Agriculture Developement Page

Farm Information Bureau

• Promotion of Group Farming for Augmenting Rice Production
• Food Security Project
• Coconut Development
• Seed Authority
• Augumenting Production of Planting Materials through Departmental Farms
• Special Support Scheme for Farm Sector Debt Relief Commission
• Establishment of modern laboratories
• Integrated Pest Management
• Farm Information and Communication
• Strengthening of Agricultural Extension
• Farmers Welfare programme
• Crop Insurance
• National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
• Coconut Crop Insurance
• Weather based insurance
• Small farm mechanisation and Agricultural Engineering service
• Agro Service Centres
• Vegetable Promotion through Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council of Kerala in selected districts
• State Horticulture Mission (State Share)
• Development of Vegetable through Agriculture Department
• Contigency Programme to meet Natural Calamities
• World Trade Orgzn. Cell (WTO)
• State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute [SAMETI]
• Application of Information Technology
• Development of Kuttanad wetland eco system
• Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana [RKVY]
• Kissan Project
• Commodity safety net scheme
• Rural Infrastructure Development Fund Projects
• Share capital contribution to Kerala State Horticulture Products Development Corporation

B. Agricultural Research & Education

• Human Resource Development
• Planting Material Programme for KAU
• On farm trails and front line demonstration for KAU

C. Central Sector Schemes (State Share)

• Support to state extension programmes for extension reforms [ATMA] (90% CSS)
• Micro Irrigation (90% CSS)

D.Agricultural Marketing & Quality Control

• Market Intervention Support for Price Stabilization
• Grading of Agricultural Commodities
• Market Development
• Expansion of Farmers Market of VFPCK
• Agro Industries Corporation
• Kerala State Warehousing Corporation
• Rural Infrastructure Development Fund Projects

1. Establishment papers except disciplinary action of the following officers of Agriculture Department.
   • Additional Director
   • Joint Director
   • Deputy Director
   • Assistant Director
   • Assistant Engineer
   • Assistant Executive Engineer
   • Executive Engineer
   • Assistant Soil Chemist
   • Senior Grade Scientific Assistant.
2. Delegation of powers of the officers of Agriculture Department.
3. Special Rules of Agricultural State Services.
4. DPC I of Agriculture Department.
5. Revision of orders and manuals of Agriculture Department
6. Miscellaneous LA Questions of the section.

1. Establishment papers of Agricultural Officer, Agricultural Assistants and Field Supervisors of Agriculture Department.
2. Disciplinary action in respect of Agricultural Assistants & Agricultural Filed Officers.
3. All papers related to:
   • Organization and set up of Agriculture Department
   • Krishi Bhavans
4. Land owned by Agriculture Department
5. Miscellaneous papers of the section.

1. Disciplinary action of the following officers of Agriculture Department.
   • Agricultural Field Officers
   • Agricultural Officers
   • Assistant Director of Agriculture
   • Deputy Director of Agriculture
   • Joint Director of Agriculture
   • Additional Director of Agriculture
2. Papers relating to Special Vigilance Cell.

1. Establishment papers of Soil Survey & Soil Conservation Department.
2. Revision of Codes and Manuals of Soil Survey & Soil Conservation Dept.
3. Review of Administrative Report of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation Dept.

1. All papers related to deputation of officers of Agriculture Department, Soil Survey and Soil Conservation Department and Farm Information Bureau for Trainings, Festivals, Seminars, Conferences and Workshops including papers for training and deputation received from GAD and P & AR Department.
2. Deployment of staff of Agriculture Dept. to Local Self Govt Institutions.
3. All papers related to vehicles of Farm Information Bureau and Soil Survey & Soil Conservation Department.
4. Convening of Farm Information Bureau meetings.
5. Mass Media (including Government of India), Booklets, Journals, Newsletters, Press Release, advertisement, Farm Guides, Short films/video, website etc.
6. Kissan Kerala Project.
7. Awards to farmers and officials of Agriculture Department.
8. Administrative sanction for advertisements.
9. Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) to Photocopier/Riso/Fax of Agriculture Department, Soil Survey and Soil Conservation Department and Farm Information Bureau.
10. All papers related to purchase and maintenance of furniture for Agriculture Dept., Soil Survey & Soil Conservation Dept and Farm Information Bureau.
11. Other establishment papers
12. Miscellaneous papers of the section.

1. Papers related to the scheme of employment assistance to dependents/relatives of public servants (dying in harness) in respect of Agriculture Department, Soil Survey & Soil Conservation Department and Farm Information Bureau.
2. Establishment papers of ministerial staff including non-gazetted officers of Agriculture Department.
3. Review of Administrative Report of Agriculture Department.

