Dharashiv farmers file 4.79 lakh kharif crop insurance applications, Rs 2,507 crore cover

Farmers in Dharashiv district have turned out in large numbers for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana this kharif season. A total of 4,79,366 applications have been filed from the district. The scheme is run so that farmers get financial support when natural calamities damage their crops.

Through these applications, 4,07,230.50 hectares in the district have received insurance cover. The total sum insured is Rs 2,507.40 crore. The premium, taking the farmers, the state government and the Centre together, has been fixed at Rs 172.46 crore.

Farming in Dharashiv district depends largely on rain. Erratic rainfall, excess rain, long dry spells and drought directly hit yields, which has raised the importance of the crop insurance scheme. Farmers in all eight talukas of the district have enrolled.

Taluka-wise, Tuljapur received the most applications at 86,670. There, 94,749.10 hectares were covered and the sum insured is Rs 588.34 crore. In Dharashiv taluka, 86,131 applications brought 82,861.06 hectares under cover, with a sum insured of Rs 516.17 crore.

In Kalamb taluka, 76,872 applications were received, 56,484.97 hectares were covered and the sum insured is Rs 352.30 crore. In Umarga, 65,387 applications were filed, 60,834.55 hectares were covered and the sum insured is Rs 372.76 crore.

In Bhum taluka, 62,323 applications brought 40,884.39 hectares under cover, with a sum insured of Rs 249.80 crore. In Washi, 42,367 applications covered 26,592.72 hectares, with a sum insured of Rs 164.62 crore. In Lohara, 31,581 applications were received, 30,182.69 hectares were covered and the sum insured is Rs 185.76 crore. In Paranda, 28,035 applications brought 14,640.98 hectares under cover, with a sum insured of Rs 77.67 crore.

Soyabean is the main kharif crop in the district, so it accounts for a large share of the cover. For soyabean, the premium recorded is Rs 48.64 crore from farmers, Rs 60.80 crore from the state government and Rs 60.80 crore from the Centre, a total of Rs 170.24 crore.

Other crops include black gram (udid), cotton, green gram (moong), maize, onion, bajra and tur. Applications came in for 13,824 hectares...