Bhopal: An amount of Rs 4414 crore will be deposited in the bank accounts of drought affected 20.45 lakh farmers in this month itself under the National Crop Insurance Scheme for Kharif-2016. The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that such a highest claim amount has been received by the state in the country after the independence. Chouhan informed that successful implementation of National Crop Insurance Scheme was done in the state to compensate crop loss due to drought for kharif -2015. A total of 28.78 lakh farmers were linked to this scheme and claim amount will be given to 20.45 lakh affected farmers.
Chouhan said that the central share of Rs 2027 crore has been deposited under the National Agriculture Development Scheme. The state government has provided its share of Rs 2027 crore to the Insurance Company in the month of September, 2016 itself. This immediate step of the Union and State government has facilitated farmers to get benefit of the scheme.
The National Crop Insurance Scheme will benefit 57,578 farmers of Agar-Malwa, 21,092 farmers of Alirajpur, 6598 farmers of Anuppur, 154 farmers of Ashoknagar, 19,133 farmers of Balaghat, 26,126 farmers of Badwani, 46,516 farmers of Betul, 828 farmers of Bhind, 32,000 farmers of Bhopal, 1980 farmers of Burhanpur, 17,824 farmers of Chhatarpur, 35,920 farmers of Chhindwara, 36,558 farmers of Damoh, 4 farmers of Datia, 1.84 lakh farmers of Dewas, 25,627 farmers of Dhar, 5640 farmers of Dindori, 34,296 farmers of Guna, 487 farmers of Gwalior, 51,813 farmers of Harda, 71,513 farmers of Hoshangabad, 59,123 farmers of Indore, 6363 farmers of Jabalpur, 8495 farmers of Jhabua, 13,421 farmers of Katni, 34,582 farmers of Khandwa, 6927 farmers of Khargone, 7604 farmers of Mandla, 1.48 lakh farmers of Mandsaur, 9918 farmers of Morena, 32,197 farmers of Narsinghpur, 75,481 farmers of Neemuch, 15,549 of Panna, 54,971 of Raisen, 1.20 lakh farmers of Rajgarh, 41,829 of Ratlam, 29,938 of Rewa, 90,317 of Sagar, 32,969 of Satna, 1.44 lakh of Sehore, 53,612 of Seoni, 9657 of Shahdol, 1.01 lakh of Shajapur, 645 of Sheopour, 20,608 of Shivpuri, 2269 of Sidhi, 2594 of Singrauli, 17,357 of Tikamgarh, 1.41 lakh of Ujjain, 5346 of Umaria and 1.06 lakh farmers of Vidisha.