Kota Srinivas Poojary urges Centre to release crop insurance claim amount

The Ministry of Agriculture should immediately seek a report from the Karnataka Chief Secretary and ensure that all eligible farmers receive their claim amounts without further delay, he said.

New Delhi: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha member Kota Srinivas Poojary on Thursday urged the Centre to release pending insurance claims money to arecanut and pepper growers under the crop insurance scheme.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, he said a large number of farmers, including around 39,000 arecanut and pepper growers in Chikkamagaluru district alone, had not received their crop loss claim amounts under the crop insurance scheme.

This was primarily due to the malfunctioning of the rain-gauge measurement system, he said, adding that farmers in the Malnad region of the state were protesting against the delay in claim settlement by insurance companies.

The Ministry of Agriculture should immediately seek a report from the Karnataka Chief Secretary and ensure that all eligible farmers receive their claim amounts without further delay, he urged.