Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday stated unseasonal rains in some elements of the nation have affected small farmers and are getting compensation underneath the federal government’s crop insurance scheme.
At a convention on ‘Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Integration of Improved Seeds and Agri Inputs’, the minister additionally stated Indian agriculture sector in addition to revenue or loss in farming are depending on nature.
“You all must be experiencing now that unseasonal rains have caused losses to small and marginal farmers,” he stated.
According to him, farmers have safety cowl as they get compensations underneath the crop insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
The scheme supplies safety to farmers from crop losses.
Delhi-NCR and numerous districts of Uttar Pradesh have obtained unseasonal rains this month.
So far, Tomar stated the insurance firms have supplied a compensation of Rs 1.22 lakh crore to affected farmers.
However, he rued that each one farmers should not coated underneath the PMFBY.
While the compensation quantity supplies reduction to the affected farmers, it doesn’t compensate for his or her hardwork, Tomar stated.
The minister additionally listed out challenges confronted by the Indian agriculture sector, together with the gradual discount in cultivable space due to the necessity of land for infrastructure growth.
There can also be a problem to draw younger technology within the farm sector. In such a state of affairs, there’s a must deliver new expertise in addition to higher advertising and marketing system for agricultural produce, he stated.
Further, the minister stated market infrastructure must be arrange in rural areas as storage and transportation of crops are additionally huge problem.
To empower small farmers, Tomar stated the Centre has introduced establishing of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) with an funding of Rs 6,865 crore as it is going to assist in bettering their earnings by means of processing and advertising and marketing of agri merchandise.
A Rs 1 lakh crore-agriculture infrastructure fund has additionally been launched.
He expressed concern over imports of edible oils to fulfill home demand and stated the federal government is selling oil palm cultivation particularly within the North East.
Tomar stated the Centre can also be selling pure farming and natural farming.
Last month, the agriculture ministry launched the primary advance estimates for kharif season of 2022-23 crop 12 months (July-June).
India’s rice manufacturing is prone to decline by 6 per cent to 104.99 million tonnes within the kharif season this 12 months as a result of a fall in paddy acreage amidst rainfall deficit in key producing states, together with Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
Rice manufacturing stood at 111.76 million tonnes in kharif season of 2021-22 crop 12 months.
