District Collector K. Devanand has asked agriculture officials and bankers to work in tandem and ensure that all farmers -- landlords, tenants, loanees and non-loanees -- are brought under the crop insurance scheme which is being implemented taking village as a unit from this year.
Speaking to newspersons here on Tuesday, the Collector stressed the need to educate farmers that they can safeguard themselves against natural calamities by paying a nominal premium for crop insurance. He said that the crop insurance scheme was modified to cover all farmers to assess losses in a more scientific manner and pay compensation without hassles.
He pointed out that only those farmers who availed bank loans were covered earlier leaving a large number of tenants as well as non-loanee farmers. Also mandal was taken as a unit for assessing losses causing dissatisfaction among farmers who resented payment of premium.
The government now modified the scheme to cover all farmers. Non-loanee farmers and even tenants can get covered by paying prescribed premium along with sowing certificate issued by village secretary.
Source: The Hindu
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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