OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES OF NFSM FOR XII PLAN

OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES OF NFSM FOR XII PLAN

D.P.MALIK

ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER

Ministry of Agriculture Department of Agriculture and Cooperation

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OBJECTIVES

Ensure food and fodder security- area expansion and productivity enhancement of food crops including dual purpose coarse cereals.

Restoration of soil fertility- micro-nutrients and soil ameliorants

Enhancing farm level economy (i.e. farm profits)- post-harvest, marketing support and value chain integration

National Food Security Mission

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PRODUCTION TARGETS DURING XI PLAN AND XII PLAN


NFSM Component XI Plan XII Plan

Wheat 08 08

Rice 10 10

Pulses 02 04

Coarse Cereals - 03

Total 20 25

Note : Coarse Cereals and commercial crops (Cotton , Jute, Sugarcane) included under NFSM during XII Plan

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STRATEGIES• Low productivity and high potential areas , rainfed areas & remote areas

• Cropping system approach rather than individual crop

• Agro-climatic zone wise planning and cluster approach for crop productivity enhancement

• Pulse production enhancement through utilization of rice fallow, rice bunds and intercropping of pulses with coarse cereals, oilseeds and commercial crops

• Promotion and extension of improved technologies i.e., seed, INM, IPM, farm machineries , micro irrigation

• Input use efficiency and resource conservation technologies

• Post-harvest management ,value chain integration and marketing support to pulses & coarse cereals

• Local/site specific initiatives

• Capacity building of the farmers/extension functionariesNational Food Security Mission

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SCHEMES SUBSUMED WITH NFSM IN XII PLAN


Name of Scheme/Programme Crops included under NFSM Initiative for Nutritional Security through

Intensive Millets Promotion (INSIMP) Millets

Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm and Maize ( ISOPOM) Maize

Accelerated Fodder Development Programme (AFDP)

Dual purpose coarse cereals

Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) Cotton

Jute Technology Mission (JTM) Jute

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NFSM COVERAGE


Wheat Rice Pulses Coarse Cereals

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

9

16 16

11

24 23

27

States

XI Plan XII Plan

Wheat Rice Pulses Coarse Cereals 0

100

200

300

400

500

600

141 143

469

119

199

557

182

Districts

XI Plan XII Plan

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AREA OF OPERATION OF FOOD SECURITY MISSIONXI Plan XII Plan

Name of NFSM Component

No. of States Covered No of Districts Covered

No. of States Covered No of Districts Covered

Wheat 09 141 11 119

Rice 19 143 24 199

Pulses 16 469 23 557

Coarse Cereals - - 27 182

Total 480 570

Millets are covered under INSIMP a sub scheme of RKVY during XI Plan NFSM-Wheat and NFSM-Rice Districts selected on the basis of having area more than 50,000 ha each and yield below State Average Yield. NFSM-pulses -all districts of states expect H.P., Uttarakhand, J&K and Kerala In case of coarse cereals, the districts covering 70 % of the total coarse cereals area of the State have been selected All districts of north-eastern states (except Assam) with at least 5000 ha area under rice have been selected. Districts with at least 15000 ha area under rice or wheat in hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand have been selected.


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DISTRICT COVERED UNDER NFSM DURING XII PLAN


Sl No. States Rice Wheat Pulses Coarse Cereals1 Andhra Pradesh 09 - 22 082 Arunachal Pradesh 10 - 17 073 Assam 13 - 27 044 Bihar 15 10 38 115 Chhattisgarh 12 - 18 056 Gujarat 02 05 26 087 Haryana - 07 21 058 Himachal Pradesh 02 09 - 059 Jammu & Kashmir 08 05 - 07

10 Jharkhand 04 - 17 1111 Karnataka 07 - 30 1112 Kerala 01 - - 0113 Madhya Pradesh 08 17 51 1614 Maharashtra 08 03 33 0815 Manipur 09 - 09 02

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Contt..


