Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)
पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्र जैविक मूल्य श्रृंखला विकास मिशन
A Central Sector Scheme that groups North Eastern farmers into Farmer Producer Companies and funds the full organic chain — inputs, NPOP certification, collection centres and market linkage — with about ₹46,500 per hectare of assistance over three years.
- Assistance
- ~₹46,500/hectare over 3 years
- States covered
- All 8 North Eastern states
- Area under organic farming
- 2.36 lakh hectares (so far)
- Farmers benefited
- ~2.74 lakh
- FPOs/FPCs formed
- 379
- Certification
- NPOP third-party (export-ready)
- Central funds released
- ₹1,548+ crore (cumulative)
- Current phase
- Phase III
Quick Summary
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Quick Summary
Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) is the Centre's dedicated organic-farming scheme for the eight North Eastern states — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. Rather than paying an individual farmer directly, it groups 200-500 nearby organic growers into Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs), which are federated into a Farmer Producer Company (FPC). That FPC becomes the vehicle for everything that follows: quality seed and planting material, organic manure and bio-inputs, hand-holding through the three-year NPOP conversion period, third-party certification, collection and grading centres, and finally a brand and buyers for the harvest. Total assistance works out to roughly ₹46,500 per hectare spread over three years, split between input support, infrastructure for the FPC, and certification and marketing costs.
A farmer does not fill an individual online form for MOVCDNER. Enrolment happens through a cluster: the State Lead Agency identifies a block, the Agriculture or Horticulture Department forms FIGs of interested farmers on contiguous or nearby land, and the FIGs federate into an FPC that then executes the project with technical support from the National Centre of Organic and Natural Farming. Since it began in 2015-16, the scheme has brought 2.36 lakh hectares under organic cultivation, benefiting roughly 2.74 lakh farmers, with 379 FPOs/FPCs formed and over ₹1,548 crore released by the Centre. It is currently in its third phase. The page ahead covers the assistance breakdown, the certification route and how to find the cluster nearest you.
Overview
MOVCDNER was launched in 2015-16 to build certified-organic value chains across all eight North Eastern states, a region where a large share of farming was already low-input and close to organic by default because of limited fertiliser and pesticide use. Rather than certifying scattered individual plots, the scheme organises farmers on contiguous land into Farmer Interest Groups of roughly 20 members each, several of which federate into a Farmer Producer Company. The FPC is deliberately the unit that receives infrastructure support — collection and aggregation sheds, grading units, custom hiring centres and small processing units — so that produce is bulked, graded and branded together instead of every farmer selling small individual lots.
Assistance is calculated per hectare and released over three years: input support for organic manure, bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticides and quality seed and planting material (with a share routed as direct benefit transfer); support for third-party organic certification under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), which is what allows the produce to be sold as certified organic domestically and exported; and support for training, hand-holding and post-harvest infrastructure. The Participatory Guarantee System (PGS-India), used in the older Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, is not the primary certification route here — MOVCDNER leans on third-party NPOP certification because it targets export-oriented value chains for crops like ginger, turmeric, large cardamom, pineapple and kiwi that the North East already grows well.
The scheme is now in its third phase. Progress data reported to Parliament puts cumulative coverage at 2.36 lakh hectares brought under organic cultivation and about 2.74 lakh farmers benefited, with 379 FPOs/FPCs formed, 205 collection-aggregation-grading units, 190 Custom Hiring Centres and 123 processing units/pack houses built, and over ₹1,548 crore released by the Centre. Because the scheme runs through a State Lead Agency-organised cluster rather than an individual application, availability in a given block depends on whether your State has notified a cluster there — check with your district Agriculture or Horticulture office.
Scheme highlights
Farmers grouped, not individually enrolled
You join through a Farmer Interest Group of about 20 nearby farmers, several of which federate into a Farmer Producer Company — the FPC then becomes eligible for infrastructure and marketing support that no individual farmer could access alone.
Inputs and seed funded through the conversion period
Organic manure, bio-fertiliser, bio-pesticide and quality seed/planting material are supported for the three years it typically takes a plot to qualify for organic certification, with part of the assistance paid as DBT.
