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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (AGRICULTURE AND FORESTS)

(G.O. Ms. No. 14/Ag., Puducherry, dated 24th August 2017)

NOTIFICATION

Whereas, the e-District project sponsored by the Department of Electronics

and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information

Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, is being implemented in the

Union territory of Puducherry, by the Department of Information Technology,

Puducherry, for the purpose of Online delivery of Government to Citizen services

to the stakeholders in an efficient, swift and transparent manner.

And whereas, the Department of Agriculture, Puducherry has identified

certain services like Digitization of all farm holdings and Issue of Smart Farmers

Identity Card to Farmers; Issue of electronic permits for inputs; Back ended

subsidies in Agriculture; Horticulture; Agricultural engineering; Irrigation and

Digitization of membership of Puducherry Agricultural Workers Welfare Society and

issue of Identity Card/Assistance to Agricultural labourers.

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And whereas, the services identified require Business Process

Re-engineering (BPR), so that the mode of delivery is compatible with the e-District

Application (e-District Application) platform to be developed and also facilitates

both horizontal and vertical integration of data, both within the Department and

between the Departments, leading to the objective of implementation of the project.

And whereas, digitization of all the farm holdings in the Union territory of

Puducherry has become imperative and it is going to serve as a platform to run the

other services. For the purpose of digitization of farm holdings and issue of Smart

Farmer Identity Cards, fresh enumeration of data on farm holdings are to be carried

incorporating the personal profile of the beneficiaries such as name; extent of land;

location of land etc., and further, as done by the Government of India in all the

Central subsidies the Aadhaar number of the beneficiaries are also to be seeded.

Procedures for the issue of Smart Farmer Identity Card also stand streamlined within

the legal framework so as to protect the interest of the genuine cultivators as well

as the interests of the Government.

And whereas, the Department of Agriculture, Puducherry is committed for

strict enforcement incorporating guidelines on the mode of collection of data for

the digitization of records; operation of the services; time frame in availing the

services by the stakeholders; time frame in the delivery of services by the Officials;

duties and responsibility assigned to Officials at all levels; fixation of responsibility

in the cases of non-adherence to procedures; implementation, monitoring the

services and periodical reviews.

2. Accordingly, the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to approve the proposal

of the Department of Agriculture, Puducherry for the implementation of the Online

services in the Union territory of Puducherry and for the said purpose hereby

notifies the “Guidelines for the issue of Smart Cards to Farmers and delivery of

other subsidized services under the e-District project”, as detailed in the annexure

appended to this notification.

3. This issues with the approval of the Finance Department vide their

l.D. No. 1334/F5/A3, dated 3-6-2016.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

N. GANDHIRAJAN,

Under Secretary to Government

(Agriculture and Forests).

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ANNEXURE – I

Guidelines for the Issue of Smart Farmers Identity Card and

Delivery of Services under the e-District Project

1. The Additional Director of Agriculture (T&V), Puducherry; the

Additional Director of Agriculture, Karaikal, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Yanam

and Deputy Director of Agriculture, Mahe would be the competent registering

authorities for the issue of Smart Farmers Identity Cards in the regions of

Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe respectively, on the recommendations of

the jurisdictional officials.

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2. Issue of Smart Farmers Identity Card to the beneficiaries is compulsory

to deliver any scheme of the Department of Agriculture, Puducherry.

3. The application for the registration towards the issue of Smart farmer

Identity Card shall be submitted by the beneficiaries concerned, duly filled in, as

prescribed at Annexure-II.

4. The Smart Farmers Identity Card shall be issued to only cultivators with

permanent land holdings; cultivators professing farming by through registered lease

and cultivators professing farming in lands of religious institutions.

5. The Smart Farmers Identity Card issuing authorities shall ensure that

the beneficiaries submit the following documents for the purpose of obtaining a

Smart Farmers Identity Card.

(a) A recent passport size photo (with white or any light background).

(b) Self-Attested copy of land document.

Revenue and Disaster Management, Puducherry.

(d) A Notary affidavit, conveying the consent of all the immediate family

members, if the land chosen for farming is a joint property.

(e) Self-Attested copy of the letter of consent from the competent

authority of the religious institution from which the land was leased for farming as

prescribed in the SFIC registration form.

