Context:

Recently a meeting was organized to review the progress of Phase-III of the Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER).

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About Mission Organic Value Chain Development for the North Eastern Region:

• Aim:  To develop end to end organic value chains in North Eastern States.
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for implementation
• It is a Central Sector Scheme, a sub-mission under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
• Beneficiary States:
  • Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura
• Implementation: 
  • National Level: The Mission structure at Government of India level will comprise of National Advisory Committee (NAC), Executive Committee (EC), Mission Monitoring Committee (MMC).
  • State Level: It will be implemented by the State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) and executed through a designated state Lead Agency in the form of state “Organic Commodity Board” or “Organic Mission”. 
• Significance:
  • MOVCDNER has helped in bringing 1.73 lakh ha area under organic farming benefiting 1.89 lakh farmers.

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