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Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi wrote letter, dated on November 9, 2017, to all the District Collectors in this regard.
According to the letter, agriculture input subsidy shall be paid to the actual cultivators including the share croppers on field enquiry and verification. Similar procedure shall be followed in case of deity land under cultivation by share croppers or lessees.
In case of other privileged Rayats like widow and differently abled persons etc, agriculture input subsidy shall be paid to the Rayats.
In respect of land alloted under Forest Rights Act, for which title has been issued, the cultivators shall be enumerated for payment of agriculture input subsidy.
However, the government land under unauthorised occupation/ encroachment shall not be taken into consideration for enumeration of payment of agriculture input subsidy.
Besides, the SRC directed to make all payments of agriculture input subsidy through e-transfer to the bank/postal accounts of the beneficiaries.