(f) Self-Attested copy of the lease deed - if not registered, the lease

agreement shall be entered in a stamp paper of value ` 25 for a period less than

one year and renewable every term till the lease is in force and shall be Notarized;

if registered shall be snder section 7 of the Pondicherry Cultivating Tenant

Act 1970. The Smart Farmers Identity Card number, if any, had already been issued

in the name of the leaser, the number may be mentioned in the lease deed. The

clause of registration is not applicable for cases where ownership of land is

mandatory to avail the subsidy.

(g) Self-Attested copy of the FMB of the Department of Survey and

Land Records, Puducherry.

(h) Self-Attested site map for the purpose of easy identification of the land.

(i) Self-Attested copy of Aadhaar Card (if not in possession, the

beneficiaries shall apply for an Aadhaar through any one of the Permanent

Enrolment Centres and furnish the enrolment registration number), (wherever copies

are submitted, the original, shall be produced on demand, for verification).

6. The clauses 5 (a), (b), (c), (d),(g), (h) and (i) are applicable for cultivators

with permanent land holdings; clauses 5 (a), (c), (f), (g),(h) and (i) are applicable

for leassee cultivators; clauses 5 (a), (e), (g), (h) and (i) are applicable for cultivators

professing farming in the lands of religious institutions.

7. If, any land owner alienates his land by way of lease or sale to any third

party for farming or other purposes, the Smart Farmers Identity Card of the original

owner shall stand suspended either partly or fully as the case may be.

8. The documents submitted by the beneficiaries for registration towards

Smart Farmers Identity Card shall be subject to scrutiny by the Competent Authority

or any authority assigned by him, not less than the rank of an Agricultural Officer.

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9. The competent authority reserves the right to refer the documents

submitted by the applicants to the authorities concerned, for verifying its

authenticity, if deemed necessary.

10. If, a beneficiary registering for the issue of Smart Farmer Identity Card

holds parcels of land in different regions of this Union Territory, he/she shall be

entitled for only one Smart Farmer Identity Card, integrating all the parcels of land

under farming by him/her. Further, the ownership being the same individual, the

cumulative area registered for farming shall alone be taken into consideration for

the purpose of deciding the status of the individual concerned, as small/marginal/

big farmer.

11. The validity of the Smart Farmers Identity Card issued for a cultivator

with permanent land holdings shall be for a period of five years, from the date of

issue, after which, Identity Card is to be renewed and the onus of such renewal

lies on the beneficiary.

12. The validity of Smart Farmers Identity Card issued to a cultivator

professing farming through lease, if registered, shall be for a period of two years

or the period of lease, whichever is higher, from the date of issue and if not

registered, the validity shall be for the period of lease. In both the cases, the Identity

Card is to be renewed on expiry of lease and the onus of such renewal lies on the

beneficiary.

13. In cases, where a beneficiary hold both own and leased lands, though

only a single Smart Farmer Identity Card would be issued as prescribed at clause

10 above, the inputs/cash benefits/relief issued would be subject to the

corresponding validity of such holdings as prescribed at clauses 11 and 12 above.

14. If, the Smart Farmers Identity Card is renewed before the expiry of its

validity, it would be deemed as continuous and if the renewal is after its expiry,

such renewal would only be prospective from the date of renewal.

15. Failure to renew the Smart Farmers Identity Card would automatically

result in lapse of the validity of the Smart Farmer Identity Card and the beneficiary

shall not have any entitlement to secure assistance in any form, from the Department

till the Smart Farmer Identity Card is renewed.

16. It shall be the responsibility of all the Head of Offices to ensure that

except informational services, any other services involving financial implications

are not delivered to any beneficiary without a Smart Farmers Identity Card, unless

and otherwise expressly exempted/relaxed on any grounds for such services. The

authority for such exemptions/relaxations shall vest with the Head of Department

and further such exemptions/relaxations shall always be expressly recorded by way

of a proceeding, by the Head of Department after a proper inquiry with both the

respective registering authority and the individual(s) concerned. Further, it shall

be the duty of the registering authorities concerned to ensure that copy of such

proceedings are communicated to the Web Board of the Department for hosting.

