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TMI BlogPrice Stabilisation Fund SchemeX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme - News and Press Release Dated:- 8-8-2014 - News - The Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme for the Plantation crops, namely Tea, Coffee and Rubber was set up in 2003 with the objective of providing financial relief to growers on account of fall in the prices of commodities below a specified level. Under the scheme, growers are entitled for financial assistance at the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rate of Rs. one thousand only when average annual domestic price falls below twenty per cent of seven years moving average of international price. The Scheme is based on contribution from the growers and the Government in varying proportions ranging from Rs. five hundred to Rs. one thousand depending on the year in question being a normal year, distress year or boom year. The Corpus of Price S ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tabilisation Fund consists of one time contribution of ₹ 435.55 crores received from the government and the growers and stands at ₹ 918.10 crores as on 31.03.2014. The details of year wise expenditure on account of the schemes implemented from the Price Stabilisation Fund are given below (Rs.in thousands only) Year Price Stabilisation Fund (P ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... SF) Personal Accident Insurance Scheme (PAIS) Total 2011-12 40.5 665.0 705.5 2012-13 266.5 1114.4 1380.9 2013-14 1.50 120.0 121.5 T ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... otal 308.5 1899.4 2207.9 Total cumulative expenditure on account of the above mentioned schemes since inception of the Fund is ₹ 1.53 crores. A Price Stabilization Fund for agricultural commodities has been announced in the Union Budget 2014-15 with a view to mitigate volatility in the prices of agricultural produce. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... The Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) Scheme is regularly reviewed with a view to address the identified bottlenecks of the Scheme and to increase its effectiveness in dealing with the price risk faced by growers. Discussion on evolving a Comprehensive insurance based scheme in this regard with various stakeholders is underway. The information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Char ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ge) in the Ministry of Commerce Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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