De-Centralized Procurement – Policy for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25 Orders

CA,F & CS Department – De-Centralized Procurement – Policy for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25 Orders – Issued. 

G.O.MS.No. 11 Dated: 24-09-2024

Read the following

1. A.P. Rice Procurement (Levy) Order, 1984.

2. MoU with GOI on De-Centralized Procurement communicated with

GOI lr.No.4(3)/2015-Py.I, dt.17.09.2020 from the Under Secretary to

GOI, Dept. of Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer

Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, New Delhi.

3. GO Ms.No.18 CAF &CS Dept., dt.27.07.2023.

4. GO Ms.No.40 CAF &CS Dept., dt.31.08.2023

5. GOI Lr.No.6-1/2024-MSP_ES, dated 26.06.2024 from the Adviser (MSP), Dept. of Agrl.& Farmers Welfare, M/o A&FA.

6. G.O.Ms.No.8 CAF & CS (CS.I) Dept., dated 15.07.2024

7. Minutes of Meeting with State Food Secretaries held on 29.08.2024 by the Secretary to GOI, DFPD, with all State Food Secretaries communicated with lr.No.3(6)/2024-Py.I, dt.12.09.2024 of the Under Secretary to GOI, DFPD.

8. Lr.No.8-1/2022-S&I (381310), dt.13.09.2024 from the Joint Commissioner (S&R), DFPD, M/o CAF&PD, GOI, New Delhi.

9. VC &MD, APSCSCL, Lr.No.Mktg/2024/KMS 2024-25, dt.21.09.2024.

O R D E R:

1. Rice required for Public Distribution and Other Welfare Schemes was procured through mill levy from the Rice Millers as per the AP Rice Procurement (levy) Order,1984. Levy system was continued up to KMS 2014-15.

2. In order to ensure payment of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy to the farmers and to avoid exploitation of farmers by any intermediaries and acquire self-sufficiency in procuring rice for Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Other Welfare Schemes (OWS) in the state. Decentralized Procurement (DCP) has been taken up in the State w.e.f. 1st October 2015.

3. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was executed with the Govt. of India on Decentralized Procurement (DCP) Scheme. As per the DCP scheme the State Govt./ its agencies shall procure Paddy from the farmers, custom mill the paddy and retain the resultant raw rice to the extent required for TPDS and OWS as per allocation made by the Central Government and handover the excess stocks to the FCI for Central pool operations. 

4. Govt. of AP has been taking several initiatives to benefit the farmers. In this context, Government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to suggest measures for improvement of paddy procurement process. The GoM has recommended the following measures for improvement of the Paddy procurement operations:

•  All necessary steps shall be taken to ensure payment of 100% MSP to farmers.
• The AP State Government has renamed the Rythu Bharosa Kendras as Rythu Seva Kendras (RSKs). Paddy Procurement Centers (PPCs) shall be established at all Paddy growing districts across the State for the easy access of the farmers. Procurement Support Agencies (PSAs) shall be engaged to run the paddy procurement operations by PPCs at RSKs.
• Procurement of paddy shall be done on the basis of e-Panta and eKYC data of Agriculture department. All farmers (including tenant farmers) shall be registered in e-Panta portal by Village Agricultural Assistants (VAAs) before commencement of paddy procurement.
• If quality of paddy is in adherence to FAQ norms, paddy shall be procured immediately. If paddy quality is not in conformity with FAQ norms, technical staff shall sensitize and request farmers to bring the paddy within the FAQ norms by drying etc.In such a situation paddy procurement is rescheduled.