A Revanth Reddy,Chief Minister, Telanngana
”The state government adopted the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) again to safeguard the farmers from the hardships in farming,” a state government release said Friday night
Hyderabad:
The Telangana government has rejoined the central government’s Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) scheme to ensure that the state’s farmers get the benefit of crop insurance from the next crop season.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, state Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao held a meeting with the CEO of PMFBY and Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Agriculture Ritesh Chauhan on Friday and discussed the implementation of the farmers insurance scheme in Telangana from 2016 and 2020 and the state’s subsequent withdrawal from it.
”The state government adopted the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) again to safeguard the farmers from the hardships in farming,” a state government release said Friday night.
As the state decided to rejoin the PMFBY scheme, farmers will get crop insurance from the next crop season, it said.
CM Revanth Reddy asserted that his government’s main objective is to strengthen the agriculture sector by supporting the farmers.
The PMFBY scheme was launched by the Centre in 2016 as an insurance service for farmers for their yields.