The popular PAN Germany publication
“Stop Pesticide Poisonings – A time travel through international pesticide policies”
is now available as an updated, extended and newly layouted edition at:
http://www.pan-germany.org/download/stop_pesticide_poisonings_141002.pdf
“Stop Pesticide Poisonings – A time travel through international pesticide policies”
New Land Acquisition Act – Rules for Social Impact Assessments and Consent Provisions Notified (Relative Progressive Rules – Can also be a useful guide for EIA Processes)
New Land Acquisition Act – Rules for Social Impact Assessments and Consent Provisions Notified (Relative Progressive Rules – Can also be a useful guide for EIA Processes)
The NDA government – amidst speculations that it is set to dilute important provisions of the new land acquisition act – has recently notified the Rules for two of its most important and progressive sections, those pertaining to the Social Impact Assessments and the Consent provisions. These Rules, notified on 8th Aug 2014 detail out how to implement these two provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 which is the full and formal name of the new Land Acquisition Act( referred to hereinafter as Act).
Overall, these Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014 (Rules hereinafter) provide a relatively progressive framework of implementation.
Provisions for Social Impact Assessment
There are some significant provisions for carrying out the SIA. First and foremost, the Rules require that the SIA be carried out in consultation with the local self-government institutions in the affected area. This provision is also there in Act.
The Rules require the state or the central government to establish a Social Impact Assessment Unit, “an independent organisation which shall be responsible for ensuring that Social Impact Assessments are commissioned and conducted by such person or bodies other than the Requiring Body as per the provisions of the Act”. (Emphasis added). This is a critical provision for maintaining the credibility of the SIA. Here, a lesson seems to have been learnt from the problems with the Environment Impact Assessments (EIA) process, where the project proponent selects, commissions and pays the agency that carries out the EIA. This creates a direct conflict of interest, and it’s not surprising that most EIAs are highly biased towards the project proponent’s interests.
The Rules empower the SIA Unit to formulate the Terms of References for any SIA proposal, list the activities required, decide the size and profile of the team required, and prepare the costs estimates for the same. Then, the Requiring Body (the agency that wants the land) will deposit the money with the Government, and the SIA Unit will select the agency to carry out the assessment from the roster that it maintains.
To further ensure a distance between the Requiring Body and the SIA team, the Rules explicitly state that the Requiring Body shall not be involved in any way in the appointment of the SIA agency, and that it should be ensured that there is no conflict of interest involving the team members of the SIA agency.
The Rules allow the SIA team to include independent practitioners, academics, qualified social activists, and mandate the inclusion of at least one woman member.
The SIA Unit is also tasked with building and “continuously expand a Database of Qualified Social Impact Assessment Resource Partners and Practitioners”, “conduct training and capacity building programmes for the Social Impact Assessment team and community surveyors”, and “continuously review, evaluate and strengthen the quality of Social Impact Assessments and the capacities available to conduct them”.
Apart from giving a detailed list of the aspects that the SIA must cover, which include all direct and indirect impacts, the Rules also require the SIA to “assess the viability of impact mitigation”. This is critical because often, the mitigation measures are just listed out as a lip service and the project cleared on this basis, but the affected people suffer because it is practically impossible to carry out the measure effectively particularly when the displacement involves large numbers.
In this context, it is also important that the Rules require the SIA to “provide an assessment as to whether the benefits from the proposed project exceed the social costs and adverse social impacts that are likely to be experienced by the affected families or even after the proposed mitigation measures, the affected families remained at risk of being economically or socially worse, as a result of the said land acquisition and resettlement”.
There are several other important provisions including the time period for the SIA (six months), recording the views of the affected families in writing, involving local voluntary organisations and media in the public hearings, recording and considering in the SIA every objection raised in the public hearings, the SIA and public hearings to be in local language and a web-based flow management information system of the acquisition process.
The Consent Provision
The Consent related Rules specify that the Consent process shall be carried out by the Government, through the District Collector. The consent would be obtained (where required by the Act) at two levels – the Gram Sabha level and for the private and public-private partnership projects, at the individual land owner levels.
For getting the consent from the Gram Sabha, the quorum requirements not only ask for 50% of the total members to be present, but also require that one third of total women members also to be present.
The Rules specify that negotiated terms for rehabilitation, compensation, impact management and mitigation which the Requiring Body has agreed to, shall form a part and parcel of the Consent Agreements. This means that the Consent is given only against these commitments.
It also declares that any attempt to coerce or threaten anyone into giving consent shall be treated as a criminal offence, and most important, if any such threat has been made, the consent so given shall be void.
Two Caveats
Of course, these Rules cannot and do not transcend the fundamental problems with the original Act itself (see here for a detailed account of these), but within that limitation, provide a much better process than has been available earlier for project affected people.
Second, it’s a question as to whether and how long these Rules will survive, as the very provisions that these Rules help actualise are the ones that the Central Government seems to want to do away with. However, till such an eventuality, these Rules will be the ones that will provide the framework for implementation of the Act.
A Lesson for the MoEF
All in all, even with several limitations, these Rules provide a process of SIA that is miles ahead of all earlier processes. Indeed, at this time, the Ministry of Environment and Forest is examining all the environment protection laws, and it could do well to adapt all these provisions of the SIA for the EIA process too.
