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Special drive in UP to provide crop insurance to farmers
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IANS | 29 Jun, 2022
The Uttar Pradesh government will be launching a special drive to
provide insurance coverage to farmers against potential crop damage.
The drive, slated to begin from the first week of July by
the agriculture department, will be flagged off by Agriculture Minister
Surya Pratap Shahi.
It will cover those development blocks which
have lower farm insurance coverage under the Centre's ambitious PM Crop
Insurance Scheme (PMCIS).
According to UP government sources,
till date, compensation of Rs 3,074.6 crore has been deposited in the
accounts of 27.5 lakh farmers in UP under PMCIS.
This includes
payment of crop compensation of Rs 654.8 crore to over 7 lakh farmers in
Kharif season 2021. In Rabi 2021-22, an area of 14.2 lakh hectares has
been insured by 19.9 lakh farmers.
According to a directive
issued by additional chief secretary, agriculture, Devesh Chaturvedi,
the drive would cover selected development blocks in the eight
aspirational districts - Bahraich (Risia block), Shravasti (Sirsia),
Balrampur (Utraula), Siddharth Nagar (Latan), Fatehpur (Bijaipur),
Chitrakoot (Ramnagar) and Chandauli (Niyamtabad).
The value of
damage incurred to crops in UP more than doubled between 2018-19 and
2019-20, as per Union agriculture ministry data.
Prepared on the
basis of state-wise business statistics as on August 31 last year, the
data shows that the reported crop loss claims shot up from around Rs 470
crore in 2018-19 to over Rs 1,116 crore in 2019-20.
As against
the claimed loss, the paid claims amounted to Rs 1,092 crore in 2019-20
as against around Rs 40 crore in 2018-19. The number of farmers who
benefitted from the PMCIS rose from 6 lakh in 2018-19 to over 9 lakhs in
2019-20, the data shows.
Sources said farmers' participation in the crop insurance scheme needs special focus in pockets dominated by Dalits and Tribals.
For this, the state government plans to rope in not only district administration but also banks and Jan Suvidha Kendras.
The department also plans to disseminate information and success stories of farmers on social media.
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