Additional Deputy Commissioner B.C. Satish has said that officials have to work hard and initiate effective measures to ensure that kharif crops were insured under the Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) compulsorily.
He was addressing a district coordinating committee formed on PMFBY in Yadgir on recently.
Dr. Satish said that the district was reeling under drought in the two years. Therefore, every scheme meant for farmers should reach them to help them recover loss. The Fasal Bima Yojana would help the agrarian sector if officials of the agriculture and related departments worked purposefully, he added.
Chetana Patil, Joint Director of Agriculture Department, who spoke about the action taken so far, said that a Bengaluru-based private company had been entrusted to supervise the implementation of Fasal Bima Yojana and officials of the department would coordinate with the company, she added.
Dr. Patil said that the last date to deposit premium amount for other kharif crops was July 31 but for paddy the last date would be August 14.
Dr. Satish suggested to Dr. Patil that awareness programmes be conducted to help farmers deposit premium amount for green gram, groundnut, cotton, sunflower, maize, sesame, jowar, bajra and other crops under the scheme.
He also asked farmers to visit Raitha Sampark Kendras in their respective taluks for any query and also to deposit crop premium amount.