NPOP certification, not just a local guarantee mark
The scheme funds third-party certification under the National Programme for Organic Production, which is recognised for export — important for North Eastern specialities like ginger, turmeric and large cardamom that already have overseas demand.
Collection, grading and processing built for the group
Collection-cum-aggregation sheds, grading units, Custom Hiring Centres and small processing units are built for the FPC, so produce is bulked and value-added together instead of every household selling small raw lots at the local market.
A Farmer Producer Company that outlasts the scheme
Because the FPC owns the assets and the certification, it continues to buy, aggregate, brand and sell after the three-year project period ends — the goal is a lasting business, not a one-time input subsidy.
Major components
States pick from these based on local priorities — each has its own eligibility and application process, detailed on its own page where one exists.
Organic input & seed support
Quality seed and planting material, organic manure, bio-fertiliser and bio-pesticide, part-funded as DBT, for the duration of the organic conversion period.
Every farmer inside a notified FIG/FPC cluster
Certification & training support
Third-party NPOP organic certification, plus training and hand-holding on organic package of practices, farm records and internal control systems required for certification.
FPCs preparing produce for domestic branded sale or export
Post-harvest & FPC infrastructure
Collection-cum-aggregation-grading units, Custom Hiring Centres and small processing units/pack houses built for the Farmer Producer Company.
FPCs that have completed formation and need shared infrastructure
What you get
Roughly ₹46,500/hectare, spread over 3 years
Covers inputs, certification and infrastructure together rather than as one lump payment — support tracks the farmer through the whole organic conversion window.
A certification you could not afford alone
Third-party NPOP certification is expensive per farmer; bundled through the FPC, the cost is shared and the certificate covers the group's produce.
A better price for produce already grown low-input
Much of the North East's hill farming already uses little chemical fertiliser or pesticide — certification converts that fact into a sellable premium instead of leaving it unrecognised.
Shared infrastructure a single farmer can't justify
A grading unit, a Custom Hiring Centre or a small processing shed makes sense for 200-500 farmers pooling produce, not for one household — the FPC structure is what makes it viable.
Who is eligible
Both lists come from the notified operational guidelines — meeting the left column is not enough if anything in the right column applies to your family.
You qualify if
- You farm in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim or Tripura — the 8 states MOVCDNER covers
- Your land falls inside (or near) a cluster your State Lead Agency has notified for the scheme
- You are willing to join a Farmer Interest Group and follow an organic package of practices for the conversion period
- You grow (or can grow) a crop the local cluster has chosen — commonly ginger, turmeric, large cardamom, pineapple, kiwi or off-season vegetables
Excluded — even with land
- Farming outside the 8 North Eastern states — MOVCDNER does not cover the rest of India; PKVY is the equivalent organic scheme elsewhere
- Expecting to certify a single isolated plot on your own — certification and support flow through the FIG/FPC, not to an individual applicant directly
- Continuing to use chemical fertiliser or pesticide on the enrolled plot — this breaks organic conversion and disqualifies the plot from certification
- Expecting a lump-sum cash payment — assistance is released in tranches against inputs, certification stages and infrastructure, not as one transfer
Where this scheme applies
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Himachal Pradesh
- Punjab
- Uttarakhand
- Haryana
- Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Bihar
- Jharkhand
- West Bengal
- Sikkim
- Assam
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya
- Nagaland
- Manipur
- Mizoram
- Tripura
- Gujarat
- Madhya Pradesh
- Chhattisgarh
- Maharashtra
- Odisha
- Goa
- Telangana
- Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
- Puducherry
- Ladakh
- Chandigarh
- Lakshadweep
Scheme applies here
Documents you need
Have these ready before you start — the online form takes ten minutes when nothing is missing.
Land records for the enrolled plot
Used by the FIG/FPC to map the exact area being brought under organic conversion and to verify it for certification.
Farmer Interest Group membership
Proof of joining a State Lead Agency-recognised FIG, which is the entry point into the scheme — there is no way to enrol as an unaffiliated individual.
Farm records during conversion
Sowing, input-use and harvest records the FPC maintains as part of the Internal Control System required for third-party organic certification.
How to apply, step by step
The same six steps apply whether you register yourself online or sit down at a CSC.
