GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA ABSTRACT Agriculture and Cooperation Department – Pradhan Manthri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY) for Implementation of “Village as Insurance Unit ” and “Mandal as Insurance Unit Scheme under PMFBY in the State during Kharif 2019 and Rabi 2019-20 season-Notification - Orders – Issued. AGRICULTURE & CO-OPERATION (Agri.II.) DEPARTMENT G.O.Rt.No. 156 Dated: 03-05-2019 Read the following: 1. From the Joint Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Agriculture, DAC, New Delhi Lr.No. 13015/03/2016-Credit-II, Dated.23.02.2016. 2. Commissioner of Agriculture, Hyderabad Lr. No. Crop Ins.(2)/ 60/ 2019 Dated 22-04-2019. -oOo- O R D E R: The following Notification shall be published in the Telangana State Gazette: N O T I F I C A T I O N The Government of Telangana hereby notify the Crops and Areas (District wise) during Kharif 2019 and Rabi 2019-20 to implement the “Village as Insurance Unit ” for one major crop of the District and other crops are covered under Mandal Insurance Unit scheme during Kharif 2019 and Rabi 2019-20 season under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY) in (32) Districts of the State. The main features/Operational modalities of the Scheme vide Annexures I to IX Statements 1-32 and Proforma A&B are Appended to this order. The details of the District wise Crops covered under Village as Insurance Unit under PMFBY scheme selected for notification are as follows: S. District Crop to be S. District Crop to be No notified No notified (VIS) (VIS) 1. Adilabad Soybean 17. Sangareddy Rice 2. Asifabad Rice 18. Medak Rice 3. Mancherial Rice 19. Siddipet Maize 4. Nirmal Soybean 20. Jangaon Rice 5. Nizamabad Rice 21 Yadadri Rice 6. Jagtial Rice 22. Medchal-Malkajgiri Rice 7. Peddapalli Rice 23. Ranga Reddy Maize 8. Jayashankar bhupalpalli Rice 24. Vikarabad Maize 9 Mulugu Rice 25 Mahabubnagar Maize 10 Bhadradri Kothagudem Rice 26. Narayanpet Rice 11. Mahabubabad Rice 27. Jogulamba Gadwal Rice 12. Warangal (R) Rice 28. Wanaparthy Rice 13. Warangal (U) Rice 29. Nagarkurnool Maize 14. Karimnagar Rice 30. Nalgonda Rice 15. Rajanna Sricilla Rice 31. Suryapet Rice 16. Kamareddy Rice 32. Khammam Rice As per the provision of PMFBY the Telangana State is divided into (6) clusters based on Risk Profile as under PMFBY and each cluster is allotted to Empanelled General Insurance Companies as implementing Agency in each cluster as follows: Name of the implementing Cluster Districts Agency Adilabad, Mancherial, Komarambheem IFFCO Tokio General Insurance I (Asifabad) , Jayshanker Company Ltd (Bhupalapalli),Mulugu, Siddipet Nirmal, Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Agriculture Insurance company of II Yadadri, Rangareddy India Ltd Peddapalli, Karimnagar, Jagityal, IFFCO Tokio General Insurance III Siricilla, Jangaon Company Khammam, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Agriculture Insurance company of IV Sangareddy, Medak. India Ltd Bhadradri, Warangal (U ), Warangal Agriculture Insurance company of V (R), Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool India Ltd Medchal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Agriculture insurance company of VI Jogulamba Gadwal, Vikarabad, India Ltd Mahabubabad 3. Further, settlement of the claims “As per the PMFBY Guidelines and administrative approval of Government of India, with the condition that, the indemnity claims will be settled on the basis of yield data furnished by the state government based on requisite number of crop cutting experiments (CCEs) under General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES) conducted and not any other basis like Annavari / paisawari certificate / Declaration of drought / flood, Gazette Notification etc. by any other Department / Authority. However claims for prevented sowing will be based on area sown and claims for localized risks and post harvest losses will be assessed by Insurance surveyors for each effected farmer. For their purpose the Joint Committee comprising of loss surveyors, Representative of implementing agency and State Government officials of concerned departments will be formed to supervise the claim assessment process. 4. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Hyderabad shall take further action in the matter. (BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA) C.PARTHASARATHI APC & PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT To The Commissioner of Printing & Stationery (Printing Wing), Chanchalguda, Hyderabad, with a request to publish the Notification in the Telangana. Extraordinary Gazette and supply 50 copies of the same. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Telangana, Hyderabad. Copy to The Chief Regional Manager, Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. The Manager, IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd. The P.S to Hon’ble Minister,Agri.