After his overview of Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore districts affected by the unprecedented rains within the present North East Monsoon season, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday requested the Centre to extend the cut-off date for enrolment of paddy II crop in 27 districts within the state beneath the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana from November 15 to 30.
During his overview on Monday, he noticed that the enrolment of farmers for the crop insurance scheme couldn’t progress easily for varied causes.
“The enrolment of farmers during special (Samba/Thaladi/Pishanam) season, which started from September 15, 2022, was proceeding well but could not be taken up continuously as a large number of farmers were not able to access the services of Common Service Centres and Financial Institutions due to continuous holidays for Navaratri and Diwali followed by incessant rains and most of the rivers were also in spate due to Northeast Monsoon and resultant power disruption,” Stalin mentioned.
Hence, the farmers in these districts have represented to extend the cut-off date from November 15 to 30, because the sowing of Paddy II within the present 12 months is delayed, he mentioned in a letter addressed to Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, a replica of which was made accessible to the media right here immediately.
“Hence, I request the Government of India to extend the cut-off date for enrolment of Paddy II crop growing in 27 districts to help a large number of farmers of major paddy cultivating districts of Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Cuddalore, Pudukottai, Madurai, Karur, Salem, Tiruppur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Ramanathapuram, Theni, Trichy, Ariyalur, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupathur, Tiruvannamalai, Erode, Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Tiruvallur, Kallakurichi, Perambalur and Sivaganga,” he mentioned.
(With PTI enter)
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