Notifications or Orders of interest to a section of the public issued by Secretariat Departments.- Tamil Supplement SUPPLEMENT ISSUE - B -- (ENGLISH) -- AGRICULTURE–FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT -- Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during Special and Rabi Seasons 2023-2024 -- Notification No. II(2)/AGFW/166/2026.--G.O.(D).No.255, Agriculture–Farmers Welfare (AP2), 5th October 2023.

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NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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AGRICULTURE–FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during Special and

Rabi Seasons 2023-2024.

No. II(2)/AGFW/166/2026.—

[Agriculture - Farmers Welfare - Notification of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops, Districts, Insurance

Units and Actuarial Premium Rate for Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during

Special and Rabi Seasons, 2023-2024]

The following Government Order is published:-

[G.O.(D).No.255, Agriculture–Farmers Welfare (AP2), 5th October 2023,

புரட்டாசி 18, சோபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2054.]

Read:-

1. G.O.(D) No.149, Agriculture - Famers Welfare (AP2) Department, dated 06.06.2023.

2. Government letter No.4141289/AP2/2023-4, dated 07.07.2023.

3. G.O.(D) No.203, Agriculture - Farmers Welfare (AP2) Department, dated 28.07.2023.

4. Minutes of 52nd State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance (SLCCCI) meeting held on 14.08.2023.

5. From the Commissioner of Agriculture, letter No.CIS1/ 94677/ 2023, dated 21.08.2023.

6. Government Letter No.5484341/AP2/2023-1, dated 28.08.2023.

ORDER: No.255, Agriculture–Farmers Welfare (AP2), dated 5th October 2023.

1. As the tender contractual period for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Sima Yojana with the empanelled Insurance Companies of Government of India ended by March 2023, in the Government order first read above, the Commissioner of Agriculture have been permitted to call for fresh tender of 30 days as per Clause No.20 (1b) of Chapter-V of Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tender Rules, 2000 for selection of Insurance Companies empanelled by the Government of India for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during D.T.P.—II—2-(9B)

[ 1 ]2 Special and Rabi seasons 2023-2024 subject to certain conditions mentioned therein and permitted to open escrow account and also set up Project Management Unit (PMU) after instructions are issued separately.

2. In the Government letter second read above, the Commissioner of Agriculture has been permitted to open an escrow account separately at any Scheduled Commercial Bank to be jointly administered by the State Government and Government of India for remitting 50% of the advance upfront premium subsidy based on the corresponding previous season's premium as per the Government of India's guidelines and permitted to set up a Project Management Unit (PMU) with Government Officials to adhere to the advisory of the Government of India's guidelines.

3. In the Government order third read above, the Commissioner of Agriculture has been permitted to issue orders for implementation of the scheme during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 by adopting 60:130 Cup and Cap Model in 14 clusters comprising of 37 districts.

4. The 52nd State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance meeting for notifying implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in Tamil Nadu during Special and Rabi Seasons, 2023-2024 was held on 14.08.2023 under the Chairmanship of Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Agriculture - Farmers Welfare Department and the State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance (SLCCCI) has given approval for the agenda points as detailed in the minutes of the 52nd State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance (SLCCCI) meeting.

5. In the letter fifth read above, the Commissioner of Agriculture has sent a proposal for notification of crops, districts, Insurance Units (firkas, revenue villages), sum insured and approved premium rates for Agriculture and Horticulture Crops during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and to issue 'Go ahead' for digitization of Insurance Units on National Crop Insurance Portal and commence enrolment.

6. The Commissioner of Agriculture has also requested to issue orders for notification of Special and Rabi Seasons,2023-2024 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, in anticipation of orders and requested to permit the Commissioner of Agriculture I Director of Horticulture and Plantation Crops to "Go Ahead" orders for digitization of Insurance Units and commence enrolment.

7. In the Government letter 6th read above, the Commissioner of Agriculture / Director of Horticulture and Plantation Crops have been permitted to "Go Ahead" with the digitization of Insurance Units and commence enrolment for Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) as per the Operational Guidelines issued by the Government of India.

