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