Benefit
100.00% subsidy
Deadline
Ongoing
Beneficiaries
623,000
Sector
Organic Farming, Domestic Ma...
Overview
PGS-India is a participatory, community-based organic certification system for domestic market with peer appraisal, social control, and lower certification costs.
Launched on 01 Jan 2011
Benefits
Subsidy %
100%
Payment mode
Certification Support
Lower certification costs, Community support, Domestic market access, Social recognition
Scheme components:
- Peer Appraisal
- Community Certification
- Local Group Support
Eligibility
- Categories
- Organic Farmers, Farmer Groups
- Beneficiary type
- Individual
- Age
- 18 – no upper limit years
- Land holding
- 0.20 – any acres
- Gender
- All
- States
- All India
How to apply
Application mode: Offline
- Join local PGS group and register through Regional Council.
Documents required
- Group Membership
- Land Records
- Organic Farming Declaration
Official links & contacts
Impact & success
6.23 lakh farmers certified, Domestic organic market expanded