Haryana Minister OP Dhankar has announced to perform padyatra in the State to generate awareness among the farmers of the State about Centre’s ambitious Crop Insurance Scheme.
Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar will perform padyatra from village Dulhera to district headquarter Jhajjar on July 21 to generate awareness among the farmers of the state about the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme.
The Minister, while talking to the mediapersons said that the last date of the scheme would be July 31.
He said that Agriculture Development Officers and representatives of insurance companies would remain present during padyatra.
Apart from this, Seva Kendra would also be opened in every village where Agriculture Development Officers and representatives of insurance companies would remain present to apprise the farmers about benefits of the insurance scheme. Farmers could also get their individual insurance cover, he added.
Dhankar said that farmers would have to fill up a form to inform about which crop is sown and there is no need to visit office of patwaris. The farmers who take land on contract could submit self signed paper of land owner so that they could take benefit of insurance scheme in real terms, said he.
The Minister added that farmers would have to deposit insurance premium of `500 for getting insurance cover of ` 25000 per acre for paddy crop, `480 for insurance cover of ` 24480 per acre for cotton, `220 for insurance cover of `11000 per acre for bajra and `200 for getting insurance cover of `10000 per acre for maize crop. He said that Haryana government would bear three per cent for cotton crop. Farmers would not have to pay more than two percent premium for any crop, he said.
He informed that farmers can give information later if there is any change in crop registration during insurance.
The task of crop insurance has been entrusted to three companies namely Reliance General Insurance company, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and ICICI lambard General Insurance.