8. The Government after careful examination of the proposal of Commissioner of Agriculture and based on the recommendations in the 52nd meeting of the State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance (SLCCCI), issue the following orders besides notifying the same in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette:-

(i) implement Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)in all the districts of Tamil Nadu (except Chennai) during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 by adopting 60:130 Cup & Cap Insurance Model recommended by the Government of India and as per G.O.(D) No.149, Agriculture - Farmers Welfare (AP2) Department, dated 06.06.2023. Further, the procedures delineated in the Operational Guidelines (Letter No. 13015/02/2015-Credit-ll dated 24.03.2020) and advisories (F.No.11019/ 01/2022-Cr-ll (FTS:111875) dated 03.04.2023) of Government of India have to be scrupulously adopted for implementation of the scheme.

(ii) notify the following Insurance Companies as per G.O.(D).No.203 Agriculture - Farmers Welfare (AP2) Department, dated 28.07.2023 and the tender agreement to implement Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 in all the districts except Chennai.

(iii) notify the following 14 clusters and also the Indemnity Level indicated thereon for the purpose of calculation of Threshold yield. The Indemnity Level for the purpose of calculation of Threshold yield is fixed at 90% for low risk districts, 80% for medium risk districts and 70% for high risk districts.

iv. notify the Districts, Crops, Blocks, Firkas, Revenue Villages have been approved I recommended in the 52nd State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance (SLCCCI) for the crops notified during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana :

(v) approve the list of notification proposed for Special (Annexure-1) and Rabi (Annexure-11) Seasons, 2023- 2024 and permit the Commissioner of Agriculture / Director of Horticulture and Plantation Crops to sort out any discrepancies pointed out by the Implementing Agencies before Gazette Notification.

(vi) permit the Insurance Companies to reconcile with the Department of Economics and Statistics (DES) for any discrepancies noted in the hierarchy of the notified units at any stage of implementation of the scheme during enrolment, implementation/ uploading on Government of India portal while processing the compensation.

(vii) direct the Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions and Common Service Centres to adopt the cluster- wise, district-wise sum insured, actuarial premium rate and the farmers' premium rate for crops as indicated in (Annexure Ill) for Special season and (Annexure IV} for Rabi Season, 2023-2024.

(viii) direct the Insurance Companies to

• adopt the Variable Threshold Yield for claim calculation during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024.

• calculate and fit the threshold yield at Insurance unit level as per the format available on the National Crop Insurance Portal.

• furnish the threshold yield to the Department of Economics and Statistics for verification and approval.

(ix) direct the Department of Economics and Statistics to

 provide the normal area sown details within 15 days of the notification for Special and Rabi season crops, 2023-2024,

 ensure that the area sown / planted during the last week of the month for a crop is also included without any omission in the district level reconciliation meeting conducted during every month.

 ensure that the final reconciled area sown is only furnished to the Insurance Companies.

 depute Block Statistical Inspector to inspect atleast 10% of the Crop Cutting Experiments conducted.

 furnish the report on pilot studies undertaken to compare the yields obtained from Crop Estimation Survey (CES), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Sima Yojana and remote sensing.

 ensure that the yield data are furnished in time without any delay by computerizing their work flow process.

(x) direct the Commissioner of Agriculture / Director of Horticulture and Plantation Crops to

 address the Government of India seeking concurrence for utilising Mahalanbosis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) data wherever area discrepancy is more than 30% and to adopt the data furnished by the State Department of Economics and Statistics, if Mahalanbosis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) is unable to provide the data.

 provide monthly forecast report on sowing.

(xi) authorize the District Level Monitoring Committee under the Chairmanship of District Collector to fix the seasonality discipline for prevented sowing / failed sowing by adopting the conditions in the Operational Guidelines (Para 21.3.5.11) and G.O.(Ms).No.293, Agriculture (AP6) Department dated 12.09.2016.

