Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed officials to immediately resolve the problem of pending insurance schemes of soyabean crop. He gave this instruction while interacting with farmers in Nanded, Maharashtra on August 21, Agriculture Ministry said here on Saturday.
Giving details, officials said farmers of Parbhani district informed the Union Minister about the problem of pending insurance claims of Rs 200-225 crores of their soyabean crop. In this regard, the Minister gave instructions to the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Officials to immediately resolve the problem.
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare held a meeting of the National Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in this regard on August 22. In the meeting, the TAC rejected the objection lodged by the insurance company on crop cutting experiments and directed the insurance company to pay the pending claims. Due to this decision, pending claims of Rs 200 to 225 crores are to be paid to about 2,00,000 farmers of Parbhani district.
On Saturday, the Central Technical Advisory Committee has issued an order to the concerned insurance company to pay the due claim within one week in this regard.
