Agricultural Debt Redemption scheme 2014: Guidelines for Implementation
GOVERNMENT OF
ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
Agricultural
Debt Redemption scheme 2014: Guidelines for Implementation of the scheme
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FINANCE
(B&IF) DEPARTMENT
G.O.MS.No.
220 Dated: 11.12.2014.
Read the
following:-
1. G.O.Ms.No.174 Finance (IF) Department,
dt.14.08.2014.
2. G.O.Ms.No.218 Finance (IF) Department,
dt.04.12.2014.
3. G.O.Ms.No.2583 Finance (EBS-II-A&C)
Department, dt.18.10.2014.
4. G.O.Ms.No.2584 Finance (EBS-II-A&C)
Department, dt.18.10.2014.
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ORDER:
In partial
modification of the GOs cited, the following modifications have been
issued:
In the reference
1 st read above, the Government issued operational guidelines for
implementing the
debt redemption scheme to farmers of Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly,
collection of
data in 34 columns Template from Banks /RRB’s/DCCB’s etc; has since been
completed and
the 1 st phase of list containing 22.79 lakh eligible farmers for providing
relief, is made
available to the bank-branches / concerned Mandal Revenue Officer and the
beneficiary-farmers.
W.e.f. from 10.12.2014.
2. The farmer’s accounts that could not be
processed /cleared during the 1 st phase for
want of details
of documents such as Ration Card, Aadhaar etc; are being given another
opportunity for
verification/submission of the required details in the 2 nd phase. National
Information
Center (NIC) will publish the list of such loan accounts in their portal. This
list of
will be made
available to the bank-branches and placed in public domain for rectification
and reprocessing
w.e.f. 10.12.2014.
3. On page 4 of GO 2 nd read above, against item
18, details with regard to submission
of online
grievance and Mandal Level Grievance Redressal Committee have been
furnished. In
partial modification of these guidelines, the Government has now decided to
keep in place a
three-tier grievance redressal mechanism to deal with grievance effectively,
details of which
are as follows:
i. A Mandal-Level Committee where the Mandal
Revenue Officer will be the
Nodal Officer /
convener. The concerned Branch Manager and Agriculture
Officer of the
Mandal will be the other members of the Committee.
ii. Revenue Divisional Officer of the concerned
Revenue Division will be the
appellate
authority for the grievances which could not be resolved by the
Mandal Revenue
Officer –Committee mentioned above.
iii. The final level is the District Level
Grievance Redressal Committee.
15. The format
for on-line accessing for filing of grievances is available at http://
125.21.84.139/
5. The grievances/complaints can be filed On-line.
The aggrieved person can
approach the
branch from where he/ she availed his/her loan or MRO Office or MEE SEVA
Centre or any
other agency which can provide internet facility, to file on-line
representation
in the NIC
portal.
6. 2 nd
phase list forwarded by NIC will contain remarks/reasons for the
pendency of the
relief in each
case, based on which the farmer can file his/her online grievance, if any.
7. Farmers can submit their grievances On-line,
giving reasons for reconsideration of
their claim for
relief and the same will be available on line to the Branch Manager and the
Mandal Revenue
Officer. Subsequently, the farmer shall furnish the supporting documents
to the MRO
–Committee for considering the relief / redemption amount.
8. Procedure to be followed:
I. Mandal Level
Committee:
The Nodal
Officer (MRO) will view the grievance of each farmer. Information will also
be available to
the bank-branch, to which the account belongs. The issue will be discussed
by the committee
of Mandal Revenue Officer, concerned Branch Manager and Agriculture
Officer by
verifying the supporting loan documents / records / other documents submitted
by the aggrieved
farmer.
The committee
will address the grievance of the farmer taking in to account the
guidelines
issued vide GO cited against reference 1 and subsequent clarifications given on
the subject. In
case of any doubt, clarification may be obtained from Finance Department.
It is to be
ensured that the decision of the Committee is uploaded / ported to NIC site
from time to
time. The concerned branch will immediately initiate the follow-up action by
furnishing the
details collected, in the 34 column template, for further processing. The MRO
committee is
also permitted to take assistance of the Village Level Janmabhoomi
Committee, if
felt necessary, in resolving the issues and to take a decision.
II. Revenue
Divisional Level Appellate Authority:
If the farmer is
not satisfied with decision of the MRO committee, the grievance can
be scaled up to
the RDO, the appellate authority. The matter will be re-examined by the
RDO with the
help of MRO committee and if necessary an independent enquiry can also be
done for
gathering the factual position and a final view can be taken and recorded.
III. District
Level Committee:
The final
decision lies with the District Level committee.
The District
Committee consists of Collector/Joint Collector, Lead District Manager,
Joint Director
Agriculture and the Controller/District coordinator of the bank concerned.
The District
Level Grievances Committee will take a holistic view of the issue and record
its
final decision
in the matter.
In this
connection, Government will establish Call Centers for assisting and guiding
the aggrieved
farmers on matters with whom they have to approach, the reasons for not
considering in
the 1 st phase, documents to be furnished in support of their claim etc.
10. A check-list of anticipated Grievances and
suggestive-approach to address the same
is annexed,
along with all the instructions/clarifications issued subsequent to the GO
reference (1)
cited. In any case the process of addressing the grievances of the
farmers shall be
completed by 09.01.2015 positively.
11. Also enclosed is the format of application
cum affidavit to be obtained from each
beneficiary-family
as stated in page 3 at item 12 of GO, cited at reference 2 nd above.
12. This G.O. is available in Andhra Pradesh
Government Website HYPERLINK
“http://goir.ap.gov.in/” http://goir.ap.gov.in/ .
(BY ORDER AND IN
THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
L.PREMACHANDRA
REDDY
SECRETARY TO
GOVERNMENT (B&IF)
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