Questioning whether or not insurers are taking part in “jokes” with the farmers, Chouhan asserted that such claims for crop damages is not going to be tolerated, as he additionally urged them to evaluate the damages appropriately.
In a high-level assembly, the minister reviewed the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and the farmers' complaints associated to insurance coverage claims.
Whereas ordering a radical probe into the complaints, Chouhan additionally requested the insurance coverage corporations to clear claims expeditiously and that too in a single go.
“Insurers giving crop insurance coverage claims of Re 1, Rs 3, Rs 5 or Rs 21 is like taking part in jokes with farmers. The federal government won't ever permit this to occur,” Chouhan stated in a strongly worded assertion.
To make sure that evaluation of losses because of crop damages is completed in an correct method, Chouhan directed officers to make vital adjustments within the provisions of the PMFBY scheme to take away any discrepancies.Within the assembly, the minister additionally nearly interacted with some farmers from Maharashtra and requested officers current to handle their grievances.
The scheme was launched from Kharif 2016 with an intention to assist manufacturing in agriculture by offering an reasonably priced crop insurance coverage product to make sure complete danger cowl for crops of farmers towards all non-preventable pure dangers from pre-sowing to post-harvest stage.
