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PM crop insurance to reach ceipt from there. They may not feel the In case of auto-rickshaws, e-rickshaws,
requirement. Whereas most of the e-carts and quadricycles too it shall be
out to 1 crore farmers loanee farmers do not possess any exhibited on the upper edge of the left
In an attempt to create more aware- documentary proof of their enrollment side of the windscreen, if fitted.
ness among farmers about the flagship since it is done through the lending
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana banks," the official said. The Centre has Centre to launch weather-
(PMFBY), the Centre has decided to also allowed States to take a call on
launch a massive drive of reaching out whether to reach out to places where based crop insurance
to nearly 1 crore enrolled farmers a handful of enrolled farmers stay af- scheme
physically and distributing them the ter insurance companies raised some Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will
policy papers of current rabi season. logistics issues in arranging the launch a Weather based Crop Insur-

The nationwide programme to be programmes. ance Scheme for cardamom growers of
launched at a function in Indore, The government has published a for- Western Ghats.
Madhya Pradesh by Union Agriculture mat of document in which the policy
Minister Narendra Singh Tomar from paper should be submitted where a The Minister will launch the scheme in
February 26, is banking on States' ac- message from Tomar and also a mes- connection with the Coral jubilee cel-
tive participation for the success. The sage from chief minister/agriculture ebrations of the Spices Board which
Ministry has written to all the 20 par- minister of State will be placed. will be for a fortnight. Later, the Min-
ticipating States where PMFBY is op- ister will hold discussions with growers
erational to coordinate with insurance Govt issues rules for dis- and exporters on the scheme.
companies for the "door to door" de- Spices Board officials said Idukki will be
livery programme, an official said. playing fitness certificate primarily considered for the Weather-
There are an estimated 98.65 lakh farm- on vehicles Based Insurance scheme. Around
ers who have been enrolled under Vehicles will have to display validity of 2,500 hectares of cardamom culti-
PMFBY during current rabi season in 19 fitness certificate and registration vated area will be covered under the
States. Karnataka is yet to submit data. mark in a prescribed manner, as per a scheme and small-scale farmers in the
Out of 3.30 crore applications from these draft notification issued by the Minis- district would benefit from the pilot
farmers, 73.5 % are loanee and remain- try of Road Transport and Highways scheme during 2021-26.
ing 26.5 % non-loanee. For the non- (MoRTH). BVR Subramanyam, Secretary, Minis-
loanee farmers, the Centre has left it to The ministry, in a statement, said in try of Commerce and Industry, will
the States to decide if they should be case of heavy goods / passenger ve- deliver the special address. AG
covered under the programme or not. hicles, medium goods/passenger ve- Thankappan, Chairman, Spices Board
"Non-loanee farmers generally get hicles and light motor vehicles, it shall will deliver the presidential address in
themselves enrolled through common be exhibited on the upper edge of the the presence of D Sathiyan, Secretary,
service centres (CSCs) and get the re- left side of the windscreen. Spices Board, and Malaai Kumar
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