Sl. No. States Rice Wheat Pulses Coarse Cereals

16 Meghalaya 07 - 11 0317 Mizoram 06 - 08 0418 Nagaland 11 - 11 0419 Odisha 14 - 30 0620 Punjab - 10 20 0321 Rajasthan - 13 33 1222 Sikkim 02 - 04 0223 Tamil Nadu 08 - 30 1024 Tripura 08 - 08 0225 Uttar Pradesh 23 31 75 2026 Uttarakhand 05 09 - 0427 West Bengal 07 - 18 03 Total States 24 11 23 27 Total Districts 199 119 557 182

CHANGES IN REVAMPED NFSM DURING XII PLAN

NFSM IN 11TH PLAN NFSM IN 12TH PLAN

Rice, wheat, pulses Rice, Wheat, pulses, Coarse Cereals

Foodgrain security Food grain and fodder security-National Food Security Act.

Focus on Low Productive Areas. Focus on Low Productive Areas, Problematic Areas, Rainfed Areas , Remote Areas

NFSM- rice, wheat and Pulses NFSM-Rice. wheat and Pulses and Coarse cereals , Sub-mission on Cotton and Jute and Sugarcane

Individual Crop Cropping system based approach

Post harvest technologies not included Post harvest technologies like primary processing (destonning, grading, dehusking) and dal mill

Same technologies for all the areas included Low productive areas- demonstration of Intensive crop development technologies on cluster approachHigh productive areas- resource conservation technologies

Value chain Integration of small producers ( marketing) not included

Value chain Integration of small producers ( marketing) included

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COMPOSITION OF NFSM STRUCTUREXI Plan Inclusion in XII Plan

National Level

National Food Security Mission General Council (NFSMGC)

• Chairman : Minister of Agriculture• Member : Secretary (A&C) ,Secretary (DARE) &DG (ICAR),

Secretary (Finance) , Adviser , Agriculture( Planning Commission) and Agriculture Commissioner .

• Member Secretary: Mission Director

• Secretary (Food, Consumers Affairs &Public Distribution) , Secretary (Panchayati Raj), Secretary (Tribal Affairs), Secretary (Social Justice and Empowerment, Secretary ( Women & Child Development).

National Food Security Mission Executive Committee (NFSMEC)

• Chairman : Secretary (A&C) • Member :Secretary (DARE) &DG (ICAR), Secretary(Water

Resources), Secretary(Fertilizers), Adviser, Agriculture (Planning Commission), Agriculture Commissioner and Five Experts.

• Member Secretary: Mission Director

• Secretary (Panchayati Raj), Secretary (Tribal Affairs), Secretary (Social Justice and Empowerment, Secretary ( Women & Child Development).

State Level

State Food Security Mission Executive Committee (DFSMEC)

• Chairman : Chief Secretary • Member : APC, Secretary (Agri.), Secretary (Irrigation), Secretary

(Power), Vice Chancellor(s)of SAUs,Director/Project Director of ICAR Institutes and Representatives of Lead Bank) and

• Member Secretary : State Mission Director

• Member : Agriculture Production Commissioner, Secretary ( Panchayati Raj), Secretary (Tribal Affairs), Secretary (Social Welfare), Director (Agri.) , Representatives of NABARD and Lead Bank

District Level

District Food Security Mission Executive Committee (DFSMEC)

• Chairman : District Collector/CEO of Zilla Parishad • Member : Representatives from line Departments, Nominated

progressive farmers, Representatives from Self Help Groups of farmers, Representatives from reputed NGOs, Representative of KVK /ICAR/SAU , Project Director ATMA,

• Member Secretary : Deputy Director (Agriculture)/District Agriculture Officer

• Representative from Lead Bank & NABARD,


ROLE OF PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS Activity Involvement of Panchayati Raj Institutions in

selection of beneficiary farmers

Demonstrations of Improved Crop Technologies

Village /Gram Panchayat

Seed Distribution Village /Gram Panchayat

Integrated Nutrients/ soil ameliorants Management

Village /Gram Panchayat

Plant Protection Measures Village /Gram Panchayat

Farm Machineries and Implements Zilla Parishad

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CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS AND BENEFICIARIES

