Producer Company (PC) and Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
(One Day Round-table)
On 31st January 2009 (Saturday)
at Tagore Hall, Scope Convention Centre, Scope Complex, 7, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003
Organized by
Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited
Fully owned by Commercial Banks, NABARD, EXIM Bank
Inaugural Session: 10.00 A.M.
Welcome & Introduction : Mr A K Garg, Managing Director, AFCL, Mumbai
Inaugural Note : Mr Y C Nanda, Chairman AFCL, Mumbai
Address : Dr V V Sadamate, Adviser, Planning Commission, New Delhi
Morning session
Session Facilitator : Mr R K Tiwari, Jt Secretary (Agri), MOA, Govt of India
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Scope and Potential of PCs – Dr Gavin Wall, FAO Representative for India & Bhutan. |
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Changing the lives of the Poor through the Producer Companies – 17 Cases of DPIP, Madhya Pradesh : Mr Ravindra Pastor, Project Coordinator, DPIP, Madhya Pradesh. |
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Dr Belavadi, Sr General Manager, (Cooperative Services), National Dairy Development Board. |
Question & Answer
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Is PC a necessity for the sustainability of small farmers and rural producers?
Dr O P Rupela, Former Principal Secretary, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
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Producer Company – A Holistic Approach to Rebuilding Rural India: Mr Subhash Mehta, Trustee Devarao Shivaram Trust, Bangalore |
Question & Answer
Lunch : 1.30 P.M. to 2.30 P.M.
Afternoon Session:
Session Chair: Dr K G Karmakar, Managing Director, NABARD
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Successful Artisans Micro Finance through PC – Case of 'FAB INDIA'
Ms Smita Mankad, Managing Director, Microfinance Division, FABINDIA, Delhi
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Revisiting Producer Companies in light of Traditional Firm and Financial Structure: Dr Amar KJR Nayak, Associate Professor, Strategic Management, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar |
Question & Answer
Plenary session Chairman - to guide on a road map to achieve the following within the year, assigning responsibilities:
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Planning commission and all concerned ministries to also make their schemes available to PCs, show that empowered PC intervention as the effective platform for delivery of Government programs. |
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Staffed by professionals and being governed by the company's act, PC is accountable, making it possible for financial institutions to deal directly with them. |
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Government funding made accessible to PCs, eg as in MP DPIP an amount of Rs 25 lacs is given as fixed deposit to the financing against viable projects. |
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Legal provisions be streamlined to facilitate effective PC operations, identify and promote enabling factors for setting up and operating PCs on bottom up and participatory mode. |
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Presentation of outputs for adoption. |
Vote of Thanks: Dr S N Upadhyaya, Executive Director, AFCL, Mumbai |
