Agricultural Debt Redemption – Establishment of State and District Level Monitoring and Coordination Committees

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

Farmers Empowerment Programmes –

Agricultural Debt Redemption –

Establishment of State and District Level Monitoring and

Coordination Committees - Orders – Issued

FINANCE (IF) DEPARTMENT

G.O.MS.No. 113 Dated: 14-09-2015

Read the following:

1. G.O.Ms.No. 164, Finance (IF) Department, dated 02.08.2014

2. G.O.Ms.No.174, Finance (IF) Department, dated 14.08.2014

3. G.O.Ms.No.181, Finance (IF) Department, dated 01.09.2014

4. G.O.Ms.No.184, Finance (IF) Department, dated 03.09.2014

5. G.O.Ms.No.20, Planning (VII) Department, dated 27.09.2014

6. G.O.ms.No.197, Finance (R&E) Department, dated 04.10.2014

7. G.O.Ms.No.218, Finance (R&E) Department, dated 04.12.2014

8. G.O.Ms.No.220,Finance (IF) Department, dated 11.12.2014

9. G.O.Ms.No.224, Finance (EBS.II) Department, dated 15.12.2014

10. G.O.Ms.No.07, Finance (IF) Department, dated 28.01.2015

11. Circular Lr.No. 299, Finance (IF) Department, dated 04.06.2015

ORDER:

1. In the references read above, the Government has launched several programmes for empowering farmers by redeeming the farm sector debt, established Rythu Saadhikara Samstha (RSS) to ensure delivery of all benefits intended for the farmers through a single empowered institution and launched the Primary Sector Mission to accelerate agricultural sector development and growth. In order to ensure that the programmes launched by the Government for the empowerment of farmers are implemented effectively in order to secure sustainable increase in farm productivity and improved incomes to the farm families, the Government has decided to establish Committees at the State and the District level to coordinate, monitor and take prompt corrective measures for effective implementation of farmers’ development programmes, with specific focus on Farmers’ Debt Redemption.

2. The State Level Coordination and Monitoring Committee for Farmers’ Debt Redemption Programme will comprise of the following:

Finance Minister ... Chairman

Minister for Agriculture & Animal Husbandry and

Fisheries ...Vice-Chairman

Vice-Chairman, Planning Board ....Member

Sri C.S.Rao, IAS., Advisor to Hon’ble CM on Finance ...... Member

Mr.MBN Rao, Former Chairman of Canara Bank/

Indian Bank ....Member

Special Chief Secretary (Planning) ….Member

CEO, Rythu Saadhikara Samstha ....Member

Principal / Finance Secretary ....Member

Commissioner of Agriculture / Horticulture ….Member

SLBC Convenor ....Member

Spl. Chief Secretary, Agriculture Department ....Member-Convenor

3. Similarly, the Government hereby order for the establishment of District Level Committee for effective implementation of Farmers’ Debt Redemption Programme with the following:

District Collector .. Chairman

District Level Bankers’Committee Convenor ..Member

Joint Director of Agriculture ..Member

Deputy Director of Horticulture …Member

District Manager of Rythu saadhikara Samstha …Member

Joint Collector (Primary Sector) ..Member-Convenor

4. The State and District Committees will periodically monitor the implementation of Agricultural Debt Redemption Programme and allied activities being implemented for farmers’ empowerment and ensure their effective implementation. The Committees will implement suitable measures to strengthen the Rythu Saadhikara Samstha to function as the nodal agency for all farmer empowerment activities from the State to the field level.

The Committee will take measures to disseminate information relating to various development programmes and schemes being implemented by the Government for the farmers’ empowerment.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

DR.P.V.RAMESH

PRINCIPAL FINANCE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT