Under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), all those farmers in Haryana whose crop production would be less than average, their losses would be compensated under the insurance scheme concerned.
For this, a team of officers at headquarters level would also carry out inspection of the fields, said Principal Secretary, Haryana Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare Department, Abhilaksh likhi during inspection of crop cutting experiment under PMFBY in village Shimla-Maulana, district Panipat. He also issued necessary directions to the officers concerned.
He said in the district, four crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton would be covered under the PMFBY.
likhi also asked the Deputy Director, Virender Arya to get proper survey done of all blocks by following the rules and get the data uploaded on departments' web portal so that latest data would be available at headquarters.
During his visit, likhi interacted with farmers and enquired about any damage to their standing crops due to heavy rains. He appealed to the farmers to use AP-Seeder which is helpful in sowing of wheat crop after paddy crop. The seeder is being given by the Department on subsidy of Rs 50,000 and the department is also providing training to operate it, he added.