The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), under the NITI Aayog, will soon undertake evaluation of the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) and Price Deficit Payment Scheme (PDPS), aimed at assessing their effectiveness in benefiting the farmers and introducing interventions, wherever needed, to make these schemes more impactful.
DMEO has invited bids from eligible institutes to undertake the study on the success achieved under the schemes and make recommendations on the changes needed.
“Based on the evaluation, recommendations on the need to continue the scheme in their existing, modified, scaled up or scaled down versions must be provided,” the DMEO said in the request for proposal (RFP) floated for the purpose.
“In case they need to be modified, such revisions in the scheme/design of scheme may be suggested for the effective implementation of the scheme in future,” it added.
The total duration of the evaluation study is three months following which the key recommendations will be considered at the highest level for changes needed in the schemes.
“The evaluation study is aimed at assessing whether farmers are getting remunerative prices on a timely basis under the two schemes and whether there is sufficient subsidy to farmers,” DMEO said in the RFP document.
“In case of PDPS, the aim is to assess the impact of the scheme in terms of loss of burden to the government, specifically in terms of savings due to non-procurement on storage, interest on working capital, transportation and service charges,” it added.
Further, the assessment is expected to identify deficiencies, if any, in the program design and implementation process and to identify measures to strengthen transparency and accountability.
The MIS is a price support scheme, implemented by the department of agriculture and farmers welfare (DA&FW), to ensure remunerative prices to the farmers of perishable agricultural and horticultural commodities for which MSP is not announced. It is a demand-based scheme where a proposal from state governments requires approval from DA&FW for implementation.
Under the Price Deficit Payment Scheme (PDPS), the government supports the farmers of notified oilseeds to ensure remunerative prices when the crops are sold in the harvest season without actual procurement by the government agencies.
The scheme envisages direct payment of the difference between the MSP and the selling or modal price to pre-registered farmers, selling notified oilseeds of prescribed Fair Average Quality (FAQ) norms within the stipulated period in the notified market yard or the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) through a transparent auction process, directly into the bank account of farmers.
DMEO has invited bids from eligible institutes to undertake the study on the success achieved under the schemes and make recommendations on the changes needed.
“Based on the evaluation, recommendations on the need to continue the scheme in their existing, modified, scaled up or scaled down versions must be provided,” the DMEO said in the request for proposal (RFP) floated for the purpose.
“In case they need to be modified, such revisions in the scheme/design of scheme may be suggested for the effective implementation of the scheme in future,” it added.
The total duration of the evaluation study is three months following which the key recommendations will be considered at the highest level for changes needed in the schemes.
“The evaluation study is aimed at assessing whether farmers are getting remunerative prices on a timely basis under the two schemes and whether there is sufficient subsidy to farmers,” DMEO said in the RFP document.
“In case of PDPS, the aim is to assess the impact of the scheme in terms of loss of burden to the government, specifically in terms of savings due to non-procurement on storage, interest on working capital, transportation and service charges,” it added.
Further, the assessment is expected to identify deficiencies, if any, in the program design and implementation process and to identify measures to strengthen transparency and accountability.
The MIS is a price support scheme, implemented by the department of agriculture and farmers welfare (DA&FW), to ensure remunerative prices to the farmers of perishable agricultural and horticultural commodities for which MSP is not announced. It is a demand-based scheme where a proposal from state governments requires approval from DA&FW for implementation.
Under the Price Deficit Payment Scheme (PDPS), the government supports the farmers of notified oilseeds to ensure remunerative prices when the crops are sold in the harvest season without actual procurement by the government agencies.
The scheme envisages direct payment of the difference between the MSP and the selling or modal price to pre-registered farmers, selling notified oilseeds of prescribed Fair Average Quality (FAQ) norms within the stipulated period in the notified market yard or the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) through a transparent auction process, directly into the bank account of farmers.
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