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Under Capital investment Subsidy Scheme (CISS) of National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), 100% assistance is provided to State Government / Government agencies for setting up of mechanized fruit/vegetable market Agro waste compost production unit.

National Project on Organic Farming

• Under CISS until now, 12 Fruit and vegetable compost units have been established.
  
• National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) is a continuing central sector scheme since 10th Five Year Plan.
  
• Planning Commission approved the scheme as pilot project for the remaining two and half years of 10th plan period with effect from 01.10.2004 with an outlay of Rs. 57.04 crore.
• The scheme is continuing in the 11th plan with an outlay of Rs.101.00 crore.

Objectives

• Promotion of organic farming in the country through technical capacity building of all the stakeholders  including human resource development, transfer of technology, promotion and production of quality organic and biological inputs,awareness creation and publicity through print and electronic media.
• Statutory quality control of biofertilizers and organic fertilizers under the Fertilizer (Control) Order (FCO), 1985, including revision of standards and testing protocols keeping in view the advances in research and technology and bringing remaining organic inputs under quality control regime.
• Capacity building for soil health assessment, organic input resource management, technology development through support to research and market development.
• Capacity Building for low cost certification system known as “Participatory Guarantee System”.

Source: PIB