ABSTRACT
Backward Classes Welfare
Department – Re-launching of ADARANA Programme – Issue of Guidelines - Orders -
Issued.
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BACKWARD CLASSES
WELFARE (C) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No. Dated:10-03-2018
Read:
From the VC & MD, APBCCFC
Ltd., Vijayawada Lr.No. 21/C/2017
Dated: 6-12-2017.
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ORDER:
The
Government of Andhra Pradesh has been implementing many welfare programmes and
development schemes with a view to empower the rural poor through creating
additional income by improving their productivity. Further with a view to
minimizing drudgery, improving product/service quality with the help of
modernizing the process of operations, Government have decided to Re-launch
ADARANA programme with the ultimate aim of contributing to increased income
levels and to improve the living standards of the practicing artisans in
Particular and all the BC communities in General.
2. The
Population belonging to Backward classes in the state pursuing traditional
occupations such as cattle and sheep rearing, toddy tapping, earth works,
fishing, weaving, goldsmithy,
blacksmithy, brasssmithy, carpentry, stone carving, laundry, pottery,
oil pressing, basketry, hair dressing, tailoring and dyeing fall under 125
communities listed in the State list of
Backward Classes. Further, there are
many of the BC communities without the traditional activities are practicing
Agriculture and allied activities. Even many of the age-old practicing artisans
diversified from their traditional activities and are into Agriculture and
allied activities.
3. Adarana
being the flagship scheme for the Backward classes, aims to modernize their
tools and technology. The Managing Director, APBCCFC Ltd., in his letter cited
has proposed to relaunch the Adarana scheme under the name ADARANA II.
4. Government
after careful consideration of the proposal hereby issue the following
guidelines for implementation of Adarana scheme.
1) OBJECTIVES
OF ADARANA SCHEME:
a) To
provide financial assistance to the artisans belonging to Backward Classes for
acquiring improved modern tools and gadgets for sustainable Income Generating Activity
and economic development
b) To
empower the BCs by imparting necessary training to improve their productivity
with minimum drudgery and enhance the service quality according to the market
needs.
2) NATURE OF ASSISTANCE:
With a view to capitalize the concept of low hanging fruits ADARANA Programme
essentially focus on providing financial assistance in 3 slabs i.e., Rs. 30,000/-, Rs. 20,000/- and Rs. 10,000/-
as unit cost with 70% subsidy component, 20% NBCFDC loan and 10% beneficiary
contribution for procurement of Model tools and gadgets.
However, it is actively being considered by the Government
to provide required high-end mechanized tools to the artisans of BC communities
over and above the ceiling limit of Rs.30,000/- under ADARANA PLUS scheme.
Separate guidelines will be issued for this scheme.
Pto.
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3) COVERAGE:
The Scheme will be implemented throughout the state of
Andhra Pradesh, in all Mandals/Municipalities/Municipal Corporations.
4) NUMBER OF BC BENEFICIARIES TO BE
IDENTIFIED:
Under the scheme, it proposed to cover 105000 Beneficiaries with Rs.10,000
unit cost and 83000
Beneficiaries with Rs.20,000/- unit cost and 67000 Beneficiaries with
Rs.30,000/- unit cost respectively during the financial year 2018-19. Subsequently, the targets may be enhanced
based on enhanced budget allocation from the next financial year.
5) PATTERN OF ASSISTANCE:
(i) Unit
Cost for BCs - Rs. 10,000/-
Subsidy
component (70%) - Rs.
7,000/-
NBCFDC
Loan component (20%) - Rs. 2,000/-
Beneficiary
contribution (10%) - Rs.
1,000/-
(ii) Unit
Cost for BCs - Rs. 20,000/-
Subsidy
component (70%) - Rs. 14,000/-
NBCFDC
Loan component (20%) - Rs. 4,000/-
Beneficiary
contribution (10%) - Rs.
2,000/-
(iii) Unit
Cost for BCs - Rs. 30,000/-
Subsidy
component (70%) - Rs. 21,000/-
NBCFDC
Loan component (20%) - Rs. 6,000/-
Beneficiary
contribution (10%) - Rs.
3,000/-
6) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE:
The following criteria will be adopted
a. Age of BC beneficiaries : 18- 50 years
b. Beneficiary shall be registered with
Praja Sadhikara Survey before sanction.
c. preference shall be given to:
1.
He/She
shall be a practicing artisan.
2.
Beneficiaries
who are availing the Economic support Schemes for the first time.
3.
Candidates
who were trained under any skill improvement programmes of the government or
welfare corporations either in the current year or earlier in the proposed trade of his/her interest.
ii. Beneficiaries availing financial
support under Adarana schemes for the year 2018-19 shall not be eligible under
any economic support schemes for the next three years
iii. Preference shall be given to women
beneficiaries so as to cover a minimum of 33 1/3% of the total target for the
district and Mandal level.