&Coop. The P.S to APC & Principal Secretary to Government(A&C) //FORWARDED BY ORDER// SECTION OFFICER GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE KHARIF and RABI SEASON 2019-20 NOTIFICATION Dated ………………….. No. ………………………… PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA Reference is made to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Co-operation & Farmers’ Welfare, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi letter No.13015/03/2016-Credit-II, dated 23rd February 2016, 28th February 2018 and 25th April’ 2018, regarding the ‘Administrative Approval for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY). The Government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for implementation from Kharif 2016 season and is being continued and will be implemented during Kharif and Rabi 2019-20. The Government of Telangana in its SLCCCI meeting held on 10th January, 2019 decided to implement the scheme for Kharif 2019 and Rabi 2019-20 season. 1. OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) aims at supporting sustainable production in agriculture sector 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 agricultural practices d. Ensuring flow of credit to the agriculture sector; which will contribute to food security, crop diversification and enhancing growth and competitiveness of agriculture sector besides protecting farmers from production risks. II. IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES (INSURANCE COMPANIES):- Under PMFBY the Telangana State is divided into six (6) clusters and implementing agency for each cluster is as under. Cluster Districts Name of the implementing Agency I Adilabad, Mancherial, Komarambheem IFFCO Tokyo General Asifabad , Jayshanker (Bhupalapalli), Mulugu Insurance company Ltd. and Siddipet II Nirmal, Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Yadadri, Agriculture Insurance and Rangareddy company of India III Peddapalli, Karimnagar, Jagityal, Siricilla, IFFCO Tokyo General and Jangaon Insurance company Ltd. IV Khammam, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Agriculture Insurance Sangareddy, Medak. company of India V Bhadradri, Warangal (U ), Warangal (R), Agriculture Insurance Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool company of India VI Medchal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Agriculture Insurance Jogulamba Gadwal, Vikarabad, Mahabubabad company of India The addresses of the companies for submission of declaration, telephone numbers are given in the Annexure. I III. COVERAGE OF FARMERS 1. 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 notified/ insured crops. The non-loanee farmers are required to submit necessary documentary evidence of land records prevailing in the State (Records of Right (RoR), Land possession Certificate (LPC) etc.,) and/ or applicable contract/ agreement details/ other documents notified/ permitted by concerned State Government (in case of sharecroppers/ tenant farmers). 2. Compulsory Component All farmers who have been sanctioned Seasonal Agricultural Operations (SAO) loans from financial Institutions (i.e. loanee farmers) for the notified crop (s) would be covered compulsorily. This provision shall override any decision taken by the FIs including PACS exempting farmers from compulsory coverage of loanee farmers. However non-standard KCC /crop loans as defined and as per prevailing practices of the concerned Banks/Govt. regulator shall not be covered compulsorily. However bank branches may facilitate such farmers for enrolment as non-loanee farmers. Merely, sanctioning of crop loan against other collateral securities including fixed deposits, gold/jewel loans, mortgage loans etc. without having insurable interest of the farmer on the insurable land and notified crops shall not be covered under the Scheme. Voluntary Component The Scheme is optional for the non-loanee farmers. The Insurance coverage will strictly be equivalent to sum insured/ Ha. as defined in the Govt. notification or / and on National Crop Insurance Portal multiplied by sown area for notified crop. Special efforts shall be made to ensure maximum coverage of SC/ ST/ Women farmers under the Scheme. The implementing Insurance Company selected as L1 will be responsible for taking necessary measures to ensure at least 10% incremental increase in coverage of non-loanee farmers. The non-loanee farmers are required to submit mobile phone number and Aadhaar number and authenticate themselves through Aadhaar and necessary documentary proof of Aadhar Card, Bank pass book, Land ownership proof, (Records of Right (RoR), Land possession Certificate (LPC) etc.)/ Contract agreement document, sowing certificate or self declaration of intent to sow the proposed crop any other document of