Crop insurance scheme may cover 25 lakh farmers
The Hindu
‘Enrolment likely to gather pace as farmers intensify operations during current cultivation season’
The Tamil Nadu government hopes to maintain the enrolment of 25 lakh farmers and the coverage of 42 lakh acres this year, too, under the Prime Minister’s crop insurance scheme (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana), despite a late start.
Though only about one lakh farmers have been brought under the scheme this time, officials of the Agriculture Department hope the enrolment drive will gather pace in the weeks to come as the farmers intensify their operations during the current ‘samba’, ‘thaladi’ and ‘pishanam’ cultivation season.
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