Govt. itself will settle crop insurance claims, says CM
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has stated the federal government will settle crop insurance claims (CICs) for the 2020 kharif season by March-April 2021 after the crop slicing experiments are over by the tip of January and the Planning Department submits its report in February.
Never within the State’s historical past was a CIC settled in lower than a yr and there have been claims pending from 2012. Besides, the premium charges had been so excessive that the farmers couldn’t afford to pay.
Taking this grim situation into consideration, the federal government has determined to arrange AP General Insurance Corporation (APGIC) by itself to promptly pay insurance to farmers as an alternative of leaving on the mercy of insurance corporations.
The proposal to determine it was despatched to the Central authorities to acquire crucial clearances, the Chief Minister stated, whereas claiming to have disbursed ₹13,000 crore below the ‘Rythu Bharosa’ scheme in simply 18 months after his celebration got here to energy.
Procurement
Another factor which the federal government took upon itself was the procurement of discoloured and sprouted grains particularly paddy, which was largely confined to rhetoric beforehand.
Making an announcement within the Legislative Assembly on the schemes being carried out within the agriculture sector, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy stated the federal government categorically said that the enumeration of loss attributable to cyclone Nivar to the farm sector can be accomplished by December 15 and compensation paid by December 31.
Ex gratia
An ex gratia of ₹5 lakh every has already been paid to the households of eight individuals who died in the course of the cyclone, and like no different authorities did up to now, a sum of ₹500 was paid to every individual (regardless of age) who took shelter in aid camps.
“Work on restoration of public infrastructure is going on at a brisk pace. Also, damages to private buildings will be compensated after assessment is over by December 15.”
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy stated the federal government cleared free energy dues amounting to roughly ₹8,655 crore which had been handed on by its predecessor. Similarly, enter subsidy working into a whole bunch of crores of rupees had been paid to the farmers.
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