NESFAS added as new member of PGSOC.

Applied to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for notification of Participatory Guarantee System Organic Council (PGSOC) as a community managed alternation system of PGS certification.

NIRMAN and SVDS added as new members of Participatory Guarantee System Organic Council (PGSOC).

CIRHEP added as new members of Participatory Guarantee System Organic Council (PGSOC).

Kudumbam added as new members of Participatory Guarantee System Organic Council (PGSOC).

FTAK, TEDE trust and LEDEG added as new members of Participatory Guarantee System Organic Council (PGSOC).

ICRA added as new members of Participatory Guarantee System Organic Council (PGSOC).

Formally registered as a society in Goa as Participatory Guarantee System Organic Council with OFAI, Timbaktu Collective, Keystone Foundation, IIRD, Deccan Development Society, Pan Himalayan Grassroots, Green Foundation, Chetna Vikas, CCD, MOFF as founder members.

National Council of Organic Farming (NCOF) held consultation workshop with PGSOC for implementing PGS India.

Workshop conducted at Piliyandala, Sri Lanka for initiating PGS in Sri Lanka by PGSOC, IFOAM and LOAM.

PGS Organic logo as a mark of quality of product was launched in Pastapur, Telangana.

Need for an alternative organic certification system, friendly for small farmers was reaffirmed with officials from India's Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce.

National consultation workshop involving the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, farmers, NGOs and state government officials was conducted to pilot PGS in India.