Pradhan Mantri Crop Insurance Scheme is considered very important for every farmer. Under this insurance scheme, the government will not change the premium of farmers' share in crops. A senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture gave this information on Friday. At an agricultural conference, Ashish K., the CEO of PMFBY and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture. Bhutani said, 'It is not right to change the premium of farmers. Under the crop insurance scheme, the change in the premium share of the farmers is not going to change under any circumstances. Bhutani clarified that neither the premium of the farmers has been changed nor will it be abolished in the future.
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Regarding the criticisms regarding the delay in settlement of payment claims to farmers, according to media reports, the official said that this is mainly due to three reasons. He said, 'The main reason for this delay is not timely arrival of state subsidies. The second is the delay in giving the harvesting usage (CCE) data to insurance companies. The third reason is the dispute raised by the companies on the CCE data collected by the states. Bhutani said that some changes have been made in the plan to address these problems. In case of significant delays in issuing the required premium subsidy to insurance companies beyond the stipulated timeframe, states should implement the scheme in subsequent sessions Will not be allowed.
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Regarding this matter, he said that the cut-off dates for implementing this provision for the Kharif and Rabi seasons will be 31 March and 30 September respectively. Denying the reports that companies do not have arbitrary insurance companies to gain money through the scheme, the official said, 'This is not right. In motor insurance, there is a third party assessor, but here the state government has the entire exercise of claim competition.