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1 Government of West Bengal Department of Agriculture Writers' Buildings, Kolkata No.1942-Inpt.-9M Dated Kolkata the 11til December M E :\1 0 R A ~ D r :\1 Sub: Continuation of "'One Time Assistance to small and marginal farmers for purchase of Small Farm Implements" under the Agriculture Department, West Bengal. In continuation with this Deptt.'s earlier G.O. No. 233-lnput-9M-ll/2013 dated on the above cited subject, the undersigned is directed to inform that the Governor has been pleased to extend the cut-off date for receiving applications from eligible beneficiaries under -One Time Assistance to small and marginal farmers for purchase of Small Farm Implemems- up to and to continue the scheme as an on-going scheme under the State Plan of Agriculture Department during Salient features of the scheme are mentioned hereunderr- (i) Eligible Farmers : Individual farmers, Members of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies who hold Kisan Credit Card (KCC) or Bank Account and belonging to the Category of Small and Marginal Farmers who have not availed benefit either under "One Time Assistance for electrification of pump sets" or under "Farm Mechanisation Subsidy Scheme (FMSS)" or any other subsidy programme. (ii) ~ature of Assistance: One Time Assistance of Rs in the respective Kisar; Credit Card (KCC) or Bank Account (whichever applicable) as deposit fund. (iii) Bank Loan: Farmers may opt for Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Loan or pay the balance cost of implements as own contribution. (iv) Receipt of Application: Applications will be received in the office of Assistant Director of Agriculture (Block). A Block Level Screening Committee, the same as in Financial Support Scheme for Farm Mechanization (FSSM), shall be responsible for screening the application. (v) Sanction of Assistance: District Level Selection Committee for FSSM comprising of District Magistrate as Chairman shall be the competent authority to sanction the One Time Assistance to small and marginal farmers for purchase of small farm implements. (vi) Unspent balance, if any, of for the scheme will be utilized in (vii) The Complete Scheme is appended in A."'\TNEXVRE - I (viii) Inter- district allocation of Funds is appended in.-\ '\-:'\-E\.l_"RE-II. (ix) The prescribed Application Form is appended in A_.,\~EXCRE -III. (x) Finance Department has granted administrative approval for the scheme vide C.O. No Group- Al dated By order of the Governor 5d/- 5 8iSWQS Secretary Cont. page-2

2 (2) No.1942/1(100)-Inpt. Dated Kolkata the 11th December, Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to :- 1. The Principal Accountant General (A&E), W.B., Treasury Buildings, Kolkata-l. 2. The Accountant General (Audit), Treasury Buildings, Kolkata The Sabhadhipati. Zilla Parisbad _ 4. The Director of Agriculture. West Bc::;::..:.~ 5. The District Magistrate _ 6. The Joint Secretary Gr-A / Jt. Secretary Gr.-N, Finance Deptt. W.B. 7. The Pay & Accounts Officer-I, Kolkata Pay and Accounts Office, 81/2/2, Phears Lane. Kolkata The Joint Secretary, Development & Planning Deptt. W.B. 9. The Joint Director of Agriculture (Accounts), West Bengal 10. The Joint Director of Agriculture (Range)/Dy. Director of Agriculture, (Range) _ vr( The Deputy Director of Agriculture (H.Q.), West Bengal 12. The Deputy Director of Agriculture (Administration), District.- _ 13. Budget & Planning Cell of this Deptt./ Development Branch of this Department. 14. Assistant Director of Agriculture radmn.i, S~Di~ vision.. _ 15. P.S. to Minister-in-Charge. Agricuhure Dq.u.. Govt, of"'-eglknt"} 16. Sf. P.A. to Secretary. Agriculture Depn.. GLr'.-:. of v.-;!s &==' 1'- 17. Treasury Officer. _ 18. Guard file. '_ ~.' OSD &: Ex- Officio Dy, Secretary to the Government of West Bengal JD/[A.\I.]-9\ TA-L\P-ORD Rpl5-16