16% - SCP-Scheduled Castes and 8% for TSP- Scheduled Tribes. Allocation to SC/ST farmers will be made proportionate to their population in the district. 33% allocation of the funds- small and marginal farmers. 30% allocation of the funds- women farmers. All the farmers are entitled to avail the assistance for various components of NFSM limited to 5 ha. in a

season. ICAR, SAUs, KVKs, ATMA, reputed NGOs and other line departments-in planning and execution of

demonstrations ICAR, SAUs and KVKs - technical support- formulation of district action plans, its implementation and

monitoring. Technical staff will be sourced from ICAR/SAU/KVK for imparting training. PMT at the district level will help in developing synergy among research institutes and various line

departments .


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ACCELERATED CROP PRODUCTION PROGRAMME (ACPP)Large blocks of crop areas- cropping system based mode (30% ) as well as sole crops.Size of demonstration -100 ha for plain area and 10ha. for hill and north-eastern states Area -Lowest productivity areas in selected districts All farmers in a cluster would be included in a demonstration with at least 0.4 ha area for individual farmer. Selection of beneficiary Farmers-Gram Panchayat, contribution of resources, orientation meeting. Selection of Site- easily accessible , avoid on isolated field, representative of soil type and soil fertility status of the area.Soil Analysis- soil fertility status for use of fertilizer and soil ameliorants Identification of Technologies- productivity enhancementDevelopment of package of inputs to be distributed- a package of inputs including micronutrients and bio-fertilizers . Distribution of demonstration kits and training of participating farmers- Orientation training programme for critical operations for the demonstrations and distribution of kitsMonitoring- District PMT -demonstrations throughout the cropping season and report the outcome in prescribed format. Extension functionaries should visit the demonstration plots and arrange need based visits of scientistsDisplay Board- No. of farmers , Village, Variety/ hybrid, type of demonstration, NPK Fertilizers, Bio-fertilizers ,micronutrient , Date of Sowing/Transplanting , Seed Rate and Spacing, other critical input s, Mobile number of PMTVariety /hybrid-More than one improved variety/hybrid in one cluster demonstration. Organization of Field day/kisan gosthi Reporting of the Results- compilation of results of the demonstrations at block/district/State level. At State level, the results of the demonstrations should be compiled in the form of document. Analyze the contribution of various interventions for up-scaling in succeeding years. Front Line Demonstrations – 5% of ACPP for FLDs of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals by ICAR/SAUs/KVKs


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CAFETERIA OF INTERVENTIONS FOR BLOCK DEMONSTRATIONRICE WHEAT PULSES COARSE CEREALS

• HYVs-transplanted and direct seeded, SRI , Hybrids rice stress tolerant varieties

• Seed treatment• Micro Nutrients : Zinc, Boron, Iron• Bio-fertilizers • Use of lime/liming material to

correct soil acidity• Use of Weedicides• IPM in rice including mechanical

devices• Promotion of mechanical

transplanting • Moisture stress management

chemicals like PPFM bacteria• Green Manuring

• HYVs and rust tolerant HYVs• Lime and Liming Material for

acidic soils • Gypsum/Phospho gypsum in

moderately alkaline soils• Micro Nutrients : Zinc, Boron,

Iron • Bio-fertilizers • Seed treatment with fungicide • Soil treatment for Termite control • Use of Laser land leveler• Line sowing using seed drills.• Weedicides • Moisture stress chemicals

Potassium chloride or hydrogel• Green Manuring• Conservation agriculture

• HVYS : Urd, Moong, Moth, Cowpea, Pigeon pea , Chick Pea, ield pea, Lentil, Horse gram