22 September 2014
The Rules can be downloaded from http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/downloads/pdfs/RFCTLARR%20%28SIA%20and%20Consent%29%20Rules%202014.pdf
Telangana Government GO on Crop Loan Waiver
140813 Loan Waiver GO Telangana
The eligible amount for debt waiver would be limited to the amount of loan (together with applicable interest), which is disbursed and outstanding as of 31st of March, 2014 or Rs.1,00,000 per farmer family whichever is lower. The farmer family is defined as head of the family, spouse and dependent children.
The following loans/accounts shall not be eligible under the Crop Loan Waiver Scheme.
a) Advances against pledge or hypothecation of agriculture produce other than standing crop
b) Tied loans
c) Closed crop loan accounts
Short term production loan means a loan given in connection with the raising of crops which is to be repaid within 18 months. It will include working capital loan, for traditional and non-traditional plantation and horticulture.
Implementation Guidelines of the Scheme
a) Preparation of list of farmers with outstanding crop loan dues and arriving at the amount of claim
i) Each lending institution – bank branch – which has disbursed short term crop loans to farmers shall prepare village-wise list of farmers with outstanding crop loan dues as on March 31, 2014 in the prescribed format (Annexure-A).
ii) Each lending institution, shall also prepare a village-wise list of farmers who have outstanding dues as on March 31, 2014 in respect of crop loans taken against gold in the prescribed format (Annexure-B).
iii) The list of farmers in Annexure-A and Annexure-B should be compared by the Bank Branch Manager and a final list of farmers who have outstanding crop loan and limited to a maximum extent of Rs.1.00 lakh should be prepared by the Bank Branch Manager in the format designed in Annexure-C. One copy of Annexure-A, B, C should be sent by the Bank Branch Manager each to LDM and District Collector.
iv) Some of the farmers might have taken crop loan/agriculture gold loan for crops from more than one bank branch of same bank or another bank. Hence, for eliminating the duplication/multiple financing and restricting the benefit of loan waiver of Rs.1.00 lakh per farmer family, a Bankers meeting at Mandal level will be convened by the JMLBC (Joint Mandal Level Bankers Committee) Convener. At the JMLBC meeting all the Banks will come with the lists of eligible farmers prepared in the proforma as in Annexure-A, B & C prescribed by the Government, and compare the list of farmers in Annexure- C with Annexure- C list of other bank branches in the mandal belonging to all the other banks (commercial, rural, cooperative). The mandal Tahsildar will also check all names in Annexure- C of all banks in the mandal and will verify if there are any fake pattadar pass books and also if all loanees have farm land. After this verification any false claims will be deleted. Then the farmer family who have availed loans from more than one bank branch will be identified by the JLMBC members. Their details will be recorded by the JLMBC in Annexure- D. The Co-op. Dept. auditors under the supervision of District Co-op. Audit Officer shall cross verify the A, B, C with D list pertaining to PACs and DCCBs. The DCAO shall allot the auditors to Mandals under his jurisdiction under intimation to the District Collector. A senior officer not below the rank of Deputy Collector and nominated by the District Collector will be the observer for this meeting. The Annexure-D thus prepared in JLMBC will be shared by all bank branches at the mandal level.
v) After comparing and deleting farmer family who have taken loan in more than one bank branch (Comparing Annexure C and D) each bank will prepare Annexure-E. It is to be noted that if a farmer family has multiple accounts but overall outstanding for crop loan is less than Rs.1.00 lakh, then their name will not be deleted. In case outstanding crop loan is more than Rs.1.00 lakh, then the name will be retained in the bank where the farmer family first availed the crop loan or where the outstanding amount is higher, the latter being the first priority. Annexure-E will be the final list of farmers bank branch wise who will be eligible for loan waiver.
vi) Annexure-E will be exhibited village wise and social audit conducted by a team consisting of MPDO, Tahsildar, AR (SDLCO)/Sl.& Branch Manager or his representative. After conduct of social audit and finalization of all objections received the final list of farmers bank branch wise will be prepared in Annexure-E (final). After the social audit and after taking into account the objections of villages, if any, a final village-wise list of eligible farmers along with the amount eligible for waiver shall be prepared Annexure ‘E’ and displayed at all bank branches after due authentication. The final list shall be sent to the LDM and the District Collector in Annexure-E.
vii) A District Level Bankers’ meeting will be convened (DCC) by the LDM and district details of loan waiver bank wise, farmer wise will be recorded and sent to SLBC in Annexure-E. SLBC will intimate Bank wise, Branch wise farmers eligible amounts to be released to the Government in Annexure-E.
b) Claim reimbursement by the Government to the lending institutions
i) The final list shall be consolidated village-wise and district- wise by convening a meeting of the District Level Bankers’ Committee. After consolidating all such lists from the districts, the banks would need to raise a claim with the Government, which would be reimbursed to the banks.
ii) After adjustment of loan waiver amount by the State Government, each branch shall certify the amount of outstanding crop loans waived after duly crediting the amounts in the crop loan accounts of farmers. Before crediting the amount, an undertaking should be taken from the farmer in that he shall repay the amount of waiver if it is found subsequently that he/she has fraudulently obtained the crop loan or is found not eligible for crop loan waiver under the Scheme. A certificate of loan waiver in Annexure ‘F’ shall also be issued by the bank branch to each farmer, whose outstanding loan has been waived. The amount of loan waiver shall be consolidated bank-wise for the entire State.
iii) A meeting of the JMLBC shall be convened within one month of the completion of procedures laid down in i) and ii) above.
