
Assam
|
234.78
|
64.02
|
62.32
|
|
Bihar
|
49.37
|
50.37
|
33.90
|
|
Delhi
|
95.13
|
199.84
|
0.74
|
|
Gujarat
|
654.68
|
776.32
|
662.51
|
|
Haryana
|
3.58
|
6.66
|
23.21
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2.38
|
3.61
|
5.88
|
|
Jharkhand
|
34.24
|
38.06
|
29.21
|
|
Karnataka
|
503.84
|
637.11
|
702.07
|
|
Kerala
|
245.40
|
304.49
|
294.22
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1713.07
|
1491.09
|
1756.21
|
|
Maharashtra
|
1125.29
|
1411.83
|
2547.58
|
|
Manipur
|
11.40
|
1.67
|
0.23
|
|
Orissa
|
33.07
|
74.21
|
100.62
|
|
Punjab
|
1.70
|
2.03
|
2.0
|
|
Rajasthan
|
220.52
|
317.25
|
326.13
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1808.81
|
1771.30
|
1946.34
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
449.15
|
520.76
|
203.61
|
|
West Bengal
|
281.73
|
367.78
|
184.72
|
|
Pondicherry
|
37.85
|
26.08
|
31.40
|
|
Total
|
7631.66
|
8148.62
|
9083.52
|
This information
was given by Dr. Chhattra Pal Singh, Minister of State for Chemicals
& fertilizers, in a written reply to a question in the Lok
Sabha today.