• Seed treatment with ungicides/trichoderma

• Intercropping of pulses with other crops like sugarcane, cotton etc

• Promotion of summer moong • Planting of Pulses in rice fallows and

rice bunds• Planting of Kharif Pulses on Ridges

(Urd, Moong, Arhar)• Replacement of utera crop by sown

crop• Use of Micro Nutrients Zinc, Boron ,

Iron , Molybdenum.• Bio-fertlizers :Rhyzobium and PSB,

Potash mobilizing bacteria and zinc solubilizing bacteria

• Use of Sulphur as a nutrient • Use of pre and post emergence

weedicide• Demonstration on IPM including

mechanical devices• Foliar spray of nutrients

Maize/Barely• Hybrid /HYVs• Seed treatment• Ridge furrow planting • Micro-nutrient: Zinc • Weedicide and Pesticide• Bio-fertilizers• Demonstration on IPM including

mechanical devicesMillets :• HYVs and hybrid : Pearl millet

Sorghum and HYVs of small millets

• line sowing• Micro nutrients (Zinc, Boron,

Iron) • Weedicides and pesticides• Bio-fertilizers • Demonstration on IPM including

mechanical devices


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COST NORM FOR CLUSTER DEMONSTRATION & OTHER INTERVENTIONSParticulars Rice Wheat Pulses Coarse Cereals

A. Demonstration (Rs/ha)1. Individual Crop*2. Cropping Based Approach

750012500

750012500

750012500

5000-

B. Seed Distribution** (Rs/ Kg)1. High Yielding Varieties 2. Hybrid (Rice & Coarse Cereals)

1050

10-

25-

1550

C. Plant Protection (Rs /ha)1. PP Chemicals & Bio-pesticides2. Weedicides

500500

500500

500500

500500

D. Micro-nutrient & Soil Ameliorants (Rs / ha)1. Gypsum /phospho-gypsum/ bentonite sulphur2. Micronutrients 3. Bio-fertilizers (Rhizobium/ PSB)4. Lime / liming materials

-500-1000

750500--

7505001001000

-500--

E. Local initiatives 5% 5% 5% 5%

*Cost norms for Field Day, distribution of publicity material and visit of scientists/GOI and state officials @Rs. 250, Rs. 250 and Rs. 300, respectively**20% of State’s Seed distribution of Hybrid/HYV to Central Seed Agencies like NSC/SFCI Reimbursement of subsidy for distribution of Hybrid/HYV seeds s will be made directly to agencies by the Ministry


FUNDS ALLOCATION UNDER NEED BASED INPUTS

Particulars Share of allocation of funds(%)

Remarks

Seed distribution 49 Hybrid and HYVs

IPM, INM, PP chemicals ,, bio-fertilizers and soil ameliorants

20 Weedicides, pesticides, bio-pesticides, Zinc, Boron , lime, Gypsum etc

Farm machinery and implements 10 Machinery, implements and tools

Water saving devices 20 Pump set, raingun, water carrying pipes , lining of ponds, sprinkler

Training 01 famers

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COST NORMS FOR FARM MACHINERY & IMPLEMENTSParticulars Rs. per Unit Rice Wheat Pulses Coarse Cereals

Conoweeder 600 √

Manual Sprayer: Knap sack sprayer/Foot operated sprayer

600 √ √ √

Drum Seeder in rice 1500 √

Power sprayer 3000 √ √ √

Chiseller (Deep Ploughing) 8000 √ √

Sprinkler set / Pump Set up to 10 HP 10000 √ √ √

Tractor Mounted Sprayer 10000 √ √

Seed Drill / Zero till seed drill / Multi crop Planter / Zero till multi crop Planter