1. All papers related to:
   • Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Agriculture and Soil Survey & Soil Conservation.
   • Review of progress report of centrally sponsored schemes
   • National Projects on Biogas development.
   • Non-conventional energy sources including Biogas and Biomass.
   • Bio-diesel and Getropha plant.
   • Pokkali and Kariland cultivation.
   • Kariland Development Agency.
   • Micro irrigation(Drip & Sprinkler Irrigation).
   • Lift Irrigation
   • Construction, Repair and Maintenance of bunds, ponds and canals for agricultural purposes.
2. Monthly review of development activities.
3. State Level Nodal Agency for Watershed (NWDPRA)
4. Miscellaneous papers of the section.

1. All papers related to:
   • State schemes removed from the list of centrally sponsored schemes under Agriculture and Soil Survey & Soil Conservation.
   • District and State Level Co-ordination Committees on Agricultural Production Programme.
   • Programmes under Agro Climatical Zonal Team.
   • Extension activities in Agriculture Department.
   • National Food Security Programme.
   • National Development Council.
   • Haritha.
   • ATMA.
   • SAMETI
   • LEEDS
   • Bio Resource cum Agro-service Centre
   • National Horticulture Mission
   • National Organic Farming Programme
   • Rashtriya Krishi Vinjhan Yojana (RKVY), except project preparation and monitoring.
   • Lease land cultivation
2. General papers relating to contract farming and group farming

1. All papers related to:
   • Paddy (cultivation, production, conservation, procurement, marketing, and supporting prize)
   • Paddy Development Agencies.
   • Paddy Board.
   • Production bonus to paddy farmers.
   • Padasekhara Samities.
   • Aquaculture in Padasekharams.
   • Fallow paddy land cultivation.
   • Rice Bio-Park
   • Upland paddy cultivation
2. Free power for agriculture purposes.
3. State Food Security Programme
4. All papers related to District Development Council (Jilla Vikasana Samiti)

1. All papers related to:
2. Coconut Cultivation
3. Cashew, sugarcane, banana, spices, vanilla and mushroom including their cultivation, value added products and State Schemes.
   • Floriculture
   • Tissueculture and Tissueculture lab.
   • Hi-tech farming.
4. Organic farming and Organic Farming Policy.
5. Plan Schemes on Private Nurseries.
6. Pension schemes for small and marginal farmers.
7. Karshika Vikasana Samiti.
8. Vanilla Marketing crisis.
9. State Horticulture Mission, EEC assisted horticulture development and miscellaneous papers on horticulture.
10. National and State Medicinal Plant Boards and other papers related to medicinal plants.
11. Kerala Land Use Commission.
12. Special Employment Programme for One Lakh Youth.
13. Karshaka Raksha Insurance and other insurance schemes for farmers.
14. Kisan Abhiman Pension programme and other pension schemes for farmers.
15. Papers related to Kerala Agricultural Workers Welfare Fund Board.
16. Miscellaneous papers of the section

1. All papers related to:
   • Arecanut cultivation.
   • Tapioca and other tuber crops, pepper, cocoa and vegetables and fruits other than banana including their cultivation, value added products and State Schemes.
   • Precision farming.
   • Budget speech
   • Budget estimate (Plan & Non-plan) of Agriculture Department, Soil Survey & Soil Conservation Department and Farm Information Bureau.
   • State Plan Schemes of Agriculture and Soil Survey & Soil Conservation Departments and Farm Information Bureau.
   • Plan Schemes for pepper.
   • Fallow land cultivation except paddy.
   • Agriculture Development Policy (Karshika Vikasana Nayam).
   • Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Kerala (VFPCK)
2. Monitoring of State Plan Schemes & Plan Progress Review.
3. Monitoring of 20 point programme.
4. Special Schemes/Projects/Packages for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.
5. Working group meeting in respect of Agriculture Department and Department of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation

1. All papers related to: 
   • Coconut Development Board.
   • Procurement of raw coconut and copra.
   • Support price to coconut and copra.
   • Installation of copra dryers.
   • Soil Testing Laboratories (Excluding establishment)
   • Quality Control Laboratories (Excluding establishment)
   • Agmark Grading Laboratories (Excluding establishment)
2. Kuttanad Package.
3. Idukki Package.
4. National Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices
5. Rubber (including cultivation) and Rubber Board

1. Kerala Land Utilization Order 1967.
2. Revision petitions filed under Kerala Land Utilization Order.
3. Committee constituted to study the gravity of illegal conversion of paddy land & the remedial measures for it.
4. Kerala Conservation of Paddy land and Wetland Act, 2008.

