GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS

(G.O. Ms. No. 4, dated 11th October 2012)

ORDER

In the G.O Ms. No. 5, dated 9-6-2010 and G. O. Ms. No. 6, dated 9-6-2010

of the Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Puducherry 50 %

millers levy has been imposed on the licensed rice millers of Puducherry and

Karaikal regions of the Union territory of Puducherry and detailed instructions

were issued followed by the orders for the proper implementation of the levy

system vide G. O. Ms. No. 17, dated 18-8-2010 and G. O. Ms. No. 19, dated 7-9-2010

of the Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Puducherry.

2. The following orders are issued for the proper implementation of the

levy system for the Kharif Marketing Season 2012-2013 :-

(i) The Food Corporation of India herein referred FCI shall be the

“Agent” for the Union territory of Puducherry for procurement of rice

under the mill levy from rice millers.

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(ii) The levy rice will be accepted by FCI as per the rates notified by

Government of India. The procurement incidentals and transportation

charges, gunny charges, milling charges, out-turn ratio etc., will be

payable as per Government of India costing.

(iii) Uniform specifications for rice are as prescribed by the

Government of India.

(iv) The licensed rice millers shall deliver 50% of their total

production as mill levy to the FCI. Based on the past performance of

the mills and assessment made by the committee, a target is fixed to

procure 47,000 MTs of rice as single boiled rice as per the specification

approved by the Government of India for the KMS 2012-13 as 50 % levy

in taking into account of the requirement for the PDS. The list of the

licensed millers and their millwise target for single boiled rice for the

KMS 2012-2013 will be communicated separately. The target fixed is

subject to change according to the PDS requirements.

For the KMS 2012-2013, the following committee has been constituted

to fix the millwise target for the procurement of levy rice:

Secretary to Government (CS &CA)

. .

Chairman

Director of CS & CA, Puducherry

. .

Member-Secretary

Managing Director, PAPSCO, Puducherry . .

Member

Deputy Director (CS & CA), Puducherry

. .

Member

Manager (QC), FCI, Puducherry

. .

Member

(a) The committee will assess the hulling capacity of the mills with

the help of a suitable technical person and fix target accordingly

based on the records produced by the mills and inspection of the

mills.

(b) To assess the actual hulling capacity from time to time and

modify the target accordingly, to blacklist the rice mills, to verify the

records, registers of the rice mills.

(v) The Director of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs is authorised:

(a) for issue of release certificates for sale of levy free rice within

the Union Territory and outside the Union Territory expeditiously

so as to make adequate quantity of rice available in the open market

and keep the price of rice under control. This is necessary in order to

ensure that while procuring required rice for central pool for meeting

PDS, the prices of rice in the open market are also kept under control.

The Director of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs is authorised to

issue the release certificate for sale of levy free rice within the

Union Territory and outside the Union Territory.

(b) if the miller takes the option to sell 50% of the rice produced

on millers account everyday to the Government, the miller is entitled

to receive the release certificates in 1:1 ratio for the quantity sold to

Government. On fixing millerwise target for a KMS, an agreement will

be executed by the miller stating the monthwise commitments by the

millers and release certificate will be issued on fulfilling the

undertaking by the millers.

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(c) for issue of MSP certificate to the millers according to the

instructions given below:

1. Millers should purchase paddy from the Marketing

Committee of Puducherry and Karaikal. While applying for the MSP

certificate, the miller should furnish a cumulative data for the

paddy procured by them from the Marketing Committee/from the

farmers from Puducherry Union Territory/other States.

2. If the millers procure paddy from the farmers of Puducherry/

Karaikal, other than Marketing Committee, they should pay market

fee in the Market Committee concerned. If the millers purchase

paddy from other parts of the country, they should purchase from

the market committee of the regions concerned and submit the

receipt to establish it.

3. If the millers purchase paddy from the farmers of Puducherry

or from other parts of the country directly, they have to produce

evidence in terms of account payee cheque or ECS / RTGS transfer

of money to the farmers.

(vi) If a miller in lieu of the quantity saleable under clause (iv) above,

is agreeable to sell a fixed quantity of such variety or varieties of rice

during such period or periods and in such installments as may be agreed

upon between the miller and the Government, the Director of Civil

Supplies and Consumer Affairs may enter into an undertaking in writing

in this behalf in the prescribed form with such miller setting out the

quantity, variety or varieties, period or periods, installments and other

relevant details. If the miller having agreed to sell the fixed quantity

as above, fails to sell the quantity fixed in the above manner in any

month, the Director of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs or any officer

authorised by the Director not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar shall

have the option to inspect the mill / godown of the miller and take

possession of the stocks in the premises to the extent of shortfall in the

sale of rice to the Government under the undertaking plus 10 % thereof.

(vii) Rice millers shall furnish the receipts along with xerox copies of

payment details through bank transactions to the effect that the paddy

has been purchased at MSP rates from the farmers. Purchase of paddy

from other States other than from this Union Territory should be

mentioned separately in the application while applying for the

MSP certificate and the same should be in accordance with the

instructions in clause v (c) above. The details of farmers such as name

and address, their identification number if any, quantity of paddy

purchased with rate per tonne, farmers signature etc. should invariably

mentioned in the receipt.

(viii) The format for delivery levy rice to the FCI based on the

certificate of purchase of paddy at MSP shall be applicable for

KMS 2012-2013. The FCI shall accept the levy deliveries from the

individual millers.

(ix) The certificate for delivery of levy shall be issued for each

individual miller separately and preferably in multiples of 27 MTs of rice.

(x) Certificate of levy should bear the serial number for the

Kharif Marketing Season concerned.

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(xi) The rice millers shall obtain, on application, the release certificate

for sale of levy free rice within the Union Territory or anywhere in the

country in the prescribed format along with the acceptance certificate

issued by the FCI.

(xii) Rice under mill levy shall be delivered in 50 kgs. new BT gunny

bags only.

(xiii) The rice millers shall undertake simultaneously the custom

milling of paddy procured by the State Agencies and Food Corporation

of India, as per the agreed terms and conditions and at the rates and

norms fixed by the Government of India. The rice millers, within 15 days

from the date of receipt of paddy, shall complete custom milling of

paddy and deliver the resultant rice either as raw rice or boiled rice

as prescribed by the Government or FCI for the paddy handed over

during the Kharif Marketing Season 2012-13 by the FCI. The Director of

Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs shall direct the rice millers to mill

the paddy handed over to them by the FCI and deliver custom milled rice

to the FCI along with the levy rice if necessary by fixing a ratio between

the mill levy delivery and the custom milled rice delivery. The Director

of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs shall review the entire process

of custom milling operations regularly and take necessary action against

the rice millers, who fail to do custom milling of paddy procured by the

Self / FCI /State Agency duly following the procedure in vogue. In

cases of failure by rice millers in converting the paddy to rice

within the stipulated time, the Director of Civil Supplies and

Consumer Affairs shall furnish to the Food Corporation of India, the

details of defaulters together with millwise quantities given for custom

milling, quantity milled and the quantity yet to be milled so that the

Food Corporation of India shall deduct the equivalent quantity of

resultant rice for the paddy yet to be milled against the levy rice being

delivered by such rice miller.

(xiv) The millers should maintain “B” Register which shall be

submitted to Director of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs along with

acceptance certificate by Food Corporation of India for issue of release

certificate by the Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.

(xv) Other conditions issued in the G.O. Ms. Nos. 32/96, 17/2010, 19/2010,

25/2010 and 9/2011 will hold good. Further instructions/amendment, if

any, will be communicated as and when required.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

DIRECTOR-CUM-JOINT SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (CS&CA).

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