3 GOl'emment of \\r est Bengal Department of.~ "-riten' BaiJdi!rL K -""1 No.1942-Iapt.-'''-lli2t13 Datal K 11*Dr,,- trr. lib Sub: Continuation of -one Time Assistance to small and marginal farmers for purchase of Small Farm Implements" under the Agriculture Department, West Bengal. In continuation with this Deptt.'s earlier G.O. No. 233-lnput-9M-ll/2013 dated on the above cited subject, the undersigned is directed to inform that the Governor has been pleased to extend the cut-off date for receiving applications from eligible beneficiaries under One Time Assistance to small and marginal farmers for purchase of Small Farm Implements" up to and to continue the scheme as an on-going scheme under the State Plan of Agriculture Department during Salient features of the scheme are mentioned hereunder:- (i) Eligible Farmen : Individual farmers, Members of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies who hold Kisan Credit Card (KCC) or Bank Account and belonging to the Category of Small and Marginal Farmers who have not availed benefit either under "One Time Assistance for electrification of pump sets" or under "Farm '\Iecbanisation Subsidy Scheme (FMSS)'" or any other subsidy programme. (iil ~ature of Assistance : One Time Assistance of Rs.5.(I(wj - in the respective ~5aI1. Credit Card (KCC) or Bank Account (whichever applicable) as deposit fund. (iii) Bank Loan: Farmers may opt for Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Loan or pay the balance cost of implements as own contribution. (iv) Receipt of Application: Applications will be received in the office of Assistant Director of Agriculture (Block). A Block Level Screening Committee, the same as in Financial Support Scheme for Farm Mechanization (FSSM), shall be responsible for screening the application. (v) Sanction of Assistance: District Level Selection Committee for FSSM comprising of District Magistrate as Chairman shall be the competent authority to sanction the One Time Assistance to small and marginal farmers for purchase of small farm implements. (vi) Unspent balance, ifany, of for the scheme will be utilized in (vii) The Complete Scheme is appended in ANNEXURE - I (viii) Inter- district allocation of Funds is appended in.-\"",~txcre-ii. (ix) The prescribed Application Form is appended in ANNEXURE -III. (x) Finance Department has granted administrative approval for the scheme vide U.O. No Group- Al dated By order of the Governor Sd/- S 8isWQS Secretary Cont. page-2

4 (2) No.1942/1(100)-Inpt. Dated Kolkata the 11th December, Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to :- 1. The Principal Accountant General (A&E), W.B., Treasury Buildings, Kolkata-l. 2. The Accountant General (Audit), Treasury Buildings, Kolkata-l. 3. The Sabhadhipati. Zilla Parishad _ 4. The Director of Agriculture. West Bengal, 5. The District Magistrate _ 6. The Joint Secretary Gr-A I Jt. Secretary Gr.-N, Finance Deptt. W.B. 7. The Pay & Accounts Officer-I, Kolkata Pay and Accounts Office, 81/2/2, Phears Lane, Kolkata The Joint Secretary, Development & Planning Deptt. W.B. 9. The Joint Director of Agriculture (Accounts), West Bengal 10. The Joint Director of Agriculture (Rangej/Dy. Director of Agriculture. (Range) _ 11. The Deputy Director of Agriculture (H.Q.), West Bengal 12. The Deputy Director of Agriculture (Administration), District- _ 13. Budget & Planning Cell of this Deptt.l Development Branch of this Department. 14. Assistant Director of Agriculture (Admn.). Sub-Div ision. _ 15. P.S. to Minister-in-Charge. Agriculture Depa., Cion. of"" est Bengal. 16. Sr. P.A. to Secretary. Agriculture Depc., Govt, 0f\\oesr.Be:r,::,,' 17. Treasury Officer. _ 18. Guard file. OSD &: Ex- Officio Dy. Secretary to the Government of West Bengal JD/IA.,\l.lo9"ollo201310TAo[...\P-ORD R1'1~1'

5 "One TIme Assjstalnce to small and marginal farmers for p,urchase of Sma!:!Fa"rm ImpJernent:s- for the year !~a-.2:".2-" 2 ;:- ~X-:~-:: -;; '--3"':: a S.. ;:)::::8:1:Ctne sma I and marginal farmers of the state wrtn a"": aim to aid them In procuring small implements necessary for agricultural operations for betterment of output. It is necessary to extend the scheme for the current financial year too. The details of the scheme are given below. The scheme shall remain valid for the current financial year, i.e The financial allocation for the scheme will be the sum total of the unspent balance under the scheme for and fresh allocation for the current financial year as proposed in Annexure - II for the respective districts. Area of implementation: Applicable uniformly throughout the state. Implementing Agencies: Commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks and Cooperative Banks. Eligible Beneficiaries: Individual farmers, Members of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS), Joint Liability Groups (JLG), who hold valid Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) or Bank Accounts and belonging to the category of small and marginal farmers and have not availed any.-_- '-' :: Time ASSistance for electrification of pump sets. Fmanciai Support Scheme for Farm Mechanization (FSSM)" or "One time assistance for purchase of Small Farm Implements" till date. Purpose of assistance: To purchase small farm implements like can a-weeder, sprayer, manually operated paddy thresher, drum-seeder etc. as per list in Annexure - I. There will be no tie up arrangement with any specific company. Nature of assistance: In the form of "One Time Assistance (OTA)" of Rs. 5000/- in the respective Kishan Credit Card (KCC) account or Bank Account of the eligible and sponsored farmers as a deposit fund for purchase of small farm implements from the approved list of such implements as given in Annexure - I. The OTA amount under the scheme will be meant for purchase of new equipments only and the amount cannot be adjusted with any outstanding loan of the concerned farmer. The farmers may utilize KCC credit for the balance portion of the cost of implements (over and above the OTA amount) as necessary. Loan proposal: The farmers may either opt for KCC loan or pay the balance cost of the implements as own contribution. In case of loans, the Assistant Director Agriculture (Block) [Asst. DA (Block)] will send 1

