Presently, there are seven Government Certification Bodies accredited under NPOP in India, the names of which are as given below:

1)     Rajasthan Organic Certification Agency (ROCA), Jaipur.

2)     Chhattisgarh Certification Society, India (CGCERT), Raipur.

3)     Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department (TNOCD), Coimbatore.

4)     Madhya Pradesh State Organic Certification Agency, Bhopal.

5)     Odisha State Organic Certification Agency (OSOCA), Bhubneshwar.

6)     Export Inspection Agency (EIA) – New Delhi.

7)     Uttarakhand State Organic Certification Agency (USOCA), Dehradun.

There are seventeen 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.

Number of registered operators under the Certification Bodies for whom the Scope Certificate was issued during last three years were 4145, 4462, 4417 respectively and during the current year upto Feb. 2013 the number is 3704. State-wise data is not maintained.

Annexure - I

State-wise list of Private Certification Bodies Accredited under NPOP

 This information was given by the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri Anand Sharma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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Accreditation under NPOP: lists accredited government and private certification bodies and reports operator registration counts. Accreditation under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) lists seven government certification bodies and seventeen private certification bodies as accredited, and notes no accredited body in Uttar Pradesh. It reports counts of registered operators issued Scope Certificates over the last three years and a partial current-year figure, while stating that state-wise registration data is not maintained.