Audit
After the completion of procedures in i) and ii) above, the auditors of the Cooperation Department shall take up the audit of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies to ensure accuracy of the waiver amounts and shall submit the audit report to the Chief Auditor. The books of accounts of every lending institution that has granted crop loan waiver shall be subject to an audit in accordance with the usual procedure prescribed by RBI / NABARD. The audit may be conducted by concurrent auditors, statutory auditors or special auditors.
Obligations of lending institutions
Every lending institution shall be responsible for the correctness and integrity of the list of farmers eligible under the scheme and the particulars of crop loan waiver in respect of each farmer. Every document maintained, every list prepared and ever certificate issued by a lending institution for the purpose of the scheme shall bear the signature of an authorised officer of the lending institution.
Monitoring and Grievance Redressal
There will also be a suitable monitoring and grievance redressal mechanism established at Mandal, District and State levels and every representation has to be disposed off within 30 days. Detailed orders in this regard would be issued separately.
Fresh Lending and agriculture campaign
Since the eligibility for loan waiver is decided based on the outstanding crop loan as on March 31, 2014, along with the interest on it computed up to the date of implementation to be notified by the State Government, and the liability will be taken over by the State Government. All the bankers should commence fresh lending of crop loans immediately. For clarity, it is reiterated that the eligible loan amount as computed by following the prescribed procedure shall be reimbursed irrespective of its renewal subsequent to 31-03-2014.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA)
POONAM MALAKONDAIAH,
APC & PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.
To
The Commissioner & Director of Agriculture,
Government of Telangana, Hyderabad.
Copy to:
The Principal Secretary to Chief Minister.
The P.S. to Hon’ble Minister (Agri & A.H.)
The P.S. to Chief Secretary.
The Finance (EAC) Department.
The Accountant General, Telangana, Hyderabad.
The Pay and Accounts Officer, Telangana, Hyderabad.
SF/SCs.
పోలవరం గురించి
@RanjithReddy
పోలవరం కాదు శాపం! (లోతుగా తెల్సుకోవాలనుకునే వారు ఇది చదవండి . అనవసరంగా తెలంగాణా వారి మీద పడి ఏడ్చే వాళ్ళు తప్పక చదవండి .)
-ప్రాజెక్టు కడితే 397 ఆదివాసీ గ్రామాలు జలసమాధే!
-ప్రకతి సంపద సర్వనాశనమేభద్రాద్రి రామయ్యకూ సంకటమే
-బ్రిటీష్ కాలంలోనే వద్దన్నారుమళ్లీ తెరపైకి వచ్చినా కుదరదన్నారు!
-మరి ఇప్పుడే ఎందుకు ముందుకు తెస్తున్నారు? నీటి రంగ నిపుణుల ఆగ్రహం
జలరంగనిపుణులు వద్దని వారించినా పట్టువీడకుండా నిర్మిస్తున్న భారీ ప్రాజెక్టులేమైనా ఉన్నాయా..? అంటే, అందులో ప్రపంచంలోనే అత్యంత విధ్వంసకర, వివాదాస్పదంగా పేరొందిన ప్రాజె క్టు.. పోలవరం! బ్రిటీష్ హయాంనుంచి ఇప్పటివరకు ఎన్నో వివాదాల సుడిగుండాలను సష్టించిన ఈ ప్రాజెక్టుకు రాష్ట్ర విభజన పుణ్యమా అని జాతీయహోదా లభించింది. జాతీయ హోదా దేని కి..?
తెలంగాణలో ఆదివాసీల సంసతిని, మనుగడను ధ్వంసం చేయడానికా..?!
దిగువ ప్రాంతాలను వరద నీటితో ముంచి ప్రళ యం సష్టించడానికా..?!
పాపికొండల వంటి అపురూప అభయారణ్యాన్ని, అపార ప్రకతి సంపదను పూర్తిగా నాశనం చేయడానికా..?!
గోదావరి నదిలో వరద ఉధతి అనూహ్య రీతిలో పెరుగుతూ వస్తోంది.
1850లో 15లక్షల క్యూసెక్కుల వరద ప్రవాహం ఉంటే
1940 నాటికి అది 21లక్షలకు పెరిగింది.
1953లో 30లక్షల క్యూసెక్కులున్న వరద ప్రవాహం
1986లో 35లక్షలకు పెరిగింది. ఇప్పుడది 36లక్షల క్యూసెక్కులను దాటుతోంది. కానీ గోదావరి వరద ప్రవాహం ఎప్పుడైనా ప్రమాదకర స్థాయి 50లక్షల క్యూసెక్ల వరకు చేరుకోవచ్చని, అప్రమత్తంగా ఉండాలని కేంద్ర జలవనరుల సంఘం హెచ్చరించింది.