7) HOW TO APPLY:
BC artisans for availing the
financial assistance shall apply through Adarana Portal/OBMMS accessible
through Meeseva/MPDO office/Internet kiosk etc.,
Contd..P.3
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8) FIXATION OF TARGETS:
The total targeted beneficiaries
indicated for the districts shall be
sub-divided Mandal/ municipality wise in proportion to the BC population
based on the Praja Sadhikara Survey Data of the respective Mandal/ Municipality
of districts.
9)
SELECTION OF BENEFICIARIES
a) The
selection of beneficiaries will be done through Screening and Selection
Committee at the Mandal /Municipality level on the lines of Self Employment
Schemes as per GO Ms.No.111 Social
Welfare (SCP) Department Dated. 23-11-2016.
b) In case of any dispute over the
selection of beneficiary, the decision of the majority members will prevail.
c) The process of selection and
grounding of the programme shall be strictly adhered to the prescribed
timelines.
d) The composition of the screening-cum-selection
committee shall be as follows:
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No.
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Category
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Mandal Level Committee
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Municipality Level Committee
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Municipal Corporation Level Committee
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A. NON OFFICAL MEMBERS
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1
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President
*
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MPP
President
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Municipal
Chairperson
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Mayor
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2
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Members
*
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(1)ZPTC Member
(2)MPTC Members
(3)Sarpanches
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(1) Ward
member
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(1)
Corporator
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3
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Social
Activists *
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4
members
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4
members
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4
members
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* Among the Non-Official members of Social Activists category
one member shall be a women from BC community, one member shall be from any
of the Registered BC Federations.
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B. OFFICIAL MEMBERS **
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C
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Member
Convener
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MPDO of
the Mandal
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Municipal
Commissioner
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Commissioner
of the Municipal Corporation
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** Any Other Officer as per the requirement may be nominated
by the District Collector.
(10) DOCUMENTATION:
a) After selection of beneficiaries by
the Mandal/Municipal level team, the MPDO/Municipal Commissioner shall upload Loan Agreement Bond from their logins
to the Executive Director login.
b) The loan agreement bond is to be
furnished by the selected beneficiary for the NBCFDC Loan component amount,
duly affixing Rs.10/- special adhesive stamp. The original copies of Loan
agreement bonds along with covering letter shall be sent separately to the
Executive Directors concerned by the MPDOs/Municipal Commissioners.
Contd.
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c) The list of beneficiaries should be
sent to Executive Directors Login by the concerned MPDOs/Municipal
Commissioners immediately for issue of sanction proceedings of the District
Collector for release of amount
(11) PLACING
OF INDENTS
The
Executive Director BC Corporation concerned will place indents with the
approved firms for supply of modern tools to the selected beneficiaries, duly
taking the approval of District Collector and a copy of the same shall be
furnished to the MPDO/Municipal Commissioner concerned.
(12) GROUNDING
OF UNITS
a) Units will be grounded by the
MPDOs/Municipal Commissioner concerned at the Mandal Level and photograph of
the unit along with beneficiary should be uploaded to Executive Directors Login
in Adarana /OBMMS Portal.
b) The Executive Director concerned
should verify and approve the list of grounded units and upload the same to the
Managing Directors Login in Adarana/OBMMS portal for generation of payment
order.
(13) PAYMENTS:
a) After approval of list of
beneficiaries by the Managing Director in the Adarana portal the Executive
Director concerned will release 70% of Unit cost to the firms duly taking the
approval of District Collector concerned.
b) Within
30 days of grounding, 3rd party evaluation of units shall be taken
up and 30% of the unit cost will be paid to the firms by the Executive Director
concerned as early as possible duly
taking approval of the District Collector concerned.
(14) FORMATION OF STATE LEVEL COMMITTEE
FOR PROCUREMENT
A State
Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman and Managing Director,
AP BC Coop. Finance Corporation Ltd., with the following Members shall be
formed for selection of modern tools and gadgets required along with unit cost
for supply under Adarana:
i)
VC & MD BC Corporation
- Chairman &
Member-Convener
ii)
Commissioner /Director BC Welfare - Member
iii)
Commissioner /Director Industries - Member
iv)
CEO SERP - Member
v)
CEO APSSDC -
Member
vi)
Director MA&UD or his nominee - Member
vii)
Commissioner PR and RD or his nominee - Member
viii)
Commissioner, H&T or his Nominee - Member
ix)
Commissioner, Fisheries or his Nominee - Member
x)
Commissioner, Agriculture or his Nominee - Member
xi)
Commissioner, Employment and Training
or -
Member
his Nominee
xii)
MD APTS or his Nominee - Member
xiii)
Joint Director - Member
xiv)
MDs of all BC Federations - Members
xv)
Any other officer as per the
requirement may be co-opted by the Chairman/VC&MD to the state level
committee.
The
Committee will Co-opt or invite special representatives from Departments of
Mechanical, Electrical and Auto Mobile Engineering Departments of JNTU, Kakinada/Ananathapuram
for technical advice.
A Meeting
shall be convened by the State Level Committee with reputed manufacturing firms
for identification of tools for the use of practicing artisans based on their
occupational and economic activity so as to incorporate the same in
Adarana/OBMMS Portal for selection by beneficiaries.