15000 √ √ √

Ridge Furrow Planter 15000 √

Power weeder 15000 √ √

Water carrying pipes 15000 / 600 meter √ √ √

Mobile Rain gun 15000 √ √

Rotavator/turbo seeder 35000 √ √ √

Paddy Thresher/Multi crop thresher 40000 √ √ √

Laser Land Leveler 150000 / 10 farmers group √ √ √

Self Propelled Paddy Transplanter 75000 √

Zero Till Seed Drill and Sprinkler Set are not covered under NFSM-Rice 50% of the farmers under cluster demonstration will be selected for farm machineries and implements


PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM(PMT)

• PMT –comprising of One consultant and Two Technical Assistants

• 47 State PMTs and 441 District PMTs

• State may engage one accountant in place of one TA at state headquarter

• State may include District PMT under any of NFSM component i.e Rice, wheat, Pulses and Coarse cereals while preparing Action Plan

• One state Level PMT –for each Crop Development Directorate

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COST NORMS OF TRAINING

Item Rate (Rs.) Amount (Rs.) for 4 sessions of one

training

Honorarium for one trainer Rs.500/- per session 2000.00Training material & stationary Rs.500/- per session 2000.00Refreshment for trainees, supporting staff

Rs.50/- head per session for 35 persons 7000.00

Contingency, POL transport ,etc. Rs.750/- per session 3000.00Total 14000.00

Mission has adopted cropping system-based approach. Each training comprises of four (04) sessions focus on of each training. One at the beginning of kharif and rabi season, one each during kharif and rabi season. 30 participants/farmers in each session and participants in all four sessions will be same. Training will be imparted by crop/subject matter specialists of ICAR institutes/SAUs/KVK Training will focus on crop management (agronomic and plant protection practices) including primary processing of produce, storage etc.


STRATEGIC RESEARCH PROJECTS For address various research issues and yield gaps of food crops, research projects will be supported

to ICAR/SAUs/International Organizations(ICARDA,IRRI,ICRISAT,CYMMIT etc.)

Themes/area of research • Conservation of natural resources (land, water) and their efficient use• INM,IPM,IWM• Modification/refinements in farm machines/tools for various soils types/cropping systems• Up-scaling of improved crop varieties/hybrids in NFSM adopted states/agro-climatic zones under water/thermal

stress conditions• Nutrient management in problematic soil (acidic/alkaline/sodic)• Crop-husbandry and Input use efficiency• Rain-water management in kharif pulses• Refinement of relay cropping systems and agronomic practices for intercropping systems involving pulses• Quality seed storages in the humid and hot climatic conditions-coastal areas• Value addition in case of coarse cereals and pulses• Precision farming -nutrient manager and crop manager.

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New Initiative included in Revised NFSMSpecialized projects for high productivity areas


Area to be covered Activities to be covered Cost norms(Rs.)

Reclamation of problematic soils

surveys and project preparation Land development activities Application of amendments (gypsum, phospho-gypsum,

pyrites etc) Reclamation package of crops tolerant to

alkalinity/salinity/acidity etc. adapting the reclamation packages etc

Rs.50,000 per hectare with 25% share of farmer

Each project proposal should not exceed Rs10 crores

Development of water-logged areas

Surveys for the project preparation Construction of field/community ditches linking to

natural drains or pumping of the excess water to a natural drainage lines and related activities

Evaluation of crops tolerant to water-logging etc.

Projects to combat the effect of climate change:

Demonstration of heat tolerant varieties Promotion of micro-irrigation system (drip and sprinkler)

for protective irrigation etc.

DEMONSTRATIONS OF CROP PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN REMOTE AREAS AND ASSISTANCE FOR FARM MECHANIZATION

Area to be focused Purpose Implementing agencies

Cost norms Remarks

Mostly rainfed and inhabited by tribal and poor farmers

Cluster demonstrations of crops

institutes/organizations/ NGOs

As applicable to states10% of cost of demonstration as institutional charge

State/district authorities will monitor the work done.

Implementing agencies will be identified at district level with criteria At least 3 years experience of successful execution of agriculture/rural development projects in remote/backward areas. Should have accounts audited for all programmes implemented during past three years.

