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As the insurance companies are not willing to pay crop insurance claims of farmers for kharif crops 2021 due to some shortcomings, the State government has taken up the issue with the Centre. Cooperation Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak has sought personal intervention of Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Narendra Singh Tomar for early settlement of claims of farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
In a letter to Tomar, Nayak said kharif season of 2021 was fraught by many natural calamities affecting several crops, especially paddy which is the major crop of the State and accounts for nearly 98 per cent of the area insured. Enclosing a copy of the number of claims settled, Nayak said, the estimated claims for the said season is about Rs 1,364 crore, out of which claims to the tune of `748 crore have been settled so far.
