Registration as Flue cured Virginia Tobacco Grower

(Rule 33, 33-A and 33-B of Tobacco Board Rules, 1976)

According to Section 10(1) of Tobacco Board Act, No person shall grow FCV tobacco without obtaining a certificate from the Board.

Procedure for Registration

• New growers applying for registration have to file application forms in Form-1 for registration as Virginia tobacco growers as per time schedule fixed by Registration Committee.(Karnataka – April/ May ;Andhra Pradesh – August/ September) along with fees applicable .
• Grower applicants registered during previous year, seeking renewal of registration shall file their application in revised format (single sheet) in the place of statutory Form-1 as per schedule for registration announced each year along with fees applicable.
• All the applications for renewals shall be accompanied by Tobacco Growers Pass Book in original.
• The applications received from growers for registration/ renewal of registration will be processed as per the criteria laid down by the Registration committee for growers and others.

Registration as Virginia Tobacco Growers - Rule 33 of Tobacco Board Rules

According to Section 10(1) No person shall grow FCV tobacco without obtaining a certificate from the Board.

• The intending grower shall apply to the Secretary or such other officer of the Board as may be authorized by the Chairman in this behalf for a certificate of registration or for renewal of certificate of registration, five months before the commencement of operations for growing Virginia tobacco in any state in any year, but not later than–
• the 31st January in the case of growers of Virginia tobacco in the states of Karnataka, Orissa and Tamil Nadu.
• the 31st May in the case of growers of Virginia tobacco in the states of Andhra Pradesh,
  Maharashtra and West Bengal.

• Grower applicants registered during previous year, seeking renewal of registration shall file their application in revised format (single sheet) in the place of statutory Form-1 as per time schedule (Annexure-V) fixed by Registration Committee.
• New growers applying for registration have to file application forms in Form-1 for registration as Virginia tobacco growers as per normal procedure
• All the applications for renewals shall be accompanied by Tobacco Growers Pass Book in original invariably. Without pass book registration shall not be renewed.
• The particulars of registration fee payable as per the rules 33(4) (for registration as a grower of Virginia tobacco) of Tobacco Board (Amendment) Rules, 1988 is Rs.1/- per 0.4 ha. (one acre) and with corresponding increase of the fee with increase in area.
• After payment of fees, Renewal of registration / Registration as growers of Virginia tobacco is to be granted to all the eligible applicants on the spot by endorsing particulars of registration i.e., area authorized, quota per barn in the Tobacco Growers Pass Book (TGPB) for current crop season.

Particulars of Growers Registration since 2004-05 crop season (State wise):

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