1953, 1986లో వచ్చిన గోదావరి వరదలు రాష్ర్టాన్ని వణికించాయి. 36లక్షల క్యూసెక్ల మేర నీరు ప్రవహించడంతో వరద నీరు భద్రాచలం గుడిని తాకింది. గత నాలుగు దశాబ్దాలలో మూడోసారి ఈ పరిస్థితి తలెత్తింది. ఎలాంటి అడ్డుకట్ట లేకుండానే ఈ పరిస్థితి తలెత్తింది. అంటే ఇక పోలవరం వద్ద 150అడుగులతో అడ్డుగా ఆనకట్ట నిర్మాణం పూర్తి చేస్తే పరిస్థితి ఏమిటో ఊహించుకోవచ్చు!! గోదావరి వాలు భద్రాచలం నుంచి పోలవరం వరకు చాలా తీవ్రంగా ఉంటుంది. పోలవరానికి 125కిలో మీటర్ల దూరంలో నది భూతల మట్టం 32.5మీటర్ల ఎత్తులో ఉంటే పోలవరం వద్ద ఎకాఎకిన 3మీటర్లకు పడిపోయింది. ఏటవాలుకు వరద ఉధతి ఊహించని విధంగా ఉంటుంది. భద్రాచలం వద్ద 1200మీటర్ల వెడల్పు ఉన్న నది పాపికొండల వద్దకు రాగానే ఒక్కసారిగా 70మీటర్లకు తగ్గుతుంది. ఈ కారణంగా వరద ప్రవాహం దాదాపు 5 రెట్లు అధికమై తీవ్ర ఒత్తిడి పెరుగుతుంది.
అసలుకే ఎసరు:
వాస్తవానికి గోదావరిలో 36 లక్షల క్యూసెక్కుల నీటి ప్రవాహం ఉన్నప్పుడు ఆరుగంటల్లో జలాశయం పూర్తి మట్టం 150 అడుగులకు చేరుతుంది. అప్పటికే తెలంగాణలో రెండువందల గ్రామాలు నీట మునుగుతాయి.. కానీ 50 లక్షల క్యూసెక్కుల నీటి ప్రవాహం ఉన్నప్పుడు కేవలం నాలుగుగంటలలోనే నీరు పూర్తిస్థాయి మట్టానికి చేరుకుని ప్రమాదం ముంచుకు వస్తుంది
ప్రాంతీయ పరంగా కాకుండా మానవీయకోణంలో చూసినా ఇది అత్యంత ప్రమాదకరమని, పోలవరంలో మట్టికట్ట ఎత్తు 175 అడుగులు కాగా గేట్లపై మట్టం 150 అడుగులు. గేట్ల పూర్తి మట్టం, మట్టికట్ట మధ్య తేడా కేవలం 25 అడుగులే. జలాశయంలో ఏర్పడే అలలకు సరైన చోటివ్వడానికి 10 అడుగులు అవసరమవుతాయి. 15 అడుగుల వరద ఒరవడి 36 లక్షల నుంచి 50 లక్షల వరకు చేరితే 72 శతకోటి ఘనపుడటడుగుల నీరు గంటకు 13 శతకోటిఘనపుటడుగుల నుంచి 19 టీఎంసీల వరకు వరుసగా జలాశయంలో నిండుతుంది.
కానీ భౌగోళికంగా పోలవరం విషయంలో అలాంటి పరిస్థితి లేదు. గోదావరి వరద ఉధతికి నాలుగు గంటల్లోనే వరద నీరు నిండిపోవడం, మరో నాలుగు గంటల్లో వరద పొంగి మట్టికట్ట తెగిపోయే ప్రమాదం ఉంది .
కట్టతెగితే..?!:
ఒక వేళ కట్టతెగితే 40 మీటర్ల నుంచి 10 మీటర్ల వరకు పెద్ద ఎత్తున ఉప్పెన వచ్చే ప్రమాదముందని నేషనల్ ఇన్స్టిట్యూట్ ఆఫ్ హైడ్రోలజీ రుర్కి ఇది వరకే హెచ్చరించింది. వరద ఉధతి 50 లక్షల క్యూసెక్కులను దాటే పశ్చిమ, తూర్పుగోదావరి జిల్లాలకు పెను ప్రమాదం ఉంటుందని తేల్చింది. రాజమండ్రి, భీమవరం, కొవ్వూరు, రామచంద్రాపురం తదితర ప్రాంతాల్లో భారీ ఆస్థి, ప్రాణ నష్టం సంభవించే ప్రమాదం ఉంటుందని నిపుణులు హెచ్చరిస్తున్నారు. పెట్రోకెమికల్ కంపెనీలకు, మల్టీనేషనల్ కంపెనీలకు, సెజ్లకు ఉపయోగపడుతుంది తప్ప సామాన్యులకు కాదని మొదటి నుంచి బలమైన విమర్శలున్నాయి.
