(1) Scheme launched in April, 2003.

(2) Scheme for Financial Assistance:

• Low Price Year – PSF Trust deposits Rs.1000/- per Member, the Member is not required to make any deposit.
• Normal Price Year – Both PSF Trust and the Grower deposit Rs.500/- each.
• High Price Year – Only Member deposits Rs.1000/-, PSF Trust makes no payment.
• Each member opens a PSF SB A/C. All deposits are made into the member’s SB A/C.

(3) Target Coverage – Phase I –

(4) PSF Corpus Fund:: As on 31-3-2011, PSF Corpus fund comprises of Rs.435.17 Crores, out of which government contribution is Rs.432.88 Crore and grower's contribution is Rs.2.29 Crores. Year wise contribution breakup is as under-

(5) Registration of PSF Trust:

(6) High Powered Committee:

To provide guidance regarding policy issues, Department of Commerce has constituted a High Powered Committee.

(7) Current Status:

• NABARD Guidelines to Banks have been issued in August 2003.
• Detailed Guidelines regarding enrolment procedure have been issued by PSF Trust in October, 2003.
• Enrolment position at the end of March, 2011 is as follows:
  
  

RUBBER	18919
COFFEE	11594
TEA	15730
TOBACCO	0
TOTAL	46243




STATE-WISE,COMMODITY-WISE PROGRESS OF ENROLMENT (AS AT END OF MARCH 2011 )

S. No.	COFFEE			TEA		RUBBER		TOTAL
		No. of Small Growers		No. of Small Grower		No. of Small Growers		No. of Small Growers
	STATE	Proposed	Covered	Proposed	Covered	Proposed	Covered	Proposed	Covered
1	Karnataka	22749	2278	0	0	7124	664	29873	2942
2	Kerala	37305	2876	2250	12	165875	16354	205430	19242
3	Tamil Nadu	6641	906	23245	11875	6897	706	36783	13487
4	Andhra Pradesh	0	5455	0	0	0	0	0	5455
5	W. Bengal	0	0	467	132	0	0	467	132
6	Himachal Pradesh	0	0	1380	46	0	0	1380	46
7	North East	5254	0	15277	3601	17565	1137	38096	4738
8	Others	0	79	0	64*	0	53	0	132
	TOTAL	71949	11594	42619	15730	197461	18914	312029	46174

* State wise figure not received from the Tea Board