Crop insurance: Farmers intensify protests in Tamil Nadu's Ramnad
1 year, 2 months ago

Crop insurance: Farmers intensify protests in Tamil Nadu's Ramnad

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: Farmers intensified their protest in the district seeking proper distribution of insurance coverage for crop damages. They claimed the private insurance firm has failed to provide adequate funds for crop damage and requested the district administration to take action towards allowing government firms to insure the crop. Official sources stated that as per the reports, all farmers were provided with crop insurance coverage in the district. According to officials, more than 105 villages cannot claim the insurance coverage as the village achieved the threshold limit as per the insurance company norms.

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MLAs bring to Minister’s notice many issues at NTR District Review Committee meet
3 weeks, 3 days ago

MLAs bring to Minister’s notice many issues at NTR District Review Committee meet

The Hindu  

People’s representatives and officers should work in coordination for the overall development of the district and to bring solutions to problems, NTR district In-charge Minister Y. Satya Kumar Yadav said. Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath, Collector G. Lakshmisha, MLAs from Mylavaram, Jaggayyapeta and Tiruvuru Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad, Sriram Rajagopal-Tataiah, Kolikapudi Srinivasa Rao respectively and others discussed issues with regard to …

Premium payment deadline looms, 92 per cent of samba paddy cultivation in Thanjavur yet to be insured
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Premium payment deadline looms, 92 per cent of samba paddy cultivation in Thanjavur yet to be insured

New Indian Express  

THANJAVUR: The cut-off date for farmers to pay premium is hardly 10 days away but only about 8% of the acreage under which samba and thalady paddy cultivation has been undertaken in the district has been insured so far, official data revealed. While last year’s coverage under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana stood at more than 90%, a section …

Telangana: State’s Crop Insurance Deadline Approaches Fast
4 months ago

Telangana: State’s Crop Insurance Deadline Approaches Fast

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has about nine days left to keep its promise of relaunching the crop insurance scheme that was halted by the previous BRS regime. For crops like paddy and chilli, the cut-off date for paying the premium for insurance under the centrally- Failure to join the scheme will deny the state funds made available by the Centre …

Andhra Ministers to come up with best crop insurance scheme for farmers
5 months ago

Andhra Ministers to come up with best crop insurance scheme for farmers

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: A Group of Ministers on Monday reviewed the crop insurance scheme and directed officials to ensure effective implementation to ensure that farmers get the intended benefit. Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu, along with Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar and Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav, directed the officials to implement the best insurance scheme for farmers as advised by the Central government. …

Unending woes of Telangana’s farmers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Unending woes of Telangana’s farmers

The Hindu  

Exactly a month ago, Telangana farmer Itharaveni Rajesham succumbed to heat stroke while perched atop a small heap of 38 quintals of paddy, waiting for his turn to sell it at a government-run procurement centre in Ragampeta village, 28 km from the Karimnagar district headquarters. “He was visibly exhausted, shuttling between his house and the procurement centre to sell his …

Dhinakaran demands compensation of ₹35,000 per acre for T.N. farmers over kuruvai crop loss
1 year, 2 months ago

Dhinakaran demands compensation of ₹35,000 per acre for T.N. farmers over kuruvai crop loss

The Hindu  

AMMK general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Friday demanded that farmers who had suffered crop losses or damage during the kuruvai cultivation season, be paid a compensation of ₹35,000 per acre. Referring to the government’s announcement of ₹13,500 compensation to be given per hectare, Mr. Dhinkaran pointed out that the farmers had expressed their dissatisfaction over the amount, as they had …

'Some Ramnad farmers yet to receive crop insurance'
1 year, 2 months ago

'Some Ramnad farmers yet to receive crop insurance'

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: Farmers of Ramanathapuram on Tuesday alleged that several farmers in the district have not received the crop insurance benefits, though the officials state that the insurance coverage for crop damage in 2022, has been completely distributed. On the flip side, during the grama sabha meetings held in villages, including Ponnakkaneri and Theriruveli, farmers said they were not provided with …

Andhra CM transfers Rs 1,117 crore crop insurance for farmers on YSR's birth anniversary
1 year, 5 months ago

Andhra CM transfers Rs 1,117 crore crop insurance for farmers on YSR's birth anniversary

India Today  

Commemorating former chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh Y Rajasekhar Reddy's birth anniversary as 'Rythu Dinothsavam', Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday disbursed Rs 1,117 crore to more than 10 lakh farmers in the state as crop insurance compensation for 2022 Kharif season. I remember free power, Jalayagnam, Aarogyasri schemes which benefit farmers and poor …

