When you take insurance then you are securing it from danger and threat. Insurance is a way to become safe and secure in your life. Till now you have heard various kinds of insurance including vehicle, health, life, phone, livestock, crop insurance and home insurance etc. But, now, the vegetables and fruits can also get insured. Insurance scheme for Fruits and Vegetables
It sounds quite surprising but Rajasthan government will provide this kind of insurance. Now, fruit and vegetable farmers would also get crop insurance cover in Rajasthan. Know more. Insurance scheme for Fruits and Vegetables
Know more about the scheme
This initiative is launched under ‘Modified Weather Based Crop Insurance scheme.’ Here, the compensation will be paid to the famers for fruits and vegetables. Under this scheme, the compensation will be given on the basis of fluctuations in weather. Hence, the quantum of weather fluctuations from normal temperature would decide the quantum of compensation to the farmers of fruit or vegetable.
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To get the weather details, the Meteorological department had already set up weather monitoring stations. These stations are situated in almost all districts for daily reporting of weather.
Reason for starting of this insurance scheme
The inclusion of fruits and vegetable farmers under the cover of a crop insurance scheme has been done on the demand of farmers and agricultural organizations said Agriculture minister Prabhulal Saini. At present, only cereals and grains are covered under crop insurance scheme.
Challenges to be faced by government
The data for other agriculture crops like cereals and grains is available with department. As per officials, it is big challenge to get sufficient empirical data for fruits and vegetables.
Fruits and Vegetables to be insured
In this scheme, various fruits and vegetables will be covered. These are orange, tomato, mango, brinjal, bottle gourd, cucumber, pomegranate, Indian gooseberry (amla), kinnow, lemon, ladies finger, bitter gourd and Indian round gourd (tinda) etc.
It is known that many farmers commit suicide if their crops get damaged. This new initiative of government for farmers will definitely be a great help for them. The scheme will give them more security to recover losses.
