Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar on Tuesday said that 9,63,821 farmers of the state have got the first installment and 9,35,929 got the second installment under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme.
“Because of the hard work of the officials of the Department and farmers being high-tech, Haryana was first to provide data to the Central Government for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took this new initiative to provide Rs 6,000 per annum to every farmer and now the condition of five acres or two hectare has also been removed,” Dhankar said while talking to the mediapersons after a meeting of officials of the Department, here.
He said that Haryana is the first state in the country to take initiative to make the farming risk free.
“Moving forward in this series, last year crop destroyed in fire was included in the natural calamity category and now the damage to the crops caused due to canal breakdown or overflow will also be compensated. Apart from this, if the tube well of a farmer get damaged due to floods, the government will soon make a policy for compensating this,” the Minister said.
Replying to a question, Dhankar said that the scope of compensation for potato, tomatoes, cabbage and onions included in the Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana will be increased by Re one each. In case of potatoes and tomatoes, it will be increased from Rs 4 to 5 and Rs 6 for cabbage and onion.
He said that under the first year of Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana, 10,579 acres of land was covered and 4,435 farmers were got registered, who were compensated about Rs 12 lakh. In the second year, 20,346 farmers had registered 66,250 acres and they were compensated about Rs 9.40 crore. Under this scheme, provision of budget amounting to Rs. 25 crore has been made.
The Minister said that the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana has also proved to be effective for the farmers. An amount of Rs. 1846 crore has so far been given to the farmers, he added.