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Seven govt certification bodies accredited under NPOP, says Anand Sharma
Tuesday, 23 April, 2013, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Our Bureau, New Delhi
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There are seven government certification bodies accredited under NPOP (National Programme for Organic Production) in India.

These include Rajasthan Organic Certification Agency (ROCA), Jaipur; Chhattisgarh Certification Society, India (CGCERT), Raipur; Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department (TNOCD), Coimbatore; Madhya Pradesh State Organic Certification Agency, Bhopal; Odisha State Organic Certification Agency (OSOCA), Bhubneshwar; Export Inspection Agency (EIA) – New Delhi; and Uttarakhand State Organic Certification Agency (USOCA), Dehradun.

There are 17 private certification bodies accredited under NPOP in India the names of which are at Annexure - I. There is no certification body accredited under NPOP in Uttar Pradesh. This information was given by Union minister for commerce and industry Anand Sharma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Number of registered operators under the certification bodies for whom the scope certificate was issued during last three years were 4,145, 4,462, 4,417 respectively and during the current year upto February 2013, the number was 3,704. State-wise data is not maintained.  

                                               Annexure - I

Sr. No

Name of the Certification Bodies

Andhra Pradesh

  1.  

Vedic Organic Certification Agency, Hyderabad

  1.  

Food Cert India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad

Delhi

  1.  

Intertek India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

Haryana

  1.  

SGS India Pvt. Ltd, Gurgaon

Karnataka

  1.  

IMO Control Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

  1.  

Aditi Organic Certifications Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

  1.  

APOF Organic Certification Agency (AOCA), Bangalore

Kerala

  1.  

Indian Organic Certification Agency (Indocert), Cochin (Kerala)

  1.  

Lacon Quality Certification Pvt. Ltd, Thiruvalla (Kerala)

Maharashtra

  1.  

Bureau Veritas Certification India Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

11.   

Ecocert India Pvt. Ltd, Aurangabad

12.   

Natural Organic Certification Agro Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

13.   

Control Union Certifications, Mumbai

14.   

TUV India Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

Madhya Pradesh

15.   

Biocert India Pvt. Ltd, Indore

Rajasthan

16.   

OneCert Asia Agri Certification (P) Ltd, Jaipur

Tamil Nadu

  1.  

ISCOP (Indian Society for Certification of Organic Products), Coimbatore

 

 

 


 
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