Review of Aob Rules, 2010
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Review of AoB Rules, 2010. NAME OF MINISTRY/DEPTT. : MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE D/O AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION S. EXISTING ENTRIES PROPOSED CHANGES Reasons for change if any, No. provided by the Ministry/Department. 1. Part-I 1. Liaison with international Agri-organisations like Food & 1. CARE is now defunct as far as 1. Liaison with International Agri- Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, India is concerned. Organisations like Food and Agriculture “International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), World 2. International Plant Protection Organisation of the United Nations, handling of Food Programme and facilitating operations associated Convention is a new entry. CARE goods concerning agriculture, etc. with it”. 2. Part-I 2. Participation in international conferences, associations and Deptt. of Agri. & Coopn. in 2. Participation in international conferences, other bodies concerning agriculture and coordination of Ministry of Agriculture is the associations and other bodies concerning matters relating to bilateral and multilateral cooperation nodal Department for coordination agriculture and implementation of decisions in Ministry of Agriculture and promoting national in bilateral and multilateral made thereat. profiles/interests abroad through agriculture in cooperation. Achievements in the consultation with Ministry of External Affairs and field of agriculture are well implementation of decisions made thereat . recognized and many Afro-Asian countries look up to India for guidance/ assistance. 3. Part-I 5(a). Development of agricultural industries including 5(a). Development of agricultural industries machinery, fertilizer, “pesticides, bio-pesticides, bio-agents” including machinery, fertilizer and seeds but and seeds but excluding cotton, ginning and pressing with the Scope widened excluding cotton, ginning and pressing with the limitation that in regard to the development of agricultural limitation that in regard to the development of industries, including machinery and fertilizer, “pesticides, agricultural industries, including machinery and bio-pesticides, bio-agents” and seeds, the function of fertilizer, the function of Department of Department of Agriculture & Cooperation do not go further Agriculture & Cooperation do not go further than the formulation of demands and fixation of targets. than the formulation of demands and fixation of targets. S. EXISTING ENTRIES PROPOSED CHANGES Reasons for change if any, No. provided by the Ministry/Department. 4. Part-II 17. Administration of the Dangerous Machine (Regulation) Scope widened 17. Administration of the Dangerous Machine Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), Administration of Insecticides Act, (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983) 1968 (46 of 1968) and Rules, 1971, and Administration of Destructive Insects and Pest Act, 1914 and Plant, Fruits and Seeds (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. 5. Part-III 21. Promotion and setting up of storage and marketing The Deptt. is encouraging setting 21. Setting up of Agricultural Markets in infrastructure in the country . up of Wholesale Markets and Rural Areas. Terminal Markets in rural and urban areas. Similarly promotion of storage and marketing infrastructure of any kind is also in the purview of this Deptt. 6. Part - III New area assigned to the 23. Insurance (Crop) 23. Insurance (Crops) and Horticulture . Department. 7. Part-IV Entries being inserted for the first 33. Land Reclamation 33. Land Reclamation “and Rainfed Farming. ” time. 8. Part-IV 1. The Board has been discontinued 35. National Land Use & Conservation 35. Formulation of national policy and strategy for from April, 2004. Board. development of agriculture. 2. Department is engaged in formulating new policies for development of agriculture. 9. Part-IV This Central Sector Scheme was 37. Soil Survey in connection with 37. Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI). transferred from DARE to DAC in development programmes. July,1958. This needs to be deleted from part III of DARE and reflected in Part IV of Business allocation of DAC. 10. Part-IV Prices of Statutory 40. Administration of Fertilizer (Control) 40. Administration of Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985, Control(Fertilisers) are notified by Order, 1957. quality control and balanced use of fertilizers . this Deptt. under clause 3 of FCO,1985. In addition, quality control and balanced use of fertilizers are priority areas for DAC to improve soil health and fertility. S. EXISTING ENTRIES PROPOSED CHANGES Reasons for change if any, No. provided by the Ministry/Department. 11. Part-IV No change. 44. Organisation and development of extension 44. Organisation and development of extension, education Scope widened education and training in the country and training in the country 12. Part-IV 53. Promoting e-Governance in agriculture at the Existing entry may be deleted since 53. Quality Control of Fertilizers Centre as well as in States. it is covered under revised Entry 40. 13. NEW ENTRY Part-IV New entry 54. Administration of Seeds Act, 1966 and Seeds Rules, 1968, Seed (Control) Order 1983”. 14. NEW ENTRY Part-IV New entry 55. Matters pertaining to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in reference to Plant Varieties and administration of protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 and Rules, 2003 made thereunder. *********** NAME OF MINISTRY/DEPTT. : MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE D/O AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Sl. EXISTING ENTRIES PROPOSED ENTRIES REASONS FOR CHANGE IF ANY, No. INCLUDING NEW ENTRIES PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT. 1. 1. International cooperation and assistance in International cooperation and No Change the field of agricultural research and education assistance in the field of agricultural including relations with foreign and international research and education including agricultural research and education institutions relations with foreign and and organisations. international agricultural research and education institutions and organisations. 2. 2. Fundamental, applied and operational Fundamental, strategic , applied and The word 'strategic' has been research and higher education including operational research and higher inserted in view of the emerging coordination of such research and higher education including coordination of scenario. education in agriculture, agroforestry, animal such research and higher education husbandry, dairying, fisheries, agricultural in agriculture . The words following 'agriculture' engineering and horticulture including has been explained in the end agricultural statistics, economics and marketing. 3. 3. Coordination and determination of Coordination and determination of No change. standards in institutions for higher education or standards in institutions for higher research and scientific and technical institutions education or research and scientific in so far as they relate to food and agriculture and technical institutions in so far as This is drafting improvement. including animal husbandry, dairying and they relate to food and agriculture . fisheries. Development of Human Resources in Development of Human Resources The words following 'agriculture' Agricultural Research/Extensions and in Agricultural Research/Extensions has been explained in the end. Education. and Education. Contd..2/- Sl. EXISTING ENTRIES PROPOSED ENTRIES REASONS FOR CHANGE IF ANY, No. INCLUDING NEW ENTRIES PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT. 4. 4. Cess for financing to the Indian Council of Cess for financing to the Indian Agricultural Research and the Commodity Council of Agricultural Research and Research Programmes other than those the Commodity Research No change relating to tea, coffee and rubber. Programmes other than those relating to tea, coffee and rubber. 5. 5. Sugarcane research. Sugarcane research. No change 6. 6. Agricultural Education and Research. Agricultural Education and No change Research. 7. 7. Plant, animal and fish introduction and Plant, animal and fish introduction No change exploration. and exploration. 8. 8. All India Soil and Land Use Survey relating All India Soil Survey and land use This has been suggested in view to research, training, co-relation, classification, planning relating to research, of the emerging scenario. soil mapping and interpretation. training, co-relation, classification, soil mapping and interpretation. 9. 9. Financial assistance to State Governments Financial assistance to State and Agricultural Universities in respect of Governments and Agricultural No change agricultural research and educational schemes Universities in respect of agricultural and programmes. research and educational schemes and programmes. 10. 10 . National Demonstrations. Technology Assessment, The existing entry is proposed to Refinement and Demonstration be substituted by the new entry in through Krishi Vigyan Kendras. view of the fact that National Demonstration Project has been discontinued from 1991-92. Contd..3/- Sl. EXISTING ENTRIES PROPOSED ENTRIES REASONS FOR CHANGE IF ANY, No. INCLUDING NEW ENTRIES PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT. 11. 11 . Indian Council of Agricultural Research Indian Council of Agricultural and its constituent Institutes, National Research Research and its constituent No change Centres, Project Directorates, Bureaux and All Institutes, National Research India Coordinated Projects. Centres, Project Directorates, Bureaux and All India Coordinated Projects. 12. 12. Research and Development on Research on production and The words 'and Development' are production and improvement of bio-fuel plants. improvement