ఎందుకంటే పోలవరం ద్వారా ఉభయగోదావరి జిల్లాల్లో ఏడున్నర లక్షల ఎకరాలకు సాగునీరందిచాలన్నది ప్రధాన లక్ష్యం. కానీ వివాదాల కారణంగా దీర్ఘకాలికంగా పెండింగ్లో ఉండటంతో ప్రత్యామ్నాయంగా పుష్కర, తాటిపుడి, ఛగలనాడు, తురిగడ్డ ఎత్తిపోతల పథకాలను నిర్మించారు. దీంతో దాదాపు ఐదులక్షల ఎకరాలకు నీరందుతోంది. ఇక మిగిలింది.. బహుళజాతి కంపెనీలు, సెజ్లు, సముద్రతీర ప్రాంతంలోని ఫార్మా, కెమికల్ కంపెనీలకు నీరందించటమే! ఇందుకోసం తెలంగాణ ఆదివాసీలను బలిపెట్టడంతో పాటు దిగువన ఉన్న వారిని కూడా ప్రమాదంలోకి నెట్టడానికి ఈ జాతీయ ప్రాజెక్టు సిద్ధమవుతోంది. పోలవరం శాస్త్రీయంగా సాధ్యం కాదని పద్మభూషణ్ డాక్టర్ కేఎల్ రావు, శివాజీ లాంటి నిపుణులు ఇప్పటికే హెచ్చరించారు. 1751 నుంచి బ్రిటీష్ కాలంలో ప్రతిపాదన వచ్చింది.. కానీ అప్పుడే దూరదష్టితో వ్యవహరించారు. తగదని పక్కకు తప్పుకున్నారు. 1946లో మద్రాస్ ప్రెసిడెన్సీలో మళ్లీ శ్రీరామపాదసాగర్ పేరిట తెరపైకి వచ్చింది. నాడు డాక్టర్ సావేజీతో పాటు కేఎల్ రావు కూడా సాధ్యంకాదని తేల్చారు.
భారీ విధ్వంసం తప్పదా?
పోలవరం రిజర్వాయర్ స్టోరేజీ కెపాసిటీ 194 టీఎంసీలు. అందులో 75 టీఎంసీలు లైవ్ స్టోరేజీ. స్పిల్ వే డిశ్చార్జి 36 లక్షల క్యూసెక్లు. వరద ఇన్ఫ్లో డిజైన్డ్ 49 లక్షల క్యూసెక్లని అంచనా వేశారు. ఈ ప్రాజెక్ట్ అదనంగా వచ్చే లాభం కంటే నష్టాలు, కష్టాలే ఎక్కువ. పోలవరం ఖమ్మం జిలాల్లోని పాల్వంచ, వేలేరుపాడు, కుక్కునూరు, బూర్గంపాడు, వీఆర్పురం, కూనవరం, చింతూరు మండలాలను ముంపునకు గురిచేస్తూ దాదాపు రెండున్నర లక్షల గిరిజన, ఆదివాసీలను నిరాశ్రయులను చేయనుంది. ఒడిశా, ఛత్తీసగఢ్తో కలిపి 397 గిరిజన, ఆదివాసీ గ్రామాలు పోలవరంలో కొట్టుకుపోనున్నాయి. ఇంత విధ్వంసం చేసే ప్రాజెక్ట్ వల్ల ఏమి వస్తుందని ప్రశ్నిస్తే..?! కష్ణా డెల్టాకు అదనంగా 80 టీఎంసీల నీరు! దానిలో కూడా కర్ణాటక, మహారాష్ట్రకు సగం వాటాపోగా.. మిగిలిన 45 టీఎంసీల్లో ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్, తెలంగాణ పంచుకోవాల్సి ఉంటుంది. దీన్ని బట్టి చిన్న లాభానికి పెద్ద విధ్వసం అన్నది తేలిపోతున్నది. ఇప్పటికైనా పాలకులకు కనీస విచక్షణ ఉంటే పోలవరం డిజైన్ను మార్చి ప్రాణ, ఆస్థి నష్టాన్ని నివారించాలని నిపుణులు హితవుపలుకుతున్నారు.
రిటైర్డ్ ఆంధ్ర ఇంజనీర్ హనుమంత రావు గారి బుక్ చదవండి!
ప్రస్తుతమున్న డిజైన్ కరెక్ట్ కాదు డిజైన్ మార్చాల్సిందే అని చెప్తున్న బుక్ చదవండి!
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B87EmZE2LcX_LU1TdGNRX1Zydms/edit?pli=1
ఎందుకు పోలవరం కట్టగుడదో తెలుసు కోవాలంటే ఇది చదవండి! ఇది రాజకీయ సమస్య కాదు! నిరాశ్రయులవుతున్న గిరిజనుల సమస్య! కనమరుగు కానున్న పాపి కొండల సమస్య ! కొట్టుకు పోబోయే బద్రాద్రి రాముడి సమస్య! మునిగిపొనున్న మీ సీమాంధ్ర పట్టణాల సమస్య! మానవత దృక్పథం తో ఆలోచించాల్సిన సమస్య!
Why Polavaram must not be built! Please Read it!
http://agrariancrisis.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IndiasDamShame-WhyPolavaramDammustnotbebuilt-2006.pdf
Polavaram-Ordinance
Report of Expert Committee setup on the Orders of High Court of Delhi to frame a policy for Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Fruits & Vegetables
http://agricoop.nic.in/
Report of Expert Committee setup on the Orders of High Court of Delhi to frame a policy for Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Fruits & Vegetables.
On the directions dated 5th March, 2014 of the Hon,ble High Court of Delhi in W.P. No. 7495/2010 –Court on its own motion Vrs. U.O.I. & Others the competent authority has decided that the report of Expert Committee to frame a policy for Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Fruits & Vegetables.
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Complaint to EC asking right to move to court on unfulfilled promises from Manifestos
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EC complaint press release telugu
To
The Chief Election Commissioner 07-04-2014
Election Commission
New Delhi
Respected sir
Sub: Poll promises of political parties request to enforce model code of conduct reg.