Assistance to Custom Hiring Centres

Small land holders Accessibility to farm machines and implements for various farm operations

Custom hiring centers

Rs 1500 per hectare

community operations of selected farm activities to be undertaken within a time frame

VALUE CHAIN INTEGRATION OF SMALL PRODUCERS

Forming and strengthening of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) may offer collective strength

Seed production and seed procurement Access to credit and improved technologies Reduction in transaction costs Facilitation value addition, Tapping high value markets

States will be required to submit their action plans for FPO promotion, to be undertaken through SFAC or similar organizations

Assistance for FPO promotion will be available for a maximum period of three years as per the FPO Process Guidelines of DAC. Action Plans must specify the commodity, target area and target producers and should be broadly divided into four areas

(i) Mobilization, training, exposure and capacity building interventions(ii) Agriculture based livelihood interventions such as trial and demonstration of Good Agriculture Practices (replacement of varieties, pre-and Post-sowing practices, seed production and dissemination, INM, IPM, etc.) (iii) Formation and development of Kissan Producer Company or other institutional form (iv) linkage to value chain (marketing)

SFAC will assist the States in drawing up action plans States will also have the flexibility to undertake FPO promotion through any other Central, State, civil society or private

MARKETING SUPPORT FOR PULSES AND MILLETSCrops covered Activities to be covered Incentive to Implementing

agenciesCost norms

Pulses Establishment of Dal mills FarmerFarmers group Registered FPO

SFACSimilar organizations at Centre/State level

Rs. 10.00 lakhs, or 30% of the total cost, whichever is lower, as one time support

Pulses and millets

Branding and marketing of milled pulses or millets

Registered FPO SFACSimilar organizations at Centre/State level

@Rs.5.00 lakh per FPO, for one time support only

Pulses and millets

Marketing support(local)

un-registered farmer groupsSHGsSHG federation

SFACSimilar organizations at Centre/State level

Rs.2.00 lakh per group of 15 farmers for one time support only

Pulses and millets

set up and equip procurement centres to grade and processing

Registered FPOs SFACSimilar organizations at Centre/State level

Rs.5.00 lakh per FPO for one time support only

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LOCAL INITIATIVES To support important location specific interventions, which not covered under the normal activities of the Mission

Activities like augmentation of water resources, development of godowns for safe storage of critical inputs, machines for post-harvest processing like graders, dehusking machines etc .

Assistance will be limited to 5% of the total budgetary allocation

Assistance would be limited to 50% of the cost of each intervention

Interventions proposed would be evaluated by a team of experts at the State level and will be cleared by SFSMEC for releasing the funds to the implementing agency at the district level.


TRAINING AND AWARDS• Training of extension functionaries• Central and State functionaries-latest crop specific technologies• Involvement of SAUs, National and International research organizations- within country

• Exposure visit/training of state technical officials • Enrichment of knowledge base of state technical officials• International organizations like IRRI, CYMMIT, ICRISAT, AVRDC, ICARDA or any other research

organization in crop production technologies etc. would be organized.• Awards• Best Performing District award• 4 components of NFSM at interval of 2 years (one award per 5 NFSM districts for each crop)-Rs.5.00 lakh• criteria for selection of district( NFSM guidelines)• National Award for Best Performing States

• 3 Awards to States for highest food production –Rs 2. crores• 4 Awards – one each for the highest production under rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals –Rs1.0 crores• Leadership awards• District Level Officers for good performance in the field.

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MONITORING MECHANISM• District Level- DFSMEC and Project Management Team.• State Level- Committee to be constituted under the Chairmanship of the State

Mission Director with members from the line departments, SAUs, Lead Bank, NABARD, ICAR institutes and Crop Development Directorates of DAC.

• National Level-Committee to be constituted under the Chairmanship of the Mission Director with members from DAC, ICAR, SAUs, CDDs, research institutions concerned and officials of State Departments concerned.