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(15)
RATE
CONTRACT:
The
rates of tools shall be finalized by the State Level Committee through e-tenders as per rules
and guidelines in vogue. The State
Level Committee will prepare tender documents, both for technical bid and
financial bid, and the Committee will be responsible for technical and
financial evaluation of the tenders received on e-procurement. The rate
contract so finalized shall be the basis for the District Collectors for
procurement of tools / gadgets.
(16)
FORMATION
OF DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING
A
District Level Committee shall be constituted with the following members for
implementation and monitoring of the scheme.
i)
District Collector - Chairman
ii)
Joint Collector (Revenue) - Member
iii)
General Manger, District Industries
Centre - Member
iv)
Project Director, DRDA; - Member
v)
CEO Zilla parishad - Member
vi)
Municipal Commissioner of Corporation/
Municipal Commissioners in the district -
Member
vii)
Joint Director, Agriculture - Member
viii)
DD/DBCWO of BC Welfare - Member
ix)
AD/DD, Handlooms and Textiles - Member
x)
AD/DD, Fisheries Department - Member
xi)
Executive Director, SC Society - Member
xii)
Executive Director, BC Society - Member- Convener
xiii)
Any Other Officer as decided by the District
Collector and Chairman of District Level Committee.
The District level Committee will Co-opt or
invite special representatives from Departments of Mechanical, Electrical and
Auto Mobile Engineering Departments of JNTU or reputed Engineering College(s)
for technical advice.
The
District Level Committee shall organize exhibition with the manufactures
identified by the state level committee for supply of tools and modern gadget.
During the District Level Exhibition the choice of the beneficiaries shall be
obtained along with brand name so as to place orders at the district level by
the Executive Director concerned.
(17) STATE
LEVEL MONITORING COMMITTEE:
A state level Monitoring Committee with the
following members shall be constituted under the Chairmanship of the Principal
Secretary to Govt., BC Welfare to monitor the scheme.
i)
Prl. Secretary to Govt., BC Welfare - Chairman
ii)
Secretary to Govt., Industries - Member
iii)
Secretary, Finance - Member
iv)
MD & CEO,APSSDC - Member
v)
VC
& Managing Director, APBCCFC Ltd., - Member-Convener
(18) SEPARATE
PORTAL:
A
separate portal for ADARANA will be designed for online Registration of
applications from eligible BC artisans for Processing, Sanctioning, Grounding
of assets. This portal will be linked
to the dashboard of the Hon’ble Chief Minister for Real Time implementation.
All the tools and gadgets which are supplied shall
be geo-tagged by SERP/MEPMA within 15 days of grounding with the help of
Sadhikara Mitras and the distribution of tools will e-linked with Aadhar
number.
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(19) GENERAL:
i)
IEC (Information, Education and
Communication): Up to 3% of the total
subsidy allocation under ADARANA will be utilized for creating awareness among
the stake holders by Organizing State/Regional/ District level workshops and
Exhibitions and for giving wide publicity through Pamphlets, Hoardings, Print
and Electronic Media. The Expenditure on TA/DA/Training material/Stationery/Administration
etc., shall also be met from the 5% of the total subsidy allocation under
ADARANA.
ii)
The VC & Managing Director BC Coop.
Finance Corporation Ltd., is responsible for implementation of the Adarana
Scheme.
iii)
The
manufacturing and supplying firm will be held responsible for faulty or
defective tools and is liable for replacement of the tools within the warranty
period.
iv)
In
coordination with the Skill Development Department Corporation, training shall
be organized to the selected beneficiaries.
(20) POST
EVALUATION OF ADARANA SCHEME:
It
is proposed to conduct a Comprehensive Study with an expert team by the state
level monitoring committee for assessing the increase, in income levels of the
beneficiary families before and after the use of modern tools under ADARANA
Programme so as to formulate future policies.
5. The Vice Chairman & Managing
Director, APBCCFC Ltd., shall take necessary action accordingly.
6. This orders issues with the concurrence
of the Finance (FMU-Welfare.II) Department vide their
U.O.No.Fin-40027/144/2017, Dated.03.11.2017.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE
GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
B.UDAYA LAKSHMI
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To
The Vice Chairman & Managing Director, APBCCFC Ltd.,
Vijayawada.
The Director, B.C.Welfare, A.P., Vijayawada.
The MDs of all B.C.Federations.
The MD, AP MBC Welfare and Development Corporation,
Vijayawada.
All the District Collectors in the State.
The Executive Directors, DBCSCS Ltd., in the State.
The DDs / DBCWOs in the State.
Copy to
All the Heads of Department under Administrative control
of the B.C.Welfare Department.
The GA (Cabinet) Department.
The Finance (FMU.Wel.II) Department.
The OSD to Secretary to Chief Minister.
The OSD to Minister for B.C.Welfare.
The PS to Chief Secretary.
The PS to Principal Secretary to Govt. B.C.Welfare.
The PS to Principal Secretary to Govt. Social Welfare.
SF / SC.
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ORDER//
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