Ref: 1. TDP, TRS, YSRCP Manifestos for 2014 Assembly elections and promises by Sri. Chandra Babu Naidu, K. Chandra Sekhara Rao and YS Jagan and their party leaders during election campaign
2. Model Code of Conduct issued by Election Commission section VIII on Manifestos
As the elections are approaching we the Farmers Organisations working with lakhs of farmers in Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana) find that the political parties are making poll promises to woo the voters violating the model code of conduct issued by the EC. Some of the promises made are impossible to fulfil and have huge burden on the exchequer.
In this situation, we request the Election Commission to immediately intervene and order all the political parties
- to detail out the terms and conditions of all poll promises and the budgetary implications and sources of the funds as per the Model Code of Conduct issued by Election Commission section VIII on Manifestos based on Supreme court judgement.
- As the voting would be influenced by these promises we also request you to kindly issue guidelines to ensure that the election promises are fulfilled by the Party/Party alliances which forms the government, otherwise the voters can move to court requesting the implementation of the same.
- If the political parties are not abiding the model code of conduct regarding the manifestos, we request the Election Commission to cancel their party registration and bar their leaders from contesting in further elections.
Thanking you sir
Yours sincerely
AAP Manifesto for Farmers
#AamKisanPolicy
AAP Farmers Manifesto Telugu
AAP Farmers Manifesto English
Main points made:
Under both Telugu Desam which said “agriculture is a waste” and Congress which came as “farmers’ rule”, AP has been centre of farmer suicides with 2500 farmers committing suicide every year. The crisis has been due to neglect of the government, and lack of assured income from agriculture. Aam Aadmi Party will provide assurance that government will stand by the farmers, and focus on addressing the extreme income disparity between agriculture and organized sector which is driving farmers to despair.
AAP challenges other parties to come up with real solutions to farmers’ problems, and welcomes any party to take up these manifesto promises – instead of deceiving people with false promises like loan waivers which costs about Rs.70,000 crores and
The main highlight points of manifesto are:
(1) Separate Agriculture Budget with 10% of total budget committed to agriculture and allied sectors (not including major irrigation)
(2) Slogan: “Nation’s Food Security comes from Farmers’ Income Security”
AAP promises Income Security system to achieve income of Rs.1,00,000 per annum to each farming household through on-farm and off-farm income.
(3) Slogan: “Before 7th Pay Commission, AAP will set up Farmers’ Income Commission”. (see brief description of farmers’ income commission in manifesto note).
(4) Day-Time Electricity for farmers, with quality power and solar pumpsets.
(5) Loans and Insurance to 30 lakh tenant farmers who are in major distress with no access to support systems.
(6) Land titles to women farmers
(7) Special package for Farmer-Suicide affected districts at Rs.100 crore per district
(8) Comprehensive review of Jalayagnam projects by sitting High Court judge. Rs.60,000 crores has been spent until now with very little ayacut created.
(9) Special mission for rainfed agriculture and support for dryland crops.
NAC Recommendations on Agriculture Extension
Recommendation 1: Facilitate the development of a performance-linked and accountable extension process for the promotion of sustainable agriculture through India – Sustainable Agricultural Practices
Recommendation 2 Shift from a supply-driven to a demand-driven extension approach
Recommendation 3 Recognize and promote local knowledge and indigenous practices known to farmers – — Systems of Rice Intensification (SRI) and similar intensification programme for other crops to be supported rigorously
Recommendation 4 Empower smallholder farmers through Group Approach and promote extension systems that work through groups of farmers. The Rural Development Ministry which implements mega programmes through mobilizing farmers into collectives needs to be treated at par with the Ministry of Agriculture in terms of its agriculture extension and be provided with technical backstopping by the ICAR in a like manner
Recommendation 5 Promote robust public-private partnership in agriculture extension and institute a Competitive Agriculture Extension Grant Fund Recommendation 6 Give Major Impetus to ATMA Reform
http://nac.nic.in/communication.php
Communications to Government
| Letter date | Subject | Enclosures |
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| 28 Feb, 2014 | Recommendations on “Welfare of Tea Plantations Labour” | NAC Recommendations (244 KB)  |
| 28 Feb, 2014 | Recommendations on “Innovative Agriculture Extension” | NAC Recommendations (348 KB) |
| 21 Feb, 2014 | Recommendations on ‘Development of Cooperatives in India’ | NAC Recommendations (234 KB) Executive Summary (201 KB) |
| 21 Feb, 2014 | Recommendations on ‘Development of Sports in North Eastern Region’ | NAC Recommendations (227 KB) |
| 03 Jan, 2014 | Recommendations on ‘Occupational Health and Safety of Workers in India’. | NAC Recommendations and Executive Summary (254 KB) |
| 11 Nov, 2013 | Recommendations on ‘Agroforestry’. | NAC recommendation (174 KB) Executive Summary (1.15 MB) |
| 04 Oct, 2013 | Recommendations on ‘Skill Development of Functionaries in the Social Sector Programmes of the Government’. | NAC recommendation and Summary of recommendations (3.98 MB) |
