TAC orders insurance company to pay claims of soya farmers of Parbhani
Central Technical Advisory Committee on Saturday issued an order to the concerned insurance company to pay the due claim of soyabean farmers of Parbhani district of Maharashtra within a week. It will benefit some two lakh farmers. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry has said this in a press release issued today.
Central Technical Advisory Committee on Saturday issued an order to the concerned insurance company to pay the due claim of soyabean farmers of Parbhani district of Maharashtra within a week. It will benefit some two lakh farmers. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry has said this in a press release issued today. The release does not mention the name of the insurance company.
It says that Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had interacted with farmers in Nanded, Maharashtra on 21st August, 2024. During the interaction, farmers of Parbhani district informed the Union Minister about the problem of pending insurance claims of their soyabean crop. In this regard, Chouhan gave instructions to the officials to immediately resolve the problem.
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare held a meeting of the National Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in this regard on 22 August 2024. In the meeting, the TAC rejected the objection lodged by the insurance company on crop cutting experiments and directed the insurance company to pay the pending claims. Due to this decision, pending claims of Rs 200 to 225 crores are to be paid to about 2,00,000 farmers of Parbhani district.