• Crop Development Directorates: The nine Crop Development Directorates will be involved in monitoring of the Mission activities in States assigned to them.

• NLMOTs – Team constituted with involvement of Director, CDD for each state for monitoring the activities of the Mission.

• Close monitoring of physical and financial targets of various program interventions would be done by the monitoring teams. Format for monitoring these interventions would be prescribed by NFSMEC.

• SDES will be involved in adopting the prescribed format for data collection pertaining to different parameters of the Mission for monitoring to suit the local requirements.


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EVALUATION OF NFSM• Baseline Survey- SDA/ SDES will do baseline survey know the resource

endowments of the farmers and the level of crop productivity.• Concurrent Evaluation SDA/SDES/SAU will do evaluation every year to assess the

performance of the Mission commensurate with annual action plan and its objectives.

• Mid-term Evaluation: at national level through an independent agency/organization in 3rd year.

• Impact Evaluation Study/Studies: at the National Level will also be undertaken through an independent agency after the third year of implementation.

• Information communication technology (ICT)- Specialized software for the reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the Mission's activities.


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MECHANISM OF FUND FLOW

• Funds be directly released to State Governments• State Government would release funds to State Level Agency (SLA) . • SLA - District Level Agency in accordance with approved programme of the

district.• Funds would be released in installments based on the progress reports and

submission of utilization certificate.• Funds for the implementation of the activities of the components will be

released by the SLA/DLA to the nodal departments for the procurement of the required inputs.

• ‘Electronic Banking’ will be used for transfer of funds to the State Level Agency and further to the districts.

• STA will have to maintain a separate budget and prescribed accounting system for the Mission, both at the State and district level.


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REPORTING SYSTEM Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs) by the 15th of the month following each quarter(e.g. April to June to be submitted by 15th July)

Detailed Annual Progress Report (APR) within three (03)months after the end of the year(e.g. APR up to June of succeeding year)

One copy of QPR/APRNFSM-Rice to DRD, PatnaNFSM-Wheat to DWD, GhaziabadNFSM-Pulses to DPD, BhopalNFSM-Coarse cereals to DMD, Jaipur.

Note: Formats for reporting in NFSM GuidelinesNational Food Security Mission

BASIC QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE AND HONORARIUM OFPMT

Particulars Educational Qualification & experience

Hono-rarium(Rs./

Month)

Conveyance Allowance

(Rs./ Month)

Daily Allowance (Rs./Day)

A. District level:Consultants Basic degree in Agriculture with Masters Degree in Agronomy/Agri. Extension/Soil

Science/Plant Protection/Crop Improvement having at least 10 years of field experience in crop production/ Extension.

30,000 1,000 150(10 days in a month)Or as per state rules

The person should have the ability of team leadership & motivation.Technical Assistants

Basic degree in agriculture with computer skills. In case of non-availability of agriculture graduates, candidates with basic degree in life sciences

20,000 800 100(10 days in a month)Or as per state rules Person with experience of research and extension will be given preference.

B. State LevelConsultants Doctorate Degree in Agronomy/ Agriculture Extension/Soil Science/Plant

Breeding/Plant Protection /Crop Improvement having at least 10 years of field experience in crop production.

50,000 2,000 200(10 days in a month)Or as per state rules

Ability to analyze data and preparation of projects, writing reports/seminar notes/ articles as evidenced by publication in national/ international journals.

The person should have the ability of team leadership & motivation.

Technical Assistants

Master degree in Agriculture with specialization in management of field crops. Knowledge of computer essential.

25,000 1,500 150(10 days in a month)Or as per state rules 2. Person with experience of research and extension will be given preference.

Thank You for Your Patience

OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES OF NFSM FOR XII PLAN

Documents

nfsmrice districts

districts of states

total coarse cereals

case of coarse cereals

nutritional security

nfsm initiative

plan nfsmwheat

ha area