Chief Secretary Ajay Singh on Tuesday reviewed the work on crop insurance claims under Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme for the Kharif season 2017 at the Mantralaya here.
The Chief Secretary directed the officials of commercial banks to speed up work for distribution of insurance claims to farmers.
Additional Chief Secrerary, Agriculture Department, Sunil Kujur informed the Chief Secretary that the insurance coverage was taken for Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme for 12,94,189 farmers during Kharif season 2017.
He informed that as of date, the process for distribution of insurance claim had been completed for 4,93,136 farmers involving a sum of Rs 1140 crore. The information is now awaited from 419 village panchayats of various districts, Kujur said.
Moreover, as on date, the insurance claims involving a sum of Rs 694 crore of 3,27,473 farmers had been deposited by insurance companies in the bank accounts of farmers, he said.
The Chief Secretary directed officials to deposit the rest of Rs 301 crore of insurance claims of farmers in the bank accounts of farmers within a week.