Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that a campaign will be launched to provide full benefit of National Crop Insurance Scheme to farmers. The CM was inspecting hailstorm-affected fields of farmers at village Dangarhai in tribal area of tehsil Vankheri in Hoshangabad district on Tuesday. Chouhan visited filed of farmer Arvind Prasad Phoolwar and inspected his crops.
The Chief Minister said that total amount of insurance is Rs 2300 crore, which includes about Rs 11,500 crore of the state government. This amount will be distributed as immediate relief to farmers. Chouhan said that farmers are not getting desired benefit of National Crop Insurance Scheme. This scheme is benefiting only the insurance company and farmers are getting no benefit. Insurance companies give only that much compensation as is received by it as premium. And to top it all, insurance company also deducts 2.5 per cent commission from it, which is injustice to farmers.
He said that government staff is in full swing to provide relief to farmers. Government has given top priority to farmers. Chouhan directed survey teams to assess loss to farmers’ crops with total sensitiveness with same seriousness as shown by the state government and take the work as a challenge. They should visit village to village to conduct survey. He warned that survey should not be wrong in any case. The Chief Minister said that people have been moved by this calamity faced by farmers.
He informed that MPs, MlAs, IAS officers and employees’ unions have contributed to CM’s Relief Fund so that farmers can get relief. Former MlA of Pipariya Suresh Rai announced to give `1lto CM’s Relief Fund on the occasion.