6 the approved loan proposals in a common format as designed by NABARD for KCC. Processing: Rate of Interest: Processing fee: Applications should be duly processed after observing all the due diligence formalities and disposed of by the branch managers within 15 days from receipt of the loan proposals from the sponsoring authorities. In case of self financing, the farmers should deposit their contributions with the financing bank before release of fund to the supplier. As per KCC norms as fixed by NABNm_ No processing fee should be charged Documents: As per KCC loan norms. The list of indicative documents is given below: i) Sanction letter duly accepted by the farmer ii) Quotation/ Proforma Invoice duly accepted by the farmer iii) Demand Promissory Note (if applicable) Disbursement: Directly to the dealer/ supplier as per quotation, accepted by the farmer. Respective Bank will issue delivery order to the supplierl dealer advising them to deliver the small implements to the borrowers and to submit bill and related documents duly acknowtedged by the borrowers 10 get payiiieiit. A copy of the D.O. shouki be endorsed to N ; I eli.e ADA (Block). Banks, after getting.., 'Pie 7 d,t -..s i documents $hal re'lll e the IDIiII._. OTA '.,,, " 5 fill The OTA amount under the scheme will be meant for purchase of new farm implements only and the amount cannot be adjusted with any outstanding loan of the concerned farmer. Repayment: As per norms of KCC loan. Operational Guidelines: A Block Level Screening Committee f BlSC I' corss:;, '9 r::i 8(XJ as Chairman. Asstt DA (Block) as Membe~ a-c Ass:. J::::..I, (SM) deputed by the Asst DA factnln.1.rj tl"e :;o"ce eo $..C- -L

7 ~ as Member "It ee r ~I _~.:;f '"ece'w'n;.e'f!'n; SC'""JI:l~ saeenng ;:rc ~n; :;f acoica::o-s -'"E ::r.xess ~. wi! ee as ~10tIWS 7::: ca;e as ce: c-escr-oeo ~orm and 'Mil enter a running serial number In chronological manner on both Part-A and Part-B of the application form and shall issue receipt to the applicant as given in Part-B. b) Each application form shall be verified and scrutinized by the Asst. DA (Block) to ascertain genuineness and completeness of the applications. He will then convene a meeting of BLSC fo~ screening and selection of the eligible applications The Committee shall indicate its recommendation on each application. c) The Asst. DA (Block) will then send the recommended applications simultaneously to the Deputy Director of Agriculture (Admin) [DDA (Admin)] for sanction of OTA and to the respective banks for sanction of KCC loans. The DDA (Admin) shall make sufficient publicity of the scheme all over the district d) The entire process of sponsoring should be completed within 31 st March, ii) OTA administration: State Government will provide OTA to the tune of Rs. 5000/- for purchase of small farm implements comprising from the list of such implements given in Annexure - I. The amount shall be credited to the KCC account or Bank Account (whichever applicable) of the eligible and sponsored farmers as a deposit fund. The process flow of OTA administration will be as follows: a) The DDA (Admin), after receiving the recommended applications from BLSC, shall place the same before the District Level Sanctioning Committee (DLSC) comprising of the District Magistrate as Chairman, DDA (Admin) as Member Convener, Lead District Manager and DDM (NABARD) as Members. DLSC shall be the competent authority to sanction OTA under the scheme subject to the limit of financial allocation for the district as given in Annexure - II which will be over and above the unspent balance of the scheme for of the respective districts. 3

