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| Previous govt’s failure to continue scheme costs heavy to farmers, UT government | | Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojna remain un-operational in 2018-19 | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: The Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojna launched by Union government had become un-operational in Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2019-20, due to the failure of the previous government to continue the scheme, forcing the farmers as well as incumbent government to bear the losses caused to crops due to weather vagaries.
Sources informed Early Times for the last many days farmers across the Union territory have been demanding compensation for the crops damaged due to untimely rains as well as other weather conditions.
To benefit the farmers from weather vagaries, the Union government had launched PMFBY, which remained operational in Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2017-18 and 2018-19. Though a large number of farmers including those, who had taken loans, were beneficiaries of the scheme and over three Lakhs farmers had benefited from the scheme.
“The scheme was not operational in some districts due to which it was decided by the government in 2018-19 to review the scheme and extensions were not given to the insurance companies. Fresh tenders were invited from the companies but failed to get matured”, sources said, adding that due to failure of government to take decision on the scheme, it became non-operational in Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2019-20.
Sources further disclosed that over 20,000 hectares of Basmati crop has been damaged in the untimely rains in plain areas of Jammu region while wheat crop has not been sown in the irrigated belt of Jammu region. “Under PMFBY, the insurance companies have to pay for the losses as well as for unsown areas but the scheme is non-operational due to which farmers would not be get any compensation”, sources said, adding that now the UT administration has provision of SDRF funds to pay compensation to the farmers but it would be inadequate for the losses.
Sources further said that claims of farmers have also been pending due to failure of previous state government to pay their share in the PMFBY scheme. “The scheme has three components including farmer’s share, which is deducted at source, while Centre and State had equal share but State has to pay its share first, which is pending due to which compensation has not been paid”, sources said.
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