The district had received Rs. 32.46 crore as crop insurance compensation to be disbursed to 34,824 farmers, Collector M. Ravikumar said here on Monday. The farmers, who insured crops in rabi season during 2013-14, suffered loss in crops such as maize, black gram, green gram, gingelly, banana and chilli.
Efforts were on to distribute the compensation amount of Rs. 32 crore soon to 34,639 farmers through 106 Primary Agriculture Cooperative Credit Societies and sum of Rs. 46.9 lakh through nationalised banks to 185 farmers.
