Crop insurance amount released

Hyderabad, Jan 11: Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy on Monday said the government will directly credit crop insurance claims damaged during 2008 in the farmers’ accounts.Talking to reporters, the Minister said the dues to farmers against their insurance claims will be cleared by Jan 15 as the Centre had released Rs 361.83 crores.He said the Centre had released Rs 361.83 crore as its share towards the insurance claims which amounted Rs 801 crore. The clearing of claims would benefit over 7.5 lakh farmers, he added.

The compensation payable to farmers by the State Government in lieu of the damaged crops during 2009 khariff will also be ensured to them before this date, he pointed out.He said the government will probe the irregularities that took place in the distribution of seeds to farmers in some districts. The government has constituted five teams to conduct probe in the districts and they will submit the report in 15 days. Based on the report, the government will take stringent action against the guilty officials, he said.