Available online at: https://jazindia.com 297 Journal of Advanced Zoology ISSN: 0253-7214 Volume 45 Issue 1 Year 2024 Page 297-306 Bio-stimulants in vermicomposting: a closer look Sarang S Hari 1 , Gayathri Mohan 2 , Tuhin Saha 3 , Daram Pranay Reddy 4 , Shaik Afroz 5 , Ankuri Ajay 6 , Priyanka Lall 7 , Anita Jaswal 8 * 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 *Department of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India-144411 *Corresponding author : Anita Jaswal *Department of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India-144411 anita.27139@lpu.co.in CC License CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 Abstract This paper examines the role of bio-stimulants in vermicomposting as a viable choice to upsurge the impact of bio-stimulants and the vermicomposting in plants growth. Mankind has stepped into the 21 st century, which is a century where the human race is thriving towards its peak in terms of technological as well as in terms of sustainability. With this as the aim of the modern generation, prosperous advancement in distinct field happens. The mistakes of the past hope to correct in the near future still aches us to our core. The injudicious use of synthetic products during stages of desperate measures has polluted our soil water and air which are the three factors of our habitat. The need for amendment for these has given rise to an alternative method of crop production and thus organic farming. Vermicomposting, one of the pillars in organic farming as well as organic compounds such as plant bio stimulants on blending brings into existence a much more productive compound. . Key words: Sustainability, soil health, bio-stimulants and synthetic fertilizers. Introduction Organic farming methods are widely used as an integral part of achieving sustainability in all three groups of countries be it developed, developing, under-developed. The rapid growth in population waste disposal is a serious problem facing humanity in the 21 st century (Palaniappan et al.,2018). It is estimated to have an increase in two or three folds of current waste dumping in the future years. And here comes the solution for this problem which was initially started about 2300 years in the past by a great man named Aristotle who named earthworms as the intestines of the soil. Organic fertilizers are generally derived from sources such as composts (decomposed plant materials), manure (animal excrement), biosolids, meat and bone meal, seaweed emulsions and vermicompost. Organic fertilizers generally have lower mineral nutrient contents than synthetic chemical fertilizers (nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium ratio 10-10-10), their chemical characteristics may be poorly characterized and quantified, and nutrient content may vary between production batches and methods (Jouzi et al., 2017) In general, organic fertilisers have lower mineral nutrient levels compared to synthetic chemical fertilisers. Despite this lower and more uneven mineral nutrient content, organic fertiliser application has, in certain cases, increased crop output when compared to chemical fertilization.