Who will participate and how?
Q1.
How
to submit the sub-project proposals under Component-1 ?
Q2. Will ICAR institutes be supported for commercialization of technologies through the Business
Development Plan (BDP) of NAIP?
Q3. What is the role of private sector in NAIP?
Q4. What are the modalities of operation of sub-projects under Component –1? Can ICAR Institute
participate in Component –1? Will all SAUs participate?
Q5. Can we have foreign collaboration?
Q6. Can the CGIAR institute become the PI?
Q7.
If a private sector has the experience of promoting contract farming, can it join as a partner in
NAIP?
Q8. If a Commodity Foundation like Kotak Foundation in Cotton, has capacity to provide crop
market intelligence, can it join a consortium as a partner?
Concept
Q9. How will you relate Value Chain (VC) with Production to Consumption System (PCS)? Are
these terms interchangeable?
Q10. Is supply of suitable raw material is a part of value chain?
Q11. Can we import agricultural products as inputs into a value chain?
Q12. Is prioritization of commodities required for value chain?
Q13. Is there any incentive to motivate farmers to join the project?
Q14. Is there any focus on marketing strategies?
Q15. How to undertake sub-projects under NAIP in view of shortage of skilled manpower?
Q16. How IPR issues are addressed in the NAIP?
Q17. Is NAIP a bottom-up approach? Is it a participatory approach?
Q18. Is there a difference between consortium leader and PI of the Consortium?
Q19. Is it possible to include hybrids of crops under NAIP?
Q20. What is the relevance of bench marking survey in component 4?
Q21. Will there be opportunities for mid-course correction in the project?
Q22. How is component IV of NAIP different from the National Fund for Basic and Strategic
Research (NFBSRA)?
Q23. It is necessary to include several districts from a number of states under a specific Zone for
Component 3?
Q24. Whether any model is available for consortium mode of research for the value chain and
livelihood security systems for reference?
Q25. What is the exact difference between Project and Consortium mode?
Q26. How to improve the production and profitability of livestock under NAIP?
Q27. Whether the Component 3 is limited to 150 districts or any other adversely affected areas of
Andaman?
Q28. Whether component 2 is commodity specific?
Q29. Which district is covered under the sponsored and which under competitive project under
Component 3?
Q30. Whether outside ICAR agencies can participate directly?
Q31. In a value chain there are many actors. How to have compatible consortia? Is there any model
developed on those lines anywhere in the world?
Q32. How are we going to bring small farmers as partners in the consortia?
Q33. In the project there is emphasis on research. Six years seems to be a short time to generate
knowledge and to deliver and disseminate the results?
Q34. In this project how to match the conflicting needs of different actors like farmers, private
companies and research institutions?
Q35. Has our Agricultural Research System not been directed so far towards poverty alleviation
etc.? How NAIP is different in this aspect
Q36. How the disadvantaged districts were identified? The list does not appear to include many
known ones.
Q37. In NAIP, the research is on- station research or on-farm research?
Q38. How does a consortium to regulate the market?
Q39. Can islands like Lakshadweep be included at this stage?
Q40. Can existing innovations, be integrated into value chains?
Q41. Is there possibility of more consortia under each component?
3- Process of selection
Q42. How priorities are fixed for selection of 15 consortia under PCS?
Q43. How many pages are prescribed for writing the concept note?
Q44. How much time it would take in approval of a project proposal?
Q46. May Farmers Forum (located in NE region) start a consortium with the help of college of Vet.
Science, Khanapara, Guwahati (AAU) in five identified districts of Assam
Q47. What are the stages of improvement of concept note.
Q49. Whether PI should have 6 years of clear service?
Q50. If a PI is transferred or promoted?
Q51. Whether a scientist can submit a project proposal?
Q52. Is there any plan of opening a new Website to help?
Q53. Can a consortium hire a consultant for monitoring?
Q54. There is in-sufficient time to build enough synergy between partners?
Q55. Is there any predetermined state-wise distribution of the number consortia ?
Q56. Is there any possibility of changing the partners after concept note and before final proposal?
4- Operation of consortia
Q57. How will risks and uncertainties like droughts/floods etc. will be handled in value chain?
Q58. Does value chain emphasizes on domestic market?
Q59. Whether any member can withdraw from consortia?
