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Seven govt certification bodies accredited under NPOP, says Anand Sharma
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Tuesday, 23 April, 2013, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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fiogf49gjkf0d 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
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Name of the
Certification Bodies
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Andhra Pradesh
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Vedic Organic Certification Agency,
Hyderabad
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Food Cert India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad
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Delhi
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Intertek
India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
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Haryana
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-
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SGS India Pvt.
Ltd, Gurgaon
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Karnataka
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IMO Control Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
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Aditi Organic
Certifications Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
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APOF Organic
Certification Agency (AOCA), Bangalore
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Kerala
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Indian Organic
Certification Agency (Indocert), Cochin
(Kerala)
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Lacon Quality
Certification Pvt. Ltd, Thiruvalla
(Kerala)
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Maharashtra
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Bureau Veritas
Certification India Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai
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Ecocert India
Pvt. Ltd, Aurangabad
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Natural
Organic Certification Agro Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai
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Control Union
Certifications, Mumbai
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TUV
India Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai
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Madhya Pradesh
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Biocert
India Pvt. Ltd, Indore
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Rajasthan
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OneCert Asia
Agri Certification (P) Ltd, Jaipur
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Tamil Nadu
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ISCOP (Indian Society for Certification
of Organic Products), Coimbatore
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