(xii) notify the district-wise, crop-wise seasonality discipline and instruct all the stakeholders to adhere to the cut-off dates fixed for all the district-crop combinations. (Annexure V and VI)

(xiii) notify the district-wise, crop-wise seasonality discipline for furnishing Crop Cutting Experiments Form I & II and actual yield data by the Department of Economics and Statistics and instruct all the stakeholders to adhere to the cut-off dates wherever revised for all the district-crop combinations.(Annexure VII and VIII) (xiv) permit to adopt the following Priority of applicability of yield estimate in instances where required number of Crop Cutting Experiments could not be conducted due to non-availability of adequate cropped area, adverse weather conditions/ inadequate infrastructure etc. as stated below:

 Priority 1 : Adopting the yield of a neighbouring Insurance Unit with maximum correlation  Priority 2 : Adopting yield estimate of next higher unit

(xv) permit the Insurance Companies and Department of Agriculture / Horticulture to approach the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) for obtaining the maps of all neighbouring units of a particular Insurance Unit, if needed.

(xvi) vest the responsibility of choosing the priority of applicability of yield estimate with the respective Chairman, District Level Monitoring Committee (DLMC).

(xvii) permit the State Level Technical Advisory Committee (STAG) to decide finally in case of any disputes regarding adoption of yield of a neighbouring Insurance Unit.

(xviii) notify the district-wise crop-wise list for notification of perils such as prevented/ failed sowing, mid-season adversities, post harvest losses and localized calamities.(Annexure IX and X)

(xix) directs the concerned stakeholders to carry out the tasks as allocated below to support the automated workflow of processing and disbursement of Digi-claims as National Crop Insurance Portal(NCIP) has been made as single source of all enrolment, Threshold Yield/ Actual Yield and Digi-claims data.

(xx) CLAIM MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Government directs

 The Insurance Companies to take a lead role in identifying the fictitious / fake enrolment, deploy sufficient manpower to co-observe Crop Cutting Experiments and allied activities besides using Crop Cutting Experiments Co-observation app.

 The Department of Agriculture, Horticulture & Plantation Crops and Economics and Statistics to (i) Utilise the existing services in land integration

(ii) Co-ordinate with the Insurance Companies in the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Claim Management Measures for genuine enrolment and strengthening the audit processes of conduct of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs).

(xxi) Implementation of Yield Estimation System Based on Technology (YES-TECH)

Government directs Tamil Nadu Agriculture University to

1. act as Technology Implementation Partner (TIP) for implementation of Yield Estimation System Based on Technology (YES-TECH) in Tamil Nadu State.

2. act as Nodal agency between the State Government and the National Remote Sensing Centre (Mentor Institution for Technology Rollout (MITR))

3. execute the tripartite agreement as per the guidelines stipulated by Government of India.

4. adopt Yield Estimation System Based on Technology (YES-TECH) for Paddy II and Paddy Ill alone during Special and Rabi seasons of 2023-2024

5. adopt Crop simulation model for Paddy II and Semi-physical model for Paddy Ill 6. follow the roles and responsibilities as defined in the Guidelines and furnish the reports.

The Commissioner of Agriculture / Director of Horticulture and Plantation Crops to

1. continue with the conduct of Conventional Crop Cutting Experiments as being done presently.

2. ensure minimum weightage of 30% for technology based yield & 70% weightage to yield estimated through traditional Crop Cutting Experiments for Paddy II and Ill crops notified during Special and Rabi seasons of 2023-2024.

3. The Government further direct that the claims under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Sima Yojana Scheme shall be settled on the basis of yield data furnished by the Commissioner, Department of Economics and Statistics as per prescribed cut-off dates for the notified crops /districts/ firkas I revenue villages as per Annexure VII and VIII for the effective implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana scheme for Special and Rabi seasons 2023-2024 and not on the basis of the Annavari Certificate I Gazette notification declaring the area as Drought / Flood / Cyclone affected etc., by the District Collectors.