Q60. How NAIP helps in combining the strengths of different proposals on a given crop/commodity /
species / theme?
5-Finance
Q61. What control will the PI of lead centre has in case the funds are directly released to all Co-PIs?
Q62. Will the project provide salary to staff involved in the sub-projects?
Q63. Does the project provide loans to farmers?
Q64. How to ensure accountability of money by the private sector?
Q65. Whether support for civil works is provided under the project?
Q66. Is there any incentive to the scientists working in the project?
Q67. Whether the money spent for preparing the project will be reimbursed?
Q68. Whether institutional charges can be used towards civil works?
Q69. Whether separate account should be opened for NAIP sub-project?
Q70. Can ICAR consider providing funds for developing the concept notes?
Q71. Is there the provision of honorarium to staff under NAIP?
Q72. How the interest accrued and revenue generated of sale proceeds etc. is to be handled?
Q73. How the requirement for vehicle will be met under NAIP?
Q74. Whether hiring of vehicles to be booked under TA or operational expenditure?
Q75. If GFR norms differ from World Bank norms, what should be done?
Q76. Will software made available for FM in NAIP?
Q81. Whether there is provision for infrastructure development under NAIP? Can a partner of a
consortium
Invest in infrastructure from its own resources?
6- Developing a project
Q82. How many partners should be there in each consortium?
Q83. Can an NGO participate in Component – II?
Q84. Will only the listed districts be taken up in Component-III?
Q85. Will the PCS be limited only to the list given in PIP?
Q86. Whether contractual staff will be provided to support finance and administration?
7. Procurement
Q87. Can consultants be hired for sub-projects of NAIP?
Q88. Whether the technology can be purchased from abroad?
Q89. Whether DGS&D rate contract can be a substitute for NCB?
Q90. Is procurement of costly stores centralized?
Q91. Is there any difference in the purchase procedure set by GFR (adopted by ICAR) and followed
under NAIP? If so, what are the differences?
Q92. If an item costs more than the estimate given in the proposal what has to be done?
Q93. Who is the owner of the assets created with the NAIP funds by any partner of the consortium?
8. Monitoring &Evaluation
Q94. Whether non-achievement of results due to natural calamity be favourably considered at the
monitoring and evaluation stage?
Q95. How non-performers will be dealt with in the project?
Q96. Please differentiate between output & outcome with suitable examples?
9.
Taxation
Q97. What
would be tax liability of the Consortium Partner ? Will TDS
be deducted when
each
advance is being given. How is the refund adjusted especially in the
last year ?
Q98.
Will the clause
of service tax applicable for their services to the CIRCOT?
Q99. Whether
the purchases made by them will exempted from excise, sales tax ,
Octroi etc If not ,
whether it
will be paid from the Non-plan budget? Kindly suggest the same. A copy
of
the Govt.
notification may be provided.
10.
Travel
Q100. Since
the Consortium Partner do not have basic pay structure like the govt.
employees, what
will be their TA & DA rates for official journeys
performed, if any under NAIP?
Q101. If
the present rates for TA&DA of they are applied, how will they get the
approval for the same
Q102.
If the TA&DA rates
(including hotel rates) as per ICAR norms are applicable, will they be
entitled for tatkal train fare, agent
booking charges etc?
Q103. Is
journey by air permissible for them. If not, will the air fare
restricted to tatkal rail ticket?
Q104. How
local journey during tour will be regulated. What will be the rate for
taxi charges? In rural
areas
return taxi fare is charged and in Ghat areas the fare is higher. What
is the policy in this
regard?
11. Salary
Q105. Do
they have to follow ICAR scales for salaries. In many case the personnel
do not possess
the
requisite qualification but have the requisite skill and experience. In
many instances such
as
merchandiser, master dyer, factory in-charges, ICAR may not have the
scales.
Q106. If
ICAR scales have to be followed, is there any provision for enhancement
of the scales and
budgetary requirements.
12.
Rent
Q107. The
project site will be at Sawantwadi in Maharashtra. However to maintain
the world bank
standards
of accounting practice a small administrative unit has to be set up in
Mumbai. Will
the
project bear the rental and operating cost of this unit and what will be
the rental norms?
Q108. NDR
main activity is producing naturally dyed yarn. In order to strengthen
the artisan sector it
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