The relaxations/exemptions granted by the Head of Department shall be subject to

the ratification of the Secretary to Government (Agriculture). It shall be the duty

of the registering authority concerned to submit such proposals to the Secretary

to Government (Agriculture).

17. If, any services are delivered to any beneficiary without a Smart Farmer

Identity Card, all Officials concerned would be considered to be equally responsible

for the deviation.

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18. Normally, in all the services related to back ended subsidies in

agriculture and horticulture, registration of the crops grown by the beneficiary,

within thirty days from the date of sowing/transplanting, as the case may be, is

mandatory to avail the subsidy. In case if the time of registration exceeds thirty

days but not exceed sixty days, the Deputy Director of Agriculture concerned shall

be the competent authority to approve the registration. If the time of registration

exceeds sixty days but before harvest, the Head of Department shall be the

Competent Authority to approve such registration. In case of lease, usually at the

time of such registration for subsidy, the term of lease shall cover the duration of

the crop and it shall be the duty of the beneficiary to ensure continuation of the

lease to avail the subsidy.

19. For all back ended subsidies related to agriculture and horticulture

sectors, if the harvest is completed by the beneficiary, without registration of the

crops cultivated with the Office concerned, he/she shall not have any claim on the

back ended subsidy, under whatsoever circumstances.

20. The area taken into consideration as registered sown/cultivated area

for any beneficiary shall be restricted to the area on pure/main crop alone. The

area on intercrop/bund crop shall stand subsumed under the total area registered

but shall be considered separately for the issue of agricultural inputs/back-ended

subsidies.

21. Inspections of the details registered for all the back ended subsidies

shall be the responsibility of the Agricultural Officers/Agricultural Officers

(Engineering) concerned and the field staff attached to the Official concerned shall

be deployed for such verifications.

22. GPS enabled computation of extent of registration of crops cultivated

is allowed and the beneficiary shall not have any claim on the mode of computation

of extent for the purpose of back ended subsidy.

23. The messages generated in the course of delivery of services through

the e-District Application shall be valid for all purposes in respect of its

authenticity.

24. The details secured by any beneficiary on his transactions or on the

transactions of other beneficiaries through Common Service Centers or Web enabled

downloads shall be treated as authentic for all purposes.

25. Violations in the adherence to the procedures prescribed herein would

result in automatic forfeiture of the benefits obtained by the beneficiary, including

recovering of costs from the beneficiary, as well as initiation of proceedings on

both the beneficiary and all the Officials concerned, under the appropriate

provisions of law.

26. As separate login credentials are given to all Official users, to operate

the services under the e-District Project, it shall be their duty to safe guard their

pass words and are advised not to encourage others to operate the system with

their login credentials and in case of any issues arising out of that, only the

accredited Official users would be held responsible. Further, it shall be the duty of

the Officials concerned to stick on to the time-limits to be embedded in the e-District

Application for delivery of services.

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27. These guidelines shall be read along with the qualifications prescribed

independently for each scheme and any such mode of operation of the schemes

shall not disturb the fundamental guidelines prescribed herein and shall always be

complementary in nature. To suit the delivery of services through e-District

Application, necessary Business Process Re-Engineering shall be carried out, in a

manner deemed fit.

28. The Heads of Offices shall monitor the implementation of these

guidelines and ensure its strict compliance.

29. In general, the Smart Farmers Identity Card issued to the beneficiaries

is only to deliver agricultural services in a transparent and accountable manner.

For lessees mere possession of the Smart Farmers Identity Card would not be

deemed to confer any rights in whatsoever manner on the beneficiary over the

parcel of land in which the farming is carried out and for which the services were

delivered.

30. The inputs/cash benefits extended by the Department in all the services

shall be only to the Smart Farmers Identity Card holders.

31. It shall be the duty of the beneficiary concerned to intimate to the

Registering authority concerned on any loss or damage, either partly or fully, which

renders useless the electronic operation of the card and he/she be entitled for the

issue of a Duplicate Smart farmer Identity Card, subject to a penal payment of ` 50

(rupees fifty only).

32. The Smart Farmer Identity Card holder shall nominate an individual, in

the format prescribed in the SFIC Registration Form to receive his agricultural

inputs/cash benefits/relief in the event of an untimely demise before the completion

of the cropping season. Such nominations are revocable/transferable, at the express

communication of the Smart Farmer Identity Card holder to the Registering authority

concerned, during the currency of the validity of the Smart Farmer Identity Card

holder.

