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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT

(AGRICULTURE AND FORESTS)

(G.O. Ms. No. 5/Agri., Puducherry, dated 23rd May 2018)

NOTIFICATION

In pursuance of para VI (1) of the Operational Guidelines of the

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), read with the communication

under reference vide Letter No. 130150/03/2016-Credit II, dated 23-02-2016

of the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,

Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry

of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, the

Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is pleased to notify the Crops and

Notified Area in Puducherry region as detailed in the Annexure as

‘Defined Areas’. The unit of Insurance for crops such as Sugarcane and

Banana will be at the ‘Commune level’.

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2018

No.

Puducherry

Thursday

24th

May

2018

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M/s. United India

Insurance Co. Ltd.,

2. The following will be the rate of Premium, Sum Insured and the Implementing Agency in respect of

Puducherry during Rabi-2017-18 seasons in the Puducherry region:

Sl.

Crop

Name

Season

Sum

Premium

Implementing

of the

Insured/

Rate

amount

agency

Cluster

Ha.

(% of

per Ha.

the Sum

Insured

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Sugarcane

Puducherry

Rabi 2017-18

1,10,000

4,400

(Plant)

Sugarcane

Puducherry

Rabi 2017-18

85,000

4.5

3,825

(Ratoon)

Banana

Puducherry

Rabi 2017-18

75,000

9.06

6,795

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3. The cut-off date for the receipt of declaration as well as the yield data by the Insurance Company in

respect of both loanee and non-loanee farmers are as follows:-

Season/

Loaning

Cut-off

Uploading of

Cut-off

Crop

period

date for

soft copy of

date for

receipt of

the details

receipt of

proposals

consolidated

proposals

of insured

Yield Data

from

declarations

of loanee/

farmers by

farmers

to Insurance

non-loanee

Commercial

Company

farmers from Banks/RRBs/

DCCBs/Nodal

PACs

Banks for

Co-operatives

to Insurance

Company

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Sugarcane

1st January

28th February

(a) From Bank

Within 7

within 15

31st August

2018 to 31st

2019.

branches-

days of

days

2019.

December

within 15

receipt of

after cut-off

2018.

days.

declarations

date for

by the

collection

Banana

lst November

30th November (b) From PACS

respective

of premium

31st August

2017 to 31st

2018.

to DCCBs

Nodal Bank

from farmers.

2019.

October 2018.

after cut-off

offices.

date.

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4. The Government of Puducherry will extend 100% subsidy on the

maximum premium payable by the Farmers in order to have wider

coverage of all the farmers (loanee and non-loanee) under the Crop

Insurance Scheme in addition to the subsidy on premium shared by the

Centre and the State Government as per the pattern of Assistance

extended by the Government of India.

5. Further, as provided in the said Scheme, the indemnity claims

will be settled only on the basis of yield data furnished by the

Government of Puducherry based on requisite number of Crop Cutting

Experiment (CCEs). Since, a single series CCE’s are conducted by the

Department of Economics and Statistics under the Timely Reporting

Scheme-Improvement of Crop Statistics (TRS-ICS) Scheme and by the

Department of Agriculture under PMFBY in respect of Paddy, the CCE

data from the Timely Reporting Scheme-Improvement of Crop Statistics

(TRS-ICS) Scheme can be used by the Department of Agriculture in

addition to the CCE's to be conducted under the Insurance Scheme.

In respect of Sugarcane the CCE's will be conducted by the Department

of Agriculture. For the other crops viz., Banana which involves more

manpower, which the Department of Agriculture/Statistics could not meet

the work of conduct of CCE, will be outsourced initially on experimental

basis in accordance with the guidelines under PMFBY.

6. The farmers in whose fields, the Crop Cutting Experiments are

conducted have to be compensated for the engagement of the labour for

harvesting, threshing and weighing the produce @ ` 500. Experiment by

the Department of Agriculture as is being extended by the Statistics

Department.

7. Model B of the guidelines of Government of India viz., the

officials will be using their own mobile phones for uploading of data of

CCE’s (except Banana and Cotton) through Mobile Apps for which they

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will be provided with incentive of ` 1,000 per 20 CCE’s conducted as per

the guidelines. The Deputy Director of Agriculture (Information) at

Directorate will be the State Level Officer for approving Mobile Apps

user (CCE Agri) for Crop Cutting Experiments at the State Level, the

Additional Director of Agriculture (T & V), Puducherry and the Additional

Director of Agriculture, Karaikal, the Deputy Director of Agriculture,

Yanam will be the District Level users at Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam

regions respectively and all the Agricultural Officers of the 32 Nos. of

Uzhavar Udaviyagams and 26 Nos. of Field Supervisors/Statistical

Inspectors of the Department of Economics and Statistics in the

respective regions will be the block level users ot the Mobile Apps for

CCE who will be in-charge of uploading all the relevant information/

photographs, etc., The number of experiments proposed to be conducted

along with the list of communes to be notified for implementation of the

“Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)” is detailed in Annexure.

8. The Insurance Company is liable to settle the claims at 70%

indemnity level for all the crops within three weeks from the receipt of

yield data.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

MANGALATTE DINESH,

Deputy Secretary to Government (Agriculture).

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online publication at “http://styandptg.puducherry.gov.in”

Published by The Director, Government Press

Printed at: Government Central Press, Puducherry.

Posted at: Puducherry HPO on every Tuesday

ANNEXURE

Notified Areas for Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) During

Rabi 2017-18 in the Union territory of Puducherry

Sl.

Season

State

Crop

District

Commune

No. of CCE

No.

to be

conducted

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Sugarcane

Puducherry

Ariyankuppam

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Sugarcane

Puducherry

Bahour

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Sugarcane

Puducherry

Mannadipet

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Sugarcane

Puducherry

Nettapakkam

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Sugarcane

Puducherry

Villianur

including

Oulgaret

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Banana

Puducherry

Ariyankuppam

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Banana

Puducherry

Bahour

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Banana

Puducherry

Mannadipet

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Banana

Puducherry

Nettapakkam

Rabi 2017-18

Puducherry

Banana

Puducherry

Villianur

including

Oulgaret