Gadag district has been chosen for the rain insurance scheme as a pilot project. Deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah said the scheme will be extended to the entire state depending on its success in Gadag. |
Speaking at a function to inaugurate the centenary year of cooperation movement in India at Kanagainhal village near Gadag on Sunday, he said the scheme initiated by the IFFCO in collaboration with Tokio General Insurance Company will ensure that a farmer buying one bag of fertiliser will be insured for Rs 400. |
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The function was organised at Kanaginahal village as it was in this village that the Asia's first primary co-operative credit society was established 100 years ago. |
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Chief minister Dharam Singh reiterated that the coalition government was committed to the welfare of poor and the farmers. He was all praise for his deputy for handling the finance portfolio efficiently. |
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Karnatak governor T N Chaturvedi released the first day cover brought out by the Postal Department to commemorate the village's role in the cooperative movement. |
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Siddramaiah unveiled the bust of Sannaramanagiuda Patil founder president of the first cooperative credit society. Law minister H K Patil inaugurated the Barish Bima Yojana. |
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Cooperation minister R V Deshpande announced that the government was thinking of introducing reservation for the SC/ST, women and backward tribes in the chairmanship of the cooperative institutions in Karnataka. |
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A three-member committee under the chairmanship of B S Vishwanathan has been constituted to suggest amendments to the Cooperative Act. |
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