TMI BlogImplementation of NPOPX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Implementation of NPOP - News and Press Release Dated:- 7-12-2016 - News - Ministry of Commerce has implemented the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) since 2001. The objectives of NPOP are as under: 1) To provide the means of evaluation of certification programme for organic agriculture and products (including wild harvest, aquaculture, livestock products) as per the approved criteria. 2) To accredit certification programmes of Certification Bodies seeking accreditation. 3) To facilitate certification of organic products in conformity with the prescribed standards. 4) To facilitate certification of organic products in conformity with the importing countries organic standards as per equivalence agreement b ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... etween the two countries or as per importing country requirements. 5) To encourage the development of organic farming and organic processing. The standards of Organic Crop Production have been described in Appendix 1 of Chapter 3 of NPOP document The production standards include crop production plan, conversion requirement, nutrient management, disease management etc for agricultural crops. There are no separate prescribed production standards for pulses. The organic pulses certified under NPOP are being cultivated in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh/Telengana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, H.P, Odisha and Punjab. The certified production of organic pu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lses under NPOP, including in conversion, for the last three years is as under: Year Production in MT 2013-14 39444.96 2014-15 34717.45 2015-16 39248.63 Source: APEDA Any agricultural product certified as organic under NPOP has to be certified by an accredited certification body under NPOP for exports. As per the inspection and certification procedures as prescribed under chapter 4 clause 4.3 of the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) Document, the Certification Bodies accredited under NPOP conduct inspection before certifying the operators as organic. Af ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ter inspection and compliance to the requirement by the certified operators, certification decision is taken by the Certification Body and Scope Certificate is issued having a validity of one year. Organic products are traded only through issuance of Transaction Certificates (TCs) wherein the product identity and traceability is maintained. The TCs are also issued only by the accredited Certification Bodies. All the handlers of the product in the supply chain are required to be in the certification system under NPOP and need to obtain TC whenever the product is traded. As prescribed under NPOP Chapter 4, clause 4.3.1.4 under Analysis and Residue Testing, the testing is to be carried out in ISO 17025 accredited and preferably APED ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... A approved laboratories. The list of APEDA approved laboratories is at Annexure-I This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. ANNEXURE-I Sl. No. Name of the Laboratory 1 First Source Laboratory Solutions LLP, Hyderabad 2 National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML), Hyderabad 3 Intertek India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad 4 Vimta Labs Ltd. , Hyderabad 5 Accurate Laboratory, Ahmedabad 6 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... SGS India Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad 7 Testtex India Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Rajkot 8 International Testing Centre, Panchkula 9 SGS India Pvt. Ltd. , Gurgaon 10 TUV Sud South Asia Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon 11 Auriga Research Limited, Bangalore 12 Eurofins Analytical Services India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 13 Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Bangalore 14 TUV Sud South Asia Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 15 Inter ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... field Laboratories, Kochi 16 Ashwamedh Engineers Consultants, Nashik 17 Centre for Food Testing, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune 18 Envirocare Labs Pvt. Ltd., Thane 19 Geo Chem Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai 20 MAARC Labs Pvt. Ltd., Pune 21 MicroChem Silliker Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai 22 National Horticultural Research Development Foundation (NHRDF), Pesticide Residue Analysis Laboratory, Nashik 23 Reliable Analytical Laboratories Pvt. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Ltd., Thane 24 TUV India Pvt. Ltd., Pune 25 Choksi Laboratories Limited, Indore 26 Arbro Pharmaceuticals Limited, New Delhi 27 Delhi Test House, Delhi 28 Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi 29 Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), SAS Nagar, Mohali 30 Chennai Mettex Lab Private Limited, Chennai 31 Mats India Private Limited, Chennai 32 Nawal Analytical Laboratories, Hosur ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 33 SGS India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 34 T A Labs Private Limited, Chennai 35 SMS Labs Services Private Limited, Chennai 36 AES Laboratories (P) Ltd., Gautam Budha Nagar 37 DNA Testing Laboratory, Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF), Meerut 38 Edward Food Research Analysis Centre Ltd. (EFRAC), Kolkata 39 SGS India Private Limited, Kolkata - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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