The farmers alleged abysmally low insurance paid to them for crop loss due to drought throughout the kharif 2021 season, attributing the rationale to defective CCE information
Bhubaneswar: Amid allegations of crop insurance irregularities from numerous farmers’ teams in Bargarh district of Odisha, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has appealed to the Centre for an investigation into the matter. In a letter to the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (Government of India) dated 16.11.2022, Pradhan urged for an inquiry as regards functioning of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana(PMFBY) and alleged malpractices by officers of the State authorities throughout crop slicing experiments (CCE) and conduct of personal insurance firms empanelled within the scheme in Odisha, specifically in Bargarh district.
Pradhan, within the letter, said that he raised the problem after getting a petition from the farmers within the district the place the latter requested for assessment of insurance sum paid by HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company Limited, which is enlisted by the Odisha authorities for crop insurance beneath the PMFBY for Kharif 2021 season in lots of blocks of Bargarh district. The farmers alleged abysmally low insurance paid to them for crop loss due to drought throughout the kharif 2021 season, attributing the rationale to defective CCE information offered by State authorities officers and manipulation of the identical by the insurance firm.
“The petitioners have alleged that private insurance companies are colluding with government officials and manipulating CCE data resulting in lower-than expected insurance pay out. the ineffectiveness of the local administration and tactics of the HDFC group is derailing the implementation of PMFBY in Bargarh district,” Pradhan wrote, whereas referring to CCEs being carried out in unscientific method with out correct expertise to go well with pursuits of insurance firms. This leads to pay outs as little as 5 per cent towards the pay price of 76.56 per cent in some gram panchayats, he said.
Pradhan additionally known as for an instantaneous probe into the matter. “Keeping in mind the severity of the scam and urgent need to provide justice to the aggrieved farmers, I take the opportunity to request you to investigate the matter at your personal level and order for a proper investigation towards functioning of PMFBY and alleged malpractices during CCEs in Odisha, specially in Bargarh district,” the letter signed by him learn.