1. All papers (excluding establishment) related to:
   • Regulated markets including Agriculture Marketing Bill.
   • Madras Commercial Crops Marketing Act and Rules.
   • Malabar Market Committee, Calicut.
   • Agricultural Market Intervention Schemes.
   • Price support schemes to cash crops, spices etc.
   • Spices Board.
   • State Agricultural Prices Board.
   • Plant diseases.
   • Pesticides & insecticides
   • Bio Fertilizer Laboratory (Excluding establishment)
   • Parasite Breeding Stations (Excluding establishment)
   • Bio-Control Lab (Excluding establishment)
2. Kerala Plant Diseases and Pests Act, 1972.
3. Spraying against Eryiophid mite.
4. Kerala Centre for Pest Management.
5. Miscellaneous papers of the section

1. All papers related to:
   • Agricultural farms
   • Agricultural farm labourers and contingency employees of Agriculture Department.
   • Seed Act and Seed Rules.
   • Seed stores, Seed farms & Godowns
   • Seed Committee
   • Seed Testing Laboratories.
   • Kerala State Seed Development Authority.
   • Production, storage, preservation & Distribution of seeds.
   • Coconut seed germination.
   • Procurement cost of coconut seedlings and paddy seeds
   • Nurseries & Nurseries Registration Act.
   • Neera.
   • National e-Governance Programme (NeGP)
   • IT, IDEAS, SPARK, DDFS, e-Office

1. All papers related to:
   • Agricultural Research and Extension Co-ordination Boards.
   • Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
   • Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
   • Kerala Agricultural University.
   • Admission to other Agricultural Universities.
   • All Research Stations and Agronomic Experiments.
   • Regional Agricultural Technology Training Centre.
   • Genetically modified Crops.

1. All papers related to:
   • Accommodation (Construction, shifting and maintenance of building)
   • Rent of building.
   • Tribal Resettlement and Development Mission, Kerala.
   • Deseeya Karshaka Thozhilali Federation.
2. Inspection reports from the Stores Purchase Department.
3. Strengthening of Agriculture Engineering Wing.
4. Establishment papers of Non Gazetted technical staff, Class IV employees, driver, Part time Sweeper and Casual Sweeper of Agriculture Department.
5. Miscellaneous papers of the section

1. All papers related to:
   • Plantation Corporation of Kerala.
   • Oil Palm India Ltd.
   • Horticultural Products Development Corporation.
   • Trivandrum Rubber Works

1. All papers related to:
   • Kerala State Coconut Development Corporation.
   • State Warehousing Corporation of Kerala.
   • State Farming Corporation of Kerala.
   • Nadukkara Agro Processing Company.
   • Establishment of cold storages.
   • Vazhakkulam Agro & Fruit Processing Company
   • Kerala Pineapple Mission

1. All papers related to:
   • Kerala Land Development Corporation
   • Kerala Agro Industries Corporation
   • Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation
   • Miscellaneous papers of the section

1. All papers related to:
   • Chief Secretary's Conference, MP's Conference, Collectors' Conferences, Staff Meeting etc.
   • Governor's address
   • Rainwater harvesting.
   • Result Framework Document (RFD)
   • Wayanad Package.
   • Dr.Prabhakaran Commission Report (Kasaragod Development Package)
2. General miscellaneous papers of the Department.
3. Revision of Subject Distribution Order of Agriculture Department
4. Miscellaneous papers of the section.

1. All papers related to:
   • Suicide of farmers
   • Crop loss due to natural calamities (Flood, Drought, Saline water intrusion etc.)
   • Kerala Farmers Debt Relief Commission Act, 2006.
   • Kerala State Farmers' Debt Relief Commission.
   • Prime Minister's Special Rehabilitation Package for the distress affected districts of Wayanad, Palakkad & Kasaragod.

1. All papers related to:
   • Fertilizer Control Order 1985
   • Zonal Fertilizer Conferences.
   • Allocation of fertilizer from Central Government to State.
   • Periodical report on supply of fertilizer from firms.
   • Vehicles of Agriculture Department.
   • Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium (SFAC)
   • Consolidation of Monthly Business Statement of the Department
2. Papers related to various crop insurance schemes:
   • State Crop Insurance Scheme.
   • National Agricultural Insurance Scheme.
   • Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme.
   • Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme.
3. Crop cutting experiments and preparation of crop statistics.

1. All papers related to:
   • Agricultural implements including pumpsets, petty-para etc.
   • Supply and recovery of short term/medium term/long term loans on schemes announced by Government of Kerala/Government of India.
   • Institutional credit to farmers.
   • State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) meetings.
   • Agro Service Centre and service delivery and related matters.
   • Karshika Karma Sena
   • Agro Clinics.
   • Pumping Subsidy given to farmers.
   • Micro watersheds/ Neerthada Padhathi/Nirmary.
   • Coconut oil and other value added products from coconut except Neera
   • KERAFED
2. Miscellaneous papers of the section

1. All papers related to:
   • NABARD assisted RIDF schemes in all districts.
   • Registration of farmers & Agricard
   • Subsidy & e-payment to farmers.
   • Sahasra Sarovar Project.
   • Ponnani Kole Development Agency
   • Thrissur Kole Development Agency
   • Thrissur Ponnani Integrated Kole Development Schemes
   • Onattukara Vikasana Agency.
2. General papers relating to soil conservation and NABARD.

