1. IMPLEMENTATION OF DBT IN STATES
ICT – Digital Agriculture
IMPLEMENTATION OF DBT IN STATES
Remunarative Agriculture
Real Time Agriculture Growth

2. Vision
“A governance regime which ensures a simple and user-friendly Government to People (G2P) interface and directly delivers entitlements to eligible individuals and households in a fair, transparent, ancient and reliable manner.”

3. All Central Sector & Centrally Sponsored welfare and subsidy schemes are to be brought within the purview of DBT by March, 2017.
Coordinated effort between the Centre and State will enable faster: decision-making, eliminate duplication of efforts and smoothen out differences, fostering an easier transition of schemes on to DBT.
Central ministries and States to set up DBT Cells.

4. Process of Delivering Cash Benefits
Consolidated fund of India
Central Ministries/Department
PFMS as payment platform
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State Consolidated Fund
e-FMS should be linked to PFMS for reverse loop
State Department/Implementing Agencies
PFMS/State e-FMS as payment platform
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Beneficiaries’ Bank/Postal Accounts

5. Process of Delivering Benefits in Kind
Allocation of goods/benefits to States/UTS
State Department /Implementing Agencies/District/Block/Panchayat Office
Distribution of Benefits to Designated Retail Outlets
Installation of PoS machines (preferably Aadhaar enabled)
Delivery of entitled amount to beneficiaries after authentication at PoS (preferably Aadhaar-based)

6. Implementation Modalities
Training and awareness campaign - Massive awareness campaign has to be conducted to orient different stake holders like field officers like DDAs, DAOs, AAOs, VAWs, farmers, seed producers, dealers, PACS regarding registration and transaction modules for DBT of seed input subsidy.
Registration of farmers – through Lokvani centres (Kisan Service Centres), Cyber Cafés, DDA/DAO/Block Office, PACS/LAMPS of Cooperation Dept/ Dept. of Agril/ Mobile App (FR Seed DBT).
Information required for farmer registration: Aadhaar/Voter Card/Ration Card/Passport, land record (Khatoni), Bank passbook details.
Farmer name, father name, village, block, district, mobile number, alternate person name, relation to alternate person be provided in the Farmer Registration detail.
Validation of account details of the farmer through Public Financial Management System (PFMS) mode. Farmer identification number is issued.
Seed transaction through Mobile App (DBT App) or Web Application by block seed outlets/registered dealers, PACS, LAMPS, etc.
Subsidy Payment through PFMS Mode.
Generation of Management Information System (MIS) reports.

7. Implementation progress on DBT
Seed Division has already requested States to adopt DBT to ensure transparency in distribution of seed subsidy/benefits to the intended farmers/ beneficiary.
The States of U.P., Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar already implemented DBT during the year
Puducherry initiated necessary work/process to adopt DBT.
In Uttar Pradesh, 5.10 lakh farmers in Kharif-2015 and lakh farmers during Rabi already registered on State Departmental Portal for DBT purpose.
15,173 qtl. of hybrid seeds distributed to 1.46 lakh farmers and Rs crore transferred during Kharif through DBT.
7.12 lakh qtl. of Seeds to lakh farmers and an amount of Rs crore transferred during Rabi through DBT.
87,432,43 of seeds to 4,44,628 farmers and an amount of Rs crores transfer is in progress during Kharif-2016.
So far, lakhs farmers registered online out of total 2.3 crore farmers in Uttar Pradesh.

8. Registration and FID generation – ODISHA
Total registration 17,76,668 , Total FID generated – 16,13,019.
QTY. IN QTLS.
Sale of seed through DBT mode–
Crop
Lifting
Farmer Sale
Paddy
2,99,748.20
2,91,043.20
Black Gram
3.90
3.12
Groundnut
180.00
120.00
Scheme wise Details –
Scheme Name
No of Distinct Farmer
Total Amount (in Rs.)
NMOOP
174
2,92,500.00
NFSM
21452
111,87,250.00
RKVY
46337
217,86,263.20
STATE PLAN
264,048
2346,77,914.72
Total
332,011
2679,43,927.92

9. Recommendations based on DBT initiatives in UP and Orissa
Registration of farmers’ details is the first step, best done in campaign mode, to be done both online and offline-seed with bank and aadhar details
Subsidy to be given on first come first served basis-purchase at full rates through designated outlets-once in 3 years for any crop

10. Recommendations based on DBT initiatives in UP and Orissa
Reimbursement has to be prompt if not immediate
Small farmers’ difficulty in paying upfront amount needs to be addressed through instant reimbursement or other measures eg PDC, loans etc
Linkage with PFMS important

11. Recommendations based on DBT initiatives in UP and Orissa
Linkage with other modules like the certification , licensing and inventory systems as done by Orissa also useful
Political leadership’s buy in crucial
Training, awareness generation, use of technology and of social media also critical

12. Challenges
Need to converge the various types of Seeds and other input subsidies
Treatment of demonstration programs and mini kits
Treatment of sharecroppers
Taking care of the small and marginal farmer who has difficulties in upfront payments
Integration with PFMS
Coordination with banks