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 …
Khammam: Many farm experts are critical of the loopholes in implementing the Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana while extending crop insurance to make good crop losses. They contend that PMFBY is more beneficial to the insurance companies compared to farmers as most insurance companies are not settling claims under one pretext or the other. Mandadapu Sudhakar, chairman of PACS and …
