Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has announced Mukhyamantri Kisan Yojana in the wider interest of millions of farmers in the state.
The scheme was announced by Chief Minister in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and Agriculture Minister RC Faldu.
He said that erratic rainfall in agriculture, especially in kharif season, is a factor causing economic loss to farmers.
A transparent and simple method for crop loss to farmers in the event of such natural calamities involving all the farmers of Gujarat and with the aim of including all damaged farmers, to easily benefit the farmers against the crop loss due to natural calamity and cover all crops and areas of the state. The state government has decided to implement such a scheme beneficil to all farmers incurred los due to crop failure.
Giving details of this scheme to the media, Chief Minister said that Risks covered under the plan
- Drought
- Overcast and
- Unseasonal rain
Crop loss due to hazards will be considered eligible for financial assistance.
