Non-loanee farmers in 5,000 villages of Haryana will now be able to be covered under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) through Common Service Centres (CSCs).
Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department has launched this facility for the convenience of farmers. loanee farmers can enter the scheme through banks, said an official spokesman .
He said that 312 CSCs had been established in all villages of Fatehabad district. These would help the non-loanee farmers in getting their crop insurance under PMFBY.
For this, the farmers would not have to pay any kind of fee to the CSC besides fixed premium for crops which is paddy Rs 578.70 per acre, cotton Rs 558.47 per acre, bajra Rs 271.14 per acre and maize Rs 218.53 per acre, said he.
With a view to securing crops from any natural calamity, farmers can get their Kharif crops insured by contacting the in-charge of the nearest CSCs by July 31, said he.
The spokesman appealed to the loanee farmers to submit details of their appropriate crops to the bank branch concerned through Form ‘C’ so that crop insurance could be done. For any other details, one can contact representative of CSC, agriculture development officer of village, Agriculture Department, bank branch and representative of Bajaj Allianz Insurance Company ltd., he added.