OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES - Agmarknet

) As mentioned in para 9 (d), a Joint Inspection Committee consisting of officialsfrom NABARD, NCDC, participating bank(s), as the case may be, and DMI wouldinspect the project work within the overall scope of the operational guidelines ofthe scheme and would submit its report in the format at Annexure VI whichshould be enclosed with Annexure II. For this purpose, thepromoters/participating banks/NABARD will initiate necessary action to get theinspection conducted on the project site by the Joint Inspection Committee at thetime when the project is completed, so as to avoid any delay inrelease/adjustment of subsidy.c) After crediting the final instalment of subsidy in the reserve fund of the borrower,a utilization certificate as per Annexure III is required to be submitted by theparticipating bank to NABARD/NCDC as the case may be, to the effect thatamount of subsidy received by them has been fully utilized and adjusted in thebooks of account under the sanctioned terms and conditions of the project, withinthe overall guidelines of the scheme.d) The progress report of the scheme as per formats at Annexures IV & V shallbe sent by NABARD/NCDC directly to the Head office of DMI on a monthly basis.e) NABARD would delegate adequate powers to the Chief GeneralManagers/General Managers/ In-charge of Regional Offices of NABARD so as tofacilitate expeditious sanction of projects and release of refinance/subsidyamounts under the scheme.11. STRENGTHENING OF AGMARK LABORATORIES OFDIRECTORATE OF MARKETING AND INSPECTIONThe Central Agmark Laboratory at Nagpur and 8 identified Regional AgmarkLaboratories shall be upgraded by providing requisite scientific instruments andsupporting facilities. These laboratories on up-gradation would carry out qualitytesting as per Codex requirements and would be got accredited with NationalAccreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), Department ofScience and Technology.12. GENERAL AWARENESS AND TRAINING PROGRAMMEGeneral awareness, publicity and training programmes for farmers, marketfunctionaries and entrepreneurs in construction, maintenance and operation ofinfrastructure projects as also agricultural marketing in general including grading andstandardization, shall be taken up through Ch. Charan Singh National Institute ofAgricultural Marketing, Jaipur and other national and state levelinstitutions/Universities.-12-