Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal said that farmers insured under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana were provided compensation for not only crop loss due to natural calamity, but also for low yield.
The chief minister said that it was for the first time that the farmers were also getting compensation for low yield. He also gave away cheques amounting to Rs 61,30,584 as compensation to 27 farmers of different districts of the State for Kharif-2016 under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana here today.
Also present at the occasion, agriculture and farmers' welfare minister, Om Parkash Dhankar said that an amount of Rs 219.70 crore was to be disbursed as compensation in about 2,500 villages of the State. He said that this compensation is in addition to the Rs 9.86 crore already disbursed among 3,593 farmers on the basis of local calamity. This compensation has been fixed through crop-cutting experiments of claim crops by considering the average yield as base.
The Minister said that all insured farmers of the village which registered low yield as compared to pre-determined production would be given compensation on the basis of their insured sown area. The amount of compensation is being deposited directly into the bank accounts of farmers. He said that the process is underway for carrying out insurance of Rabi 2016-17 crops, under which insurance of wheat, gram, mustard and barley crops has been done. Under this, assessment of loss to be caused due to regional calamities such as hailstorm, waterlogging and landslides has been done at the field level. He said that under this scheme, the farmers neither required to make rounds of the offices nor had to pass through any process. For Rabi crops, insurance of 5.75 lakh farmers has been done, he added.
The chief minister said that it was for the first time that the farmers were also getting compensation for low yield. He also gave away cheques amounting to Rs 61,30,584 as compensation to 27 farmers of different districts of the State for Kharif-2016 under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana here today.
Also present at the occasion, agriculture and farmers' welfare minister, Om Parkash Dhankar said that an amount of Rs 219.70 crore was to be disbursed as compensation in about 2,500 villages of the State. He said that this compensation is in addition to the Rs 9.86 crore already disbursed among 3,593 farmers on the basis of local calamity. This compensation has been fixed through crop-cutting experiments of claim crops by considering the average yield as base.
The Minister said that all insured farmers of the village which registered low yield as compared to pre-determined production would be given compensation on the basis of their insured sown area. The amount of compensation is being deposited directly into the bank accounts of farmers. He said that the process is underway for carrying out insurance of Rabi 2016-17 crops, under which insurance of wheat, gram, mustard and barley crops has been done. Under this, assessment of loss to be caused due to regional calamities such as hailstorm, waterlogging and landslides has been done at the field level. He said that under this scheme, the farmers neither required to make rounds of the offices nor had to pass through any process. For Rabi crops, insurance of 5.75 lakh farmers has been done, he added.