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Days after farmers of Parbhani district in Maharashtra complained to Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan about pending insurance claims of their soybean crop, the Centre on Saturday directed the insurance company concerned to clear the payment within 1 week.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Chouhan interacted with farmers in Nanded on August 21. “During the interaction, the farmers informed the Union Minister about the problem of pending insurance claims of their soybean crop. In this regard, Chouhan gave instructions to the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Officials to immediately resolve the problem,” the ministry said in a statement.
The statement said, “Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare held a meeting of the National Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in this regard on August 22, 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 crore are to be paid to about 2,00,000 farmers of Parbhani district.” “Today, on August 24, 2024, the Central Technical Advisory Committee has issued an order to the insurance company to pay the due claim within 1 week…,” it said.
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