33. The nominee shall submit a separate application as per the procedures

prescribed herein and the Smart Farmer Identity Card would be transferred to his

name till the currency of the validity for the remaining period.

34. The Department with the approval of Competent Authority reserves

the right to amend the instant guidelines, either fully or partially, without any

intimation to the Smart Farmers Identity Card holder (s).

35. The applicability of the guidelines notified herein, shall be restricted

only to the schemes directly operated by the Department of Agriculture, under the

funds received from the Government of Puducherry/Government of India and shall

not be enforceable for the schemes operated by any other independent Authorities/

Societies, unless and otherwise specified.

36. The Head of Department shall be vested with the authority to redress

any grievances addressed by the Smart Farmer Identity Card holders on the issue

of Smart Farmers Identity Card or delivery of services. Such redress shall be within

the scope of the guidelines and further expressly recorded by way of a proceeding,

by the Head of Department after a proper inquiry with both the respective

registering authority and the individual(s) concerned. Further, it shall be the duty

of the registering authorities concerned to ensure that copy of such proceedings

are communicated to the Web Board of the Department for hosting.

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37. In case of any dispute in the operation of the scheme or on the

interpretation of the procedures prescribed herein or on the relaxations/exemptions/

redress of the Head of Department, the decision of the Secretary to Government

(Agriculture), Puducherry shall be final and binding.

38. It shall be the duty of all the Officials concerned to ensure that the

beneficiaries are educated on the guidelines prescribed herein as well as the mode

of delivery of services and its attendant requirements.

39. The guidelines prescribed herein shall remain in force, unless and

otherwise, expressly reviewed/repealed.

40. The implementation of all the services under the e-District Project shall

compulsorily become online as and when intimated/notified by the Information

Technology Department, Puducherry.

41. The guidelines prescribed herein shall be prospective and come into

immediate effect thereafter.

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ANNEXURE – I

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

REGISTRATION FORM FOR SMART FARMERS

IDENTITY CARD

Date of issue :

Date of submission :

I. Personal Profile:

1. Name of the applicant

: Thiru/Tmt.

2. Name of the Father/Husband

: Thiru/Tmt.

3. Sex

: Male/Female

4. Status

: Married/Single

5. Present address

5.1 Permanent address

5.2 Address preferred for Official

: Present/Permanent

communication, if any.

6. Date of birth

: Year

Month

Date

7. Age

: .............. years (completed)

8. If, date of birth not known correctly, : .............. years

state your age.

9. Caste

: SC/ST/BC/OBC/MBC/Others

10. Category

: Marginal/Small/Big

(0 – 1.0 ha/1.0 – 2.0 ha/more than 2.0 ha)

11. Educational Qualification

: Uneducated/Primary/High School/

Higher Secondary/Diploma/Graduate/

Postgraduate/Doctorate

Recent

Passport of

the

applicant

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12. Name of the Revenue Village in which :

agriculture/horticulture is practiced.

13. Name of the Hamlet within the :

Revenue Village.

14. Name of the Municipality/Commune :

15. Name of the Assembly Constituency :

16. Jurisdiction of Uzhavar Udhaviyagam : (list of Uzhavar Udhaviyagams)

17. EPIC No.

18. Aadhaar No.

19. Mobile number registered in the name :

of the applicant/family member.

19.1 If, the mobile number of a family : Father/Mother/Husband/Wife/Son/

member is given, state the

Daughter/Others

relationship.

20. Would you like to receive information : Yes/No

on the delivery of agricultural

services through SMS through the

mobile number registered.

II. Cropping Profile:

Sl.No.

R.S. No.

Sub-division

Region

Revenue

Hamlet

Own

No.

Village

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Lease

Uzhavar

Commune

Assembly

Crop(s)

Area

Soil Health

Uhaviyagam

segment

(pure/main

(Ha./

Card Number

crops and

Ares/

bund/

Cent.)

inter-crops)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

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III. Allied details:

1. Details of allied occupation (animal

husbandry and fisheries)—

1.1 Milch Cows