• D. KAMATCHI

Organic farming has become increasingly important in India given the rising costs and increasing losses due to climate change and aberration in rainfall and extreme climatic events like floods and droughts. The consumers are able to and willing to purchase the organic food products at higher premium prices as they are free from chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Apart from this, there has been a significant rise in the demand for organic food across the world due to increased consciousness related to health problems arising with the chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Keeping theses in focus, there is a higher thrust on PKVY to promote organic agriculture. It is basically a scheme of supporting organic farming via cluster approach with participatory guarantee system. The Indian government is encouraging organic agriculture under centrally sponsored scheme of Paramparagath Krishi Vikas Yojana. In this paper, the researcher exhibits the details of this scheme like features, objectives, criteria for area selection, fund allocation, etc.

Organic farming, PKVY, participatory guarantee system, organic farmers, organic food, etc.

"PARAMPARAGATH KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA (PKVY) IN INDIA A SPECIAL SUBSIDY SCHEME TO THE FARMER’S FOR ORGANIC FARMING)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.552-557, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06095.pdf

"PARAMPARAGATH KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA (PKVY) IN INDIA A SPECIAL SUBSIDY SCHEME TO THE FARMER’S FOR ORGANIC FARMING)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp552-557, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06095.pdf