The Agriculture Department has modified the State crop insurance scheme to permit nominees to gather crop loss compensation within the occasion of the dying of the farmer or if he/she is paralysed and bedridden.
Farmers are required to point their nominees when making use of for membership within the scheme, a September 24 order issued by the division itemizing the modifications to the scheme guidelines mentioned. In the aforementioned situations, the nominee can apply for and accumulate the quantity.
This provision is not going to be relevant in some other state of affairs.
Crop loss to paddy as a consequence of pest assault has been included within the scheme as required by an October 27, 2017 authorities order. This is already in impact, an official mentioned.
The energy to suggest crop loss compensation within the case of crops apart from paddy is as follows: Assistant Director of Agriculture (as much as ₹ 10,000), Deputy Director of Agriculture (from ₹ 10,001 to ₹ 50,000), Principal Agriculture Officer (₹50,001 to ₹4 lakh), Agriculture Director (₹ 4,00,001 to ₹5 lakh) and Administrative Committee (above ₹5 lakh).
In the case of paddy it’s as follows: Assistant Director of Agriculture (as much as ₹10,000), Deputy Director of Agriculture (from ₹10,001 to ₹50,000), Principal Agriculture Officer (₹50,001 to ₹4 lakh), Agriculture Director (₹4,00,001 to ₹ 10 lakh) and Administrative Committee (above ₹10 lakh).
The modifications have been made on the premise of proposals submitted by the Agriculture Director in January and June this yr.
In 2017, the State Government had restructured the crop insurance scheme by guaranteeing protection to main crops and mountaineering the compensation.
