Assistance to Scheduled Caste Farmers for Sinking Tubewell in Erode

At a glance

Implementing Body

Dept. of Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare, Puducherry

Subsidy

90%

Maximum

₹1,80,000 per tubewell/filter point

Beneficiaries

Scheduled Caste farmers

Land Requirement

Minimum 1.5 acres (owned 2+ years)

Re-availing

Not within 5 years

Eligibility

• The applicant should belong to the Scheduled Caste Community.
• The applicant should be an Indian National and native of the Union Territory of Puducherry by birth or by continuous residence for the past 5 years.
• The applicant must obtain the necessary permit to sink a new/replacement tubewell/filter point from the Pondicherry Ground Water Authority, Puducherry.
• The tubewell/filter point should have been constructed through a departmental power rig/hand bore set, or with an NOC of the Agriculture Department for engaging private drilling machinery registered with the Authority under departmental supervision.
• The applicant should hold a minimum of 1.5 acres of land under the command area, with ownership for at least 2 years and a clear ownership title deed (in favour of the applicant, spouse, or a member of the joint/undivided family).
• Farmers who have already availed the subsidy for the same purpose within 5 years are not entitled to any benefit. Casing pipes should have a BIS certificate and be purchased from an authorized dealer/M/s. PASIC Ltd. The applicant should not convert the lands for a minimum period of 10 years to any purpose other than agriculture and should execute a bond accordingly.

Documents required

• Nationality, Nativity, and Caste certificate issued by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar.
• The certificate for land ownership issued by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar.
• A copy of the PERMIT obtained from the Pondicherry Ground Water Authority, Puducherry, for sinking a New/Replacement tubewell/filter point.
• The Registration Certificate for the tubewell/filter point issued by the Pondicherry Ground Water Authority; for a new service connection, a copy of the energization letter.
• If constructed using private machinery: (i) a copy of the NOC issued by the competent authority and (ii) a copy of the License for the private machinery issued by the Pondicherry Ground Water Authority.
• Original bills for the construction expenses (or, if a Bank loan was availed, an attested copy of the original bills and a certificate from the Bank). Include a copy of the Aadhaar card, Farmers Identity Card, and the front page of the Bank passbook.