TOBACCO BOARD - Grower's Welfare Schemes

Fonts Download and Installation Instructions

To view this web portal in Hindi, you need Hindi fonts, Mangal respectively. You need to download and install the fonts in your
computer. Kindly request you to go through the following steps, which will enable you to download fonts and install quickly and
easily.

Windows

Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP - Unicode support is built in and you should have no problems. If you are still not
able to view the site, please follow the following steps:

Windows XP
Windows XP has inbuilt Indian languages features. If you enable these features, you will be able to view the Hindi pages much
better. You must have at least 10 MB of free hard disk space and the Installation Disk of Windows ready, before starting. Please
close any open programs.

Go to Control Panel (from the "Start" button)
Go to Regional and Language Options
Click the "Languages" tab
Check (click) the line marked "Install files for complex scripts and right to left languages (including Thai)" When you check this line, a new window will appear, which will give a list of languages that will be installed. This list will include 'Indic'. It will 'warn' you that you need at least 10 MB of hard disk space. Click OK to close this window. Then click OK on the Regional and Languages Options window. You will be asked to restart your computer. You should be able to view the Hindi text on this site now.

Windows 2000
Enable support for Indian languages on your computer. Windows 2000 has inbuilt Indian languages features. If you enable these features, you will be able to view the Hindi pages much better.

Go to Settings (Start Button)
Go to Control Panel
Go to Regional Options
In "Language settings for the system" (in the first "General" tab), select Indic.
Click Ok. You should be able to view the Hindi text on this site now.

Windows 95 / Windows 98

Download and install the following font, download to your Windows/Fonts folder: Mangal
Rebooting the computer is advised, but not required. Refreshing the webpage in the browser should be enough.

Macintosh

Mac OS X (and above)
Unicode support is built in and you should have no problems. Advised to use Safari web browser. Note, site was tested on
OS X - Panther, prior versions of OS X should also work with appropriate unicode font.

Mac OS 9.x
Using your OS 9.x installation cd, launch the Language Pack installer and install the Devanagari pack.

Mac OS 8.6.x
Same as OS 9.x except you'll be installing "Multilingual Internet Access" rather than Language Packs.

Mac OS 8.5.x
Unfortunately there is no language support provided by Apple, and seperate language packs will have to be bought.

Now fonts are installed on your computer and you can visit this site.

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Grower's Welfare Schemes

To protect the interests of the tobacco growers & their families, the Board is implementing welfare schemes like Group Personal Accidental (GPA) policy, Insurance policy for barns, allied structures and tobacco stocks of registered growers in A.P., and offering Life Term Insurance Policy for growers in Karnataka.

The Board negotiates with general insurance companies and arrives at competitive premium rates for the growers and helps them in registeration and settlement of claims.

Coverage under GPA Policy, Barns, Allied Structures & Stock Insurance Policy.

Crop season

Andhra Pradesh
Growers	Barns

Karnataka

Growers

2005-06

37903

30601

2006-07

38866

32627.79

2007-08

41312

34787.61

38366

2008-09

43520

36849.41

2009-10

46114

39221.42

29593

Minimum Guaranteed Price (MGP)

During 1989-90 the Board, with a view to instil confidence among growers on the prices, introduced the concept of Minimum Guaranteed Prices (MGP) for various soil regions in A.P and Karnataka after negotiations with the Trade and Industry.

The Minimum Guaranteed Prices (MGPs) offered by the trade are generally above the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) announced by the Govt.

The MGPs, MSP and the overall average prices realised by growers in the auctions during the previous years are as follows.