| 13, Sep 2013 | Third set of recommendations on ‘Reforming Fund Flow System for Flagship Programmes’. | NAC recommendation and Summary of recommendations (1.22 MB) |
| 16 Aug, 2013 | Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) | a) NAC recommendation (2.36 MB) b) Summary of recommendations (979 KB) |
| 15 July, 2013 | Reforms in Governance, Strengthening Institutional Capacities and Effective Implentation of Flagship Programmes | a) Human Resource Strategies & Policies (197 KB) b) Mobilizing and Managing Knowledge Resources (197 KB) |
| 08 July, 2013 | Universal Health Coverage | NAC Recommendations (2.29 MB) Summary of Recommendations (99.8 KB) |
| 28, May 2013 | Pre-Legislative Process | NAC Recommendations (76.8 KB) |
| 12, Mar 2013 | Strengthening of Scheduled Castes & Schedules Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Rules, 1995 | NAC Recommendations (224 KB) Summary of Recommendations (71.1 KB) |
| 14, Feb 2013 | Recommendations on RTE a) Towards ending discrimination in schools b) Monitoring, Accountability and Grievance Redress under RTE | a) Towards ending discrimination in schools (375 KB) b) Monitoring, Accountability and Grievance Redress under RTE (138 KB) Summary of NAC Recommendations (139 KB) |
| 12, Feb 2013 | Enhancing Farm Income for Small Holders through Market Integration | NAC Recommendations (611 KB) Summary of NAC Recommendations (146 KB) |
| 31, Dec 2012 | Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 (PESA) | NAC Recommendations (248 KB) |
| 14, Dec 2012 | Development of North Eastern Region | NAC Recommendations (403 KB) |
| 12, Dec 2012 | Recommendations on Strengthening Right to Education | NAC Recommendations (218 KB) |
| 05, Nov 2012 | Recommendations relating to Implementation Framework of Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) | NAC Recommendations (357 KB) |
| 05, June 2012 | NAC recommendations for Improving the Sex Ratio at Birth | NAC Recommendations (822 KB) Summary (207 KB) |
| 31, May 2012 | Recommendations on the proposed Disability Rights Legislation | NAC Recommendations (205 KB) Summary of NAC Recommendations (115 KB) |
| 16 May, 2012 | Recommendations regarding De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes | NAC Recommendations (265 KB) Summary of NAC Recommendations (154 KB) |
| 19, Apr 2012 | Social Security for Unorganised Workers | NAC Recommendations (923 KB) Summary of NAC Recommendations (299 KB) |
| 14, Mar 2012 | National Programme for shelters and other services for the urban homeless | NAC Recommendations (77.5 KB) Explanatory Note (230 KB) |
| 20, Dec 2011 | Reforms proposed for the Rajiv Awas Yojana | NAC Recommendations (211 KB) |
| 20, Dec 2011 | Reforming Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) / Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) | NAC Recommendations (260 KB) |
| 20, Dec 2011 | Towards Inclusive Development to Empower Minorities | NAC Recommendations for the 12th Plan (577 KB) |
| 20, Dec 2011 | Prohibition of Child Labour upto the age of 14 years | NAC Recommendations (164 KB) |
| 14, Sep 2011 | Strengthening Natural Resource Management components under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Recommendations of the NAC finalized in its meeting held on 28th July, 2011 (641 KB) |
| 22, Jul 2011 | Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011 | Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence(Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011 (1 MB) Explanatory Note (690 KB) |
| 07, Jul 2011 | National Food Security Bill, 2011 | National Food Security Bill, 2011 (1.1 MB) |
| 09, Jun 2011 | Recommendations for effective implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 25th May, 2011 (18.1 KB) |
| 09, Jun 2011 | Recommendations for Follow-up Measures to Eradicate Manual Scavenging | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 25 May, 2011 (386 KB) |
| 08, Jun 2011 | Recommendations for a Central Law for Protection of Livelihood Rights and Social Security of Street Vendors | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 25 May, 2011 (263 KB) |
| 08, Jun 2011 | Recommendations for a reformed and strengthened Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 25 May, 2011 (233 KB) Summary of the NAC Recommendations on ICDS (80.6 KB) |
| 06, Jun 2011 | Note of Recommendations on LA and R & R Bill | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 25 May, 2011 (491 KB) |
| 04, May 2011 | Essential Elements of a National Policy for Domestic Workers | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 28th April, 2011 (79.4 KB) |
| 31, Mar 2011 | Amendment to RTI Rules proposed by the Department of Personnel & Training | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 24th March, 2011 (91.4 KB) |
| 12, Mar 2011 | Scheduled Tribes & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 26 February 2011 (1.1 MB) |
| 02, Feb 2011 | Inclusion of certain categories in BPL identification | Recommendations of the NAC finalized in its meeting held on 21 January, 2011 (65.6 KB) |
| 14, Jan 2011 | Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Bill, 2010 | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 10 January 2011 (8.0 KB) |
| 09, November, 2010 | Eradication of Manual Scavenging | Resolution adopted by the NAC in its meeting held on 23 October, 2010 (137 KB) |
| 27th October, 2010 | National Food Security Bill (NFSB) | NAC Recommendations finalized in its meeting held on 23 October, 2010 (208 KB) |
తెలంగాణా వ్యవసాయ సమాజం ఏమి కోరుకుంటోంది?