8 b) DLSC shall sanction and release the OTA amount in favour of the eligible beneficiaries directly through Alc Payee Cheque/ Draft! Bankers' Cheque/ RTGS, payable in the respective KCC accounts or Bank Account (which ever applicable) as deposit fund, After sanction of OTA, the DDA (Admin) shall upload the list of beneficiaries in the District Magistrate's website giving their name, address, financing bank, small implements to be purchased and amount of OTA sanctioned, c) On getting OTA amount, the beneficiaries shall approach the financing bank with a request to distuse Plujed ajiil Meanwhile, the loan applicanons re::e-',e: '='. :-e :a"'lr.! ~ t ~ disposed of maintaining the time scheduie cf 5 caj-s As such.. in this scheme OTA is front ended, subject of the fund. to proper end use d) The OTA for purchase of small farm implements will be sanctioned on First-cum first Served basis. Benefits of the subsidy under the scheme are to be extended to at least 16% SC and 8% ST beneficiaries. iii} Monitoring & Grievance Redressal mechanism: Close monitoring of the implementation of the scheme shall be undertaken both at district and state level banking fora. At state level, the issue wi" be disa ISSed as part c:i sir'uc:ued agenda in the SLBC meetings. At district ~" the DLSC shall hc*j ~ m! t gs 'a: IIQIIIID the impiemet L:itOt d rte 5C:'heI'le "J1ooe'1"(...,,_,..ac :.e disc ISSedas a1 age oa r! I'e oc.cc t::r P'CCti -nu1 "C Grievances. if any. whicjt.., arise _ the scheme, shal be re:sotftd by tile DCA (.Ad :~ district level and by the Dtrectcw of Agric;uIture at the SI3Ie level. v) Other issues: The beneficiaries must satisfy themselves that the supplierl dealer/ manufacturer has extended adequate guarat1tee/ famies for after sales services (wherever necessary) for a period ra less than 6 months from the date exptl'c:hase An undertaking in the above respect is to be - d"_ the supplier! dealerl manufacturer by the bolla = IbetaiW the time of purchase and to be subnibed to tile

9 Annexure -/ List of approved small farm implements I 51. No. Name of small implement 1 Sprayer, 2 Manually operated Paddy Thresher 3 Cono-weeder/ Paddy weeder/ Wheel hoe/ Nail Weeder 4 Drum Seeder 5 PVC Delivery pipe for carrying irrigation water 6 Manually operated Seed Dnll S~e: :, ~ Se~: G: a 8 I SRI Marker 5

10 Annexure - II Proposed District wise financial allocation under the scheme "One Time Assistance to small & marginal fanners for PUrchase of Small Farm dwing No. Tentative number Name of the District Total Financial of BenefiCiaries Allocation 1 Jalpaiguri including Siliguri Subdivision (in Lakh Rs) COOChbehar 3 Uttar Dinajpur 4 Dakshin Dinajpur 5 Maida 6 Murshidabad 7 Nadia 8 North 24-Parganas 9 South~IP'''! ! I : 2400 I 120! ~ ~ 'Ie ~ GIl 10 I Howtali ~ 11! aw '51 12 Purufia i Purba Medinipur Paschim Medinipur Bankura 2200, Hooghly Birbhum 2000 TOTAL r a.!,

11 SI.No., _ GO' IJl'~"T OF wrsr BOG_U. DI:P_~T'DI"T or _-\GRJClL n ~ _..\ppic.i'_ f,m'w'" ()iw T-.e _~ IOTAI ro.r Pwrcaa...~ of Small farm Implements Pan-A '\ame of the Fanner/farmers 2. Father's I Husband's Name Space for Photograph 3. KCC No.1 Bank Account No. 4. EPIC No.1 AADHAt\R Card No. 5. Name of Organization (if applicable, give details): 6. Address: (a) Village: (b) GP: (c) Block: (d) PS : (e ) Subdivision: (f) P.O. (g) District: (h) Phone! Mobile No. 8, Area of Land Holding (in hay: Crops taken up during last year Irrigated: Rainfed: 9. Details of small farm implements to be purchased _ a) Name of the item with Brand/Make & model: b) Name of Manufacturer c) Name of Authorized Supplier : C',"\;".m1e of financing institution (in case of loan) I, (Full Name) declare that all the information given above are true to the best of my knowledge and that I have not availed any benefit under this scheme or OTA-EAP or FSSM till now. Identified by-- Signature of the Farmer with Address

12 - - Part- B SI.No., _ Receipt Receivedan applicationfor One Time Assistance (OTA) for pmdaase of Small Farm Implements from Shri/Smt ofvillage GP on for consideration Date: Place: Signature of the Receiving Officer Official Seal,

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Government of West Bengal Directorate of Animal Resources and Animal Health N. S.Bldgs.,3 rd floor, 1,K.S.Roy Road,Kolkata-700 001 Order No. /5P-224/02 Dated Kolkata,the.2007 In terms of the Finance Deptt.