- 1
Check if your block has a notified cluster
Ask your District Agriculture or Horticulture Department, or the State Lead Agency for organic farming, whether MOVCDNER is running a cluster near you.
- 2
Join or help form a Farmer Interest Group
Around 20 nearby farmers on contiguous or close land form a FIG; several FIGs federate into a Farmer Producer Company that will execute the project.
- 3
Follow the organic package of practices
Stop chemical fertiliser and pesticide on the enrolled plot and switch to the organic manure, bio-fertiliser and bio-pesticide supplied under the scheme, keeping the farm records the FPC needs.
- 4
Complete the 3-year conversion and get certified
The FPC arranges third-party NPOP certification once the conversion period and Internal Control System requirements are met.
- 5
Sell through the FPC's collection and marketing chain
Certified produce is collected, graded and sold — branded, in bulk, or exported — through the infrastructure built for the FPC rather than farmer by farmer.
Important dates
Scheme launched
2015-16
As part of the erstwhile Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana umbrella, later run as a dedicated NE scheme
Current phase
Phase III (ongoing)
Continuation approved with a fresh outlay after review of Phase I and II performance
Cumulative area covered
2.36 lakh hectares
Against ~2.74 lakh farmers benefited, as reported to Parliament
Facts last checked
6 September 2026
Against the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare's MOVCDNER operational guidelines, PIB press releases on Phase-III progress, and State Lead Agency (Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur) scheme pages
Check your eligibility
Straight from the notified criteria. Nothing you enter leaves your phone.
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This checker applies the criteria in the official operational guidelines, but it is guidance — only the state government’s verification against the land records is final.
Downloads
Official documents only — everything below is hosted on the government's own servers.
Official links & helpline
Bookmark the portal itself — no third-party site can release, block or speed up a payment.
- Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare — organic farming schemesagricoop.gov.in — the nodal Central department for MOVCDNER
- National Centre of Organic and Natural Farming (NCONF)ncof.dacnet.nic.in — technical support agency for organic certification and package of practices
- Manipur Organic Mission Agency — MOVCDNERA State Lead Agency page with cluster and FPC details for one of the 8 covered states
Frequently asked questions
Who can benefit from MOVCDNER?
Farmers in the 8 North Eastern states — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura — who join a Farmer Interest Group inside a State Lead Agency-notified cluster. It is not an individual online application.
How much assistance does a farmer actually get?
Total assistance works out to about ₹46,500 per hectare over three years, covering organic inputs and seed, third-party NPOP certification, training, and shared infrastructure for the Farmer Producer Company — released in tranches, not as one payment.
Is this the same as PKVY?
No. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) covers organic farming for the rest of India using PGS-India peer certification. MOVCDNER is the dedicated North Eastern scheme and relies mainly on third-party NPOP certification, aimed at export-oriented value chains.
How do I join if there is no cluster near me yet?
Ask your District Agriculture or Horticulture Department, or your State's organic mission agency, whether a new cluster is planned in your block. Enrolment always happens when the State Lead Agency notifies a cluster and forms FIGs — there is no way to apply directly to the Centre.
What happens if I keep using chemical fertiliser on my plot?
The plot cannot be organically certified. Certification requires a documented conversion period with no chemical fertiliser or pesticide use, verified through the FPC's Internal Control System and farm records.
Is the scheme still running?
Yes. MOVCDNER is in its third phase, with cumulative coverage of 2.36 lakh hectares and about 2.74 lakh farmers benefited as of the latest reported figures, and over ₹1,548 crore released by the Centre so far.
What crops does MOVCDNER usually support?
The scheme is crop-agnostic in design but clusters commonly form around ginger, turmeric, large cardamom, pineapple, kiwi and off-season vegetables — crops the North East already grows well and that carry export or premium-market potential once certified organic.
Do I get money directly into my bank account?
Part of the input assistance is routed as Direct Benefit Transfer to enrolled farmers, but certification and infrastructure funding go to the Farmer Producer Company, not to individuals — the FPC is the unit the scheme is built around.
Still have questions?
The FAQs above cover the common ones. For anything about your specific application, the ministry helpline undefined is the authoritative answer — and we are happy to point you in the right direction.