Farmers in Erode urged to insure crops for kharif season
District Alert: Farmers are urged to insure crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for kharif season 2024, ensuring relief for crop loss due to natural calamities, pests, or diseases in the current rabi season. District Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara announced that covered crops include maize, groundnut, ragi, sesame, banana, tapioca, onion, turmeric, tomato, and potato. Farmers cultivating these can pay the premium under the scheme.
The district administration has asked the farmers to insure crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme) for kharif season 2024 so that they can get relief for crop loss due to natural calamities, pest attack or disease outbreak in the current rabi season.
District Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara in a release said crops covered were maize, groundnut, ragi, sesame, banana, tapioca, onion, turmeric, tomato and potato. Farmers who have cultivated these crops can pay the premium under the scheme.