Haryana Govt notifies insurance scheme for kharif crops

Deepender Deswal
Tribune News Service
Hisar, August 1
The Haryana Government has finally roped in two insurance firms for insurance of the kharif crops under the PMFBY during the ongoing season in the state. The insurance firms had backed out from two clusters due to consistent losses to the farmers, which resulted in huge claims.
The state government has notified the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the state for Kharif 2024 and Rabi 2025-26 in clusters two and three. HDFC EGRO General Insurance and Reliance General Insurance have been assigned clusters two and three, respectively, for crop insurance.
The insurance firms backed out in 2023 kharif and rabi 2024 season in cluster two, which comprises districts of Ambala, Karnal, Sonepat, Hisar, Jind, Mahendergarh and Gurugram. Farmers have been agitating in Hisar for about a year demanding the release of the compensation to the affected cotton growers for the crop failure in 2022 and 2023 (when the insurance firm refused to implement the scheme even after deduction of premium of farmers). The insurance firm even returned the premium to farmers later.
According to the government notification, in the current kharif season, farmers can get their paddy, bajra, maize, cotton and moong insured with the insurance firm. The cluster three comprises Yamunanagar, Panipat, Palwal, Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Mewat and Charkhi Dadri.
Dr Rajbir Singh, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Hisar, said insurance of the crops has started from today in the districts. The farmers can get their crops insured as per the existing procedure for indemnity.

Farmers await relief for crop damage

• The insurance firms backed out in 2023 kharif and rabi 2024 season in cluster two, which comprises districts of Ambala, Karnal, Sonepat, Hisar, Jind, Mahendergarh and Gurugram
• Farmers have been agitating in Hisar for about a year demanding the release of the compensation to the affected cotton growers for the crop failure in 2022 and 2023