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The State government Saturday directed crop insurance companies in the state to extend their deadlines to facilitate farmers to enroll themselves in the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme.“The objective of the PM Crop Insurance Scheme is to inculcate confidence into the farmers reeling under drought. We have noted that with August 2 as the deadline, all farmers will not be able to avail of the insurance scheme,” said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
While noting that shortlisting of insurance companies were delayed due to applications received at an eleventh hour, Fadnavis said, “This has led to farmers queuing up outside offices in every district.”
The centre had set August 2, 2016 as the last date for farmers to enroll for crop insurance. Fadnavis also spoke to union ministers at the Centre and sought the extension for the crop insurance scheme.
The PM crop insurance scheme has received overwhelming response because of the slew of incentives to cover small farmers with less land holdings. While extending the insurance cover, it has ensured the farmers are not burdened with premium.
The state government has set up six clusters districtwise assigned to insurance companies. In the first cluster – which include Latur, Akola, Hingoli, Sangli and Thane – IFFCO TOKIO is the insurance company. For the second and third clusters comprising Osmanabad, Nanded, Aurangabad, Nandurbar, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Jalna, Solapur, Washim, Satara, Bhandara farmers will avail the crop insurance scheme from Bharatiya Krishi Bima Yojna. Both fourth cluster Parbhani, Amravati, Wardha, Dhule, Gadchiroli and fifth cluster Buldhan, Yavatmal, Chandrapur, Nagpur and Kolhapur has Reliance as its insurance giver. The sixth cluster Beed, Ahmednagar, Ratnagiri and Pune is depending on HDFC Agro insurance company.
