Agri Ministry launches Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign

Why in news ? Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, has launched the Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana. It was launched during Crop Insurance Week. ABOUT: Fasal Bima Yojana was launched with the aim of providing security cover to each farmer. Minister also announced that, this scheme has achieved milestone of 95 thousand crore of claims paid to farmers. According to minister, state governments and insurance companies played an important role in implementing this Scheme. In last four years, premium of 17 thousand crore rupees was deposited by farmers, against which about 95 thousand crore....Read More