A farmer leader from Mysuru has urged the Centre to include crops damaged by wild animals under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana.
Kurubur Shanthkumar, president, State Sugarcane Growers’ Association, who is also president of Indian Sugarcane Farmers’ Association, met Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan in New Delhi recently and urged him to take measures to include crops that had been left out under the insurance scheme in the interest of farmers from the State. He presented a memorandum to the Minister.
Mr. Shanthkumar also met Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and briefed him on the problems faced by farmers and how the scheme can benefit them if changes were done. He said the scheme did not cover sericulture and sugarcane and urged the Centre to include these crops. The State has over 30 per cent of farmers who practice farming on leased lands. But the scheme covers only those who have land holdings. This should be corrected, he added.
He said Mysuru and Chamarajnagar districts had large areas of forests and crop damage due to straying of wild animals on the forest boundaries were common.
Источник - http://www.thehindu.com/