140325 తెలంగాణా రైతుల ఎజెండా 2014
140325 Telangana Agriculture notes
తెలంగాణా వ్యవసాయ పునర్నిర్మాణం కోసం 2014 ఎన్నికలలో రైతుల ఎజెండా
రైతు స్వరాజ్య వేదిక మరియు తెలంగాణా విద్యావంతుల వేదిక నిర్వహించిన సమావేశం లో నోట్స్
Government Subsidy Schemes on Seed across the country
| Scheme/Component | Crops | Scale of Assistance |
| Macro Management | Rice and Wheat | Rs.500/- per quintal or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for certified seed distribution for rice and wheat. |
| Mode of Agriculture-State Work Plan |
Bajra, Jowar, Ragi and Barley |
Rs.800/- per quintal or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for certified seed distribution of varieties for Bajra, Jowar and Barley |
| Rs.1000/- per quintal for certified seed distribution of hybrid of Bajra and Jowar. | ||
| Rs.1000/- quintal or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for assistance for production hybrid rice seed. | ||
| Rs.2000/- per quintal or 50% of the cost, whichever is less assistance for production hybrid rice seed distribution. | ||
| Integrated Scheme on Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize | All Oilseeds, Pulses and Maize | Full cost for purchase of Breeder seed. |
| Rs.1000/- quintal for foundation and certified seed production. | ||
| Rs.1200/- per quintal or 25% of Seeds cost whichever is less for certified seed distribution. | ||
| Oil Palm Sprouts | Full cost of Seed Minikits of high yielding varieties (implementing agency NSC/SFCI). | |
| 75% of the cost with a ceiling of Rs.7500/ha.for entire land holding of farmers. | ||
| Technology Mission on Cotton | Cotton Seed | 50% of the cost or Rs.50/- per kg. whichever is less for foundation seed production. |
| 25% of the cost or Rs..15/- per kg. whichever is less for Certified seed production. | ||
| Rs.20/- per kg. for certified seed distribution. | ||
| 50% of the cost limited to Rs.40/- per kg. seed treatment | ||
| Technology Mission on Jute and Mesta | Jute and Mesta | 50% of the cost limited to Rs.3000/- per quintal for foundation seed production. |
| 25% of the cost limited to Rs.700/- per quintal for Certified seed production | ||
| 50% of the cost limited to Rs.2000/- per quintal for certified seed distribution. | ||
| National Food Security Mission |
Rice | Rs.1000/- per quintal or 50% of the cost whichever is less for certified hybrid rice seed production. |
| Rs.2000/- per quintal or 50% of Seeds cost whichever is less for certified hybrid rice seed distribution. | ||
| Rs.5/- per kg.. or 50% of the cost, whichever is less for certified high yielding varieties seed distribution. | ||
| Full cost of Seed Minikits of high yielding varieties. | ||
| Wheat | Rs.5/- per kg. or 50% of the cost whichever is less for certified high yielding varieties seed distribution | |
| Full cost of Seed Minikits of high yielding varieties. | ||
| Pulses | Rs.1000/- per quintal for foundation and certified seeds production. | |
| Rs.1200/- per quintal or 50% of the cost whichever is less for certified seed distribution. | ||
| Full cost of Seed Minikits of high yielding varieties | ||
| Seed Village Programme | All Agricultural Crops | To upgrade the quality of farmer saved seed financial assistance for distribution of foundation/certified seeds at 50% cost of the seed for production of quality seeds. |
| Assistance to train the farmers on seed production and seed technology @ Rs.15000/- for a group of 50-150 farmers. | ||
| to encourage farmers to develop storage capacity of appropriate quality assistance @ 33% subject to a maximum of Rs. 3000/- for SC/ST farmers and @ 25% subject to maximum of Rs. 2000/- for other farmers for procuring seeds storage bin of 20 qtl. capacity .Assistance @ 33% subject to maximum of Rs. 1500/- to SC/ST farmers and @ 25% subject to maximum of Rs. 1000/- for other farmers for making seeds storage bin of 10 qtl. capacity in the seed villages where seed village scheme is being implemented. | ||
| Transport subsidy on Movement of Seeds to North Eastern States including Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand & Hill areas of West Bengal | All certified seeds excluding potato | 100% difference between road and rail transportation charge is being reimbursed to implementing States/Agencies for movement of seeds produced from outside the State to the identified State Capital/District Headquarter. |
| Actual cost restricted to maximum limit of Rs.60/- per quintal whichever is less for movement of seeds transported within the State from State Capital/District Headquarter to sale outlets/sale counters is being reimbursed. | ||
| Hybrid Rice Seed Production | Only Rice | Hybrid Rice Seed Production assistance Rs.2000/qtls. |
| Hybrid Rice Seed Distribution assistance Rs2500/qtls. | ||
| Creation and Strengthening of Infrastructure Facilities | All Crops | To create/strengthen infrastructure facilities for production and distribution of quality seeds for the States/State Seeds Corporation financial assistance for creating facilities for seed cleaning, grading, processing, packing and seed storage is being provided in public sector |
| Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana | All Crops | All Activities including Seed Infrastructure Facilities |
| Assistance for Boosting Seed Production in Private Sector | for high volume-low value crops | For increasing seed production with a view to enhancing seed replacement rate, particularly in high volume low value crops, credit linked back-ended capital subsidy is provided @ 25% of project cost up to a maximum limit of Rs. 10.00 lakh on seed infrastructure development relating to seed cleaning, grading, processing, seed treating, packaging, seed storage and seed testing facilities, to private companies, individual entrepreneurs, NGOs and seed co-operatives through commercial banks and National Seed Development Corporation. The Private Companies, individual entrepreneurs, NGOs and seed co-operatives constitute the beneficiaries under this scheme. |