The Agriculture Department has urged farmers, who usually cultivate samba paddy in the district, to go in for crop insurance so as to be eligible to get compensation under the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme.
Farmers, who usually cultivate samba paddy, were advised to pay the premium even if they were not able to take up cultivation for want of water for irrigation as they can claim compensation under the “prevented / failed sowing” clause.
Farmers of the notified revenue villages are assured of 25% of the sum insured as claim amount if the risks are declared by District Level Monitoring Committee. This is an add-on coverage, under which the risk is additionally covered besides the yield-based loss, said S. Esther Premakumari, Assistant Director of Agriculture (Crop Insurance), speaking at the monthly Farmers Grievances meeting here on Friday.