1. Preparation of projects seeking financial assistance from Government of India and external agencies.
2. Preparation of Policy papers and concept notes related to agriculture.
3. Preparation and monitoring of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana(RKVY) projects

1. All papers related to consolidation of:
   • L.A. Interpellations and Assurances.
   • Audit paras.
   • Inspection Report of AG.
   • Report of C& AG of India.
   • Reports of Public Accounts Committee, Public Undertakings Committee, Estimates Committee, Subject Committee and other Legislature Committees.
2. Reply to miscellaneous L.A Interpellations, Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha questions referred from other departments.
3. Papers related to progress in implementation of official language

1. The WTO Cell set up in the Agriculture Department in 2004 looks into matters related to trade in Agriculture in general and specifically on issues related to foreign trade policy, WTO Regional Trade agreement intellectual property rights affecting Agriculture. It also looks into the functioning of EEC aided wholesale market, AEZ Projects, plan review exercise and L.A.R cases related to EEC markets.

1. Plan Schemes of Dairy Development Department including Central Sector Schemes.
2. Budget papers of Dairy Development Department.
3. General Sector Schemes benefiting SC/ST.
4. Establishment papers of all officers of the Dairy Development Department.
5. All papers relating to Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation and the three milk Unions and APCOS/Co-operative Milk Societies.
6. Residuary papers on kottayam Dairy Projects and other allied subject
7. OP's relating to Milk Societies.
8. All papers relating to Flood II Programme.
9. Swiss Aided Dairy Project.
10. Papers relating to Motor Vehicles and purchase of Stores of Dairy Department.
11. Administration Report of Dairy Department.
12. Papers not alloted to any other seats in the section.
13. Papers on Sewage Farms under Dairy Department.

1. All Establishment matters relating to AH Department including farm labourers
2. All papers relating to appointment under compassionate employment scheme in Directorate of Animal Husbandry.
3. Papers of continuance of temporary non-gazetted posts in the Directorate of Animal Husbandry.
4. Special rules of Animal Husbandry Subordinate service.
5. Establishment papers of Livestock Inspectors.
6. Delegation of powers to officers of Animal Husbandry Department.
7. Papers relating to charge allowance to officers of A.H.D. and their Deputation, Seminars/Training outside to state.
8. All papers relating to Special Recruitment.
9. Establishment papers of Sr. Superintendents/Administrative Assistants/ Accounts Officers etc.(including disciplinary action)
10. Papers not allotted to other branches in this Section.
11. All papers relating to Gazetted Officers of the Animal Husbandry Department.
12. Special Rules for Animal Husbandry State Service.

1. All papers relating to K. L. D. B.
2. All papers relating to Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation.
3. Papers on cattle improvement Assets and others selected through special employment programme.
4. All papers relating to Meat Products of India.
5. Papers of Kerala Feeds Ltd. (including budget)
6. Papers on New Veterinary/Dairy Colleges and the proposed Veterinary University.
7. Papers on LIPCOS/SPCAs including Budget.
8. Amendment/Additions to the existing Acts/Rules of Animal Husbandry Department and all papers relating to Indian Veterinary Council/Kerala State Veterinary Council.
9. Artificial Insemination facilities.
10. Miscellaneous papers/petitions and consolidation work of the Animal Husbandry and dairy Departments.
11. Papers on Meetings/Seminars/Exhibitions etc.
12. Papers not allotted to other branches in this Section.

1. Plan Schemes of Animal Husbandry Department.
2. Budget papers of Animal Husbandry Department.
3. Papers relating to Central Sector Schemes in A.H.D.General Sector Schemes.
4. Benefiting Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes.
5. Livestock Census.
6. Special Animal Husbandry Programme.
7. Review of 20 point programme.
8. Annual Administration Report of Animal Husbandry Department.
9. Miscellaneous papers of the AHG Section.
10. Write off of birds/animals died.
11. Papers relating to Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, Palode.
12. Construction works of Department of Animal Husbandry.
13. Opening of Veterinary Dispensaries,Hospitals, Sub Centres etc.
14. Shifting of Veterinary Institutions of A.H.D.
15. Compensation to loss sustained on natural calamities.
16. Papers relating to purchase of feed ingredients, medicine chemicals.
17. Follow up action on non-supply/defective supply medicine feed etc.
18. Purchase and repair of Sundry articles and various equipment of the A.H.D.
19. Condemnation of artices not useful to the A.H.D.
20. Write off/loss due to theft and natural calamities.
21. Settlement of dues payable on account of purchase of feed etc.
22. Inspection report of Stores Purchase Department, Finance Department and Accountant General.
23. Purchase of vehicles of Animal Husbandry Department.