The consumption of bio-fertiliser is increasing and along with it the production has also increased from 25065.03 MT during the year 2008-09 to 37997.61 MT during the year 2010-11.
The use of bio-fertilizer is promoted through Integrated Nutrient Management strategy. Besides, financial assistance is been provided under National Project on Promotion of Organic Farming (NPOF) to ensure availability of bio-fertilisers. The financial assistance from NPOF is used for setting up of bio-fertiliser production units as back ended subsidy through commercial Banks and NABARD.
The amount sanctioned/released for setting up of bio-fertiliser production units under NPOF during the last three years were Rs 84.034 lakh, Rs 72.20 lakh and Rs 43.30 lakh for the year 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively.
As per Department of Fertilizer, the total subsidy provided on chemical fertilizers during the last three years were Rs 64,032.29 crore, 65,836.68 crore and Rs 73,790.94 crore for the year 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively.
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