Telangana Farmers Left Without Crop Insurance as Unusual Rains Cause Massive Damage
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana Farmers Left Without Crop Insurance as Unusual Rains Cause Massive Damage

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ In the past few years, Telangana has seen successive seasons of unusual rainfall, resulting in significant crop damage. The Telangana government opted out of the Central government’s Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, and the Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme in kharif 2020, claiming that these were not beneficial …

Input subsidy: AP calls for list of affected farmers by May 21
1 year, 7 months ago

Input subsidy: AP calls for list of affected farmers by May 21

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The farmers hit by untimely rain are a worried lot vis-a-vis getting relief in the form of input subsidy or insurance claim for damage or loss to crops. With no rainfall in the last three days and day temperatures soaring, the state government issued orders to officials for enumeration of damage or loss to crops due to the rainfall. …

BJP demands crop insurance scheme for farmers
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP demands crop insurance scheme for farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana BJP on Wednesday demanded that the state government immediately introduce a comprehensive crop insurance scheme to save farmers from repeated disasters of crop losses due to adverse weather events. Bharatiya Janata Party state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar said in the past three years farmers lost crops in around 37 lakh acres in the state, and with an average …

Compensation for crop damage: Farmers block Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway near Samrala
1 year, 8 months ago

Compensation for crop damage: Farmers block Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway near Samrala

Hindustan Times  

Seeking girdawari of damaged crops due to rain and compensation for the last year’s damaged paddy crops, farmers from Khanna on Tuesday staged a protest against the state government and blocked the Dyalpura bypass at the Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway. Hardeep Singh, district president of Bharti Kisan Union, said that rain has caused heavy damage to the crops. Chief minister Bhagwant Mann …

Konaseema farmers ponder ‘crop holiday’, CM to release crop insurance on June 14
2 years, 6 months ago

Konaseema farmers ponder ‘crop holiday’, CM to release crop insurance on June 14

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Many farmers in Konaseema who had decided to go for a ‘crop holiday’’ may eventually cultivate paddy during kharif as the state government has paid Rs 120 crore to farmers towards sale of their paddy on Wednesday night. Nearly 30,000 farmers, together 40,000 acres in eight mandals Uppalaguptam, Allavaram, Katrenikona, Mummidivaram, I. Polavaram, Mamidikuduru, Sakhinetipalli and Razole mandals firmed …

Crop Insurance Claims at Rs 9,570 Cr for 2020-21 Lower by Over 60% from Previous Year
3 years, 1 month ago

Crop Insurance Claims at Rs 9,570 Cr for 2020-21 Lower by Over 60% from Previous Year

News 18  

There has been more than 60 per cent decline in the crop insurance claims of farmers at Rs 9,570 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for the 2020-21 crop year from the previous year as there were no major crop losses, according to official data. Crop insurance claims stood at Rs 27,398 crore in the 2019-20 crop year. …

Crop insurance claim rejection shot up 900% between FY18 and FY20
3 years, 10 months ago

Crop insurance claim rejection shot up 900% between FY18 and FY20

The Hindu  

The number of farmers’ crop insurance claims that were rejected by insurance companies under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana multiplied 10 times in just two years, according to data provided by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The question came from Manas Ranjan Bhunia, Trinamool Congress MP, …

Farmers in Karnataka protest in solidarity with Delhi counterparts
4 years ago

Farmers in Karnataka protest in solidarity with Delhi counterparts

The Hindu  

Multiple farmers’ organisations in the State, outraged by the “shabby treatment” meted out to protesting farmers in Delhi, have now threatened to go on a series of strikes in the State from Tuesday. “In my 40 years of public life, I have never seen any government that has ill-treated farmers like enemies of the State, deploying paramilitary forces and not …

Having Lost Crops Worth Rs 1 Lakh, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Receives Re 1 in Insurance Claims
4 years, 3 months ago

Having Lost Crops Worth Rs 1 Lakh, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Receives Re 1 in Insurance Claims

News 18  

A large number of farmers in Madhya Pradesh have complained about receiving meagre sums as crop insurance claims, with only Re 1 having been credited to a Betul farmer’s bank account. The state government has doled out crop insurance compensation to 22 lakh farmers. The agriculture department refused to respond to queries on the matter, but a senior officer wishing …

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