(By Order of the Governor)

ANNEXURE

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Sima Yojana (PMFBY) will be implemented in all the districts of Tamil Nadu (except Chennai) during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 by adopting 60:130 Cup and Cap Insurance Model recommended by Government of India and vide (G.O.(D) No.149 dated 06.06.2023). Further, the procedures delineated in the Operational Guidelines (Letter No. 13015/02/2015-Credit-ll dated 24.03.2020) and advisories (F.No.11019/01/2022-Cr-ll (FTS:111875) dated 03.04.2023) of Government of India will be scrupulously adopted for implementation of the scheme

I. OBJECTIVES OF PMFBY:

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana aims at supporting sustainable production in agriculture by way of a) Providing financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damage arising out of unforeseen events.

b) Stabilizing the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming.

c) Encouraging farmers to adopt innovative and modern Agriculture practices.

d) Ensuring credit worthiness of the farmers and their continuance in the farming activities, crop diversification and enhancing growth and competitiveness of agriculture sector besides protecting farmers from production risks.

II. COVERAGE OF FARMERS:

All farmers including sharecroppers and tenant farmers growing the notified crops in the notified areas are eligible for coverage. However, farmers should have insurable interest for the insured crops and lands. Scheme is optional for all loanee and non-loanee farmers.

III. COVERAGE OF RISKS AND EXCLUSIONS:

1. BASIC COVER:

The basic cover under the scheme covers the risk of loss of yield to standing crop (sowing to harvesting). This comprehensive risk insurance is provided to cover yield losses on an area based approach basis due to non-preventable risks like drought, dry spells, flood, inundation, wide spread pest and disease attack, landslides, natural fire due to lightening, storm, hailstorm, and cyclone.

2. ADD-ON COVERAGE:

a. PREVENTED SOWING/ PLANTING/ GERMINATION RISK - If Insured area is prevented from sowing / planting / germination due to deficit rainfall or adverse seasonal/ climatic conditions.

b. MID-SEASON ADVERSITY - Insurance cover will be provided to the farmers to provide immediate relief in case of adverse seasonal conditions viz. floods, prolonged dry spells, severe drought etc., during the crop season wherein expected yield during the season is likely to be less than 50% of Normal Yield.

c. POST-HARVEST LOSSES - Coverage is available only upto a maximum period of two weeks from harvesting, for those crops which are required to be dried in cut and spread /small bundled condition in the field after ha,vesting against specific perils of hailstorm, cyclone, cyclonic rains and unseasonal rains.

d. LOCALIZED CALAMITIES - Loss/damage to notified insured crops resulting from occurrence of identified localized risks of hailstorm, landslide, inundation (except Paddy, Sugarcane), cloudburst and natural fire due to lightening affecting isolated farms in the notified area.

e. GENERAL EXCLUSIONS - Losses arising out of war and nuclear risks, malicious damage and other preventable risks shall be excluded.

IV NOTIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTING AGENCY

The following number of Insurance Units in Agriculture and Horticulture Crops is approved as per the recommendations of the 52nd State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance (SLCCCI) during Special and Rabi seasons, 2023-2024 under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana:

V FORM OF FINAL PRODUCE TO BE ADOPTED FOR COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION CLAIMS:

The following Yield unit provided by the Department of Economics & Statistics (already furnished in the tender) should be taken for computation of Threshold Yield and in terms of Actual Yield for calculating the compensation claims.

VI MANDATORY DOCUMENTS FOR ENROLMENT

The following documents are mandatory for enrolment

1. Proposal form

2. Registration form

3. Adangal

 Adangal issued by Village Administrative Officer alone (in prescribed format)for enrolment of Loanee & Non-Loanee farmers in normal cases.

 Sowing certificate issued by Village Administrative Officer alone in case of prevented sowing and advance purchase of insurance before sowing

(or)

 e- Adangal if introduced instead of adangal

4. A copy of Aadhaar Card

5. A copy of first page of Bank Pass Book

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2 4 ANNEXURE VI - RABI 2023-2024 – DISTRICTWISE CROPWISE SEASONALITY DISCIPLINE FOR HORTICULTURE CROPS

3 1 ANNEXURE- VIII - PMFBY - RABI 2023-2024 - SEASONALITY DISCIPLINE - SUBMISSION OF

CCE FORMS AND YIELD DATA - HORTICULTURE CROPS