464 Puducherry farmers await indemnity claims two years after cyclone Nivar
New Indian ExpressPUDUCHERRY : A total of 464 farmers -- 406 from Karaikal and 58 from Puducherry -- are still awaiting indemnity claims under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for crop losses they suffered during the rains in 2021. The insurance company is mandated to settle claims at 90% for all Kharif and Rabi-II crops, and 70% for Rabi-I crops within three weeks of receiving the yield data. Chandrasekhar claimed that despite multiple representations, the director of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, who is also the State Nodal Officer of the scheme, has failed to direct the insurance company to settle the claims. Additional Director and Scheme Implementing Officer Zakir Hussain told TNIE that the insurance intermediaries appointed by the company failed to enrol 464 farmers, out of the over 8,000 applications, in the national crop insurance portal.
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