"We have decided to cover 1 crore, 35 lakh farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, where the state government will pay their yearly premium. This way, we will be able to provide relief to families of farmers," Maharashtra agriculture minister Eknath Khadse told reporters here today.
He said that the state government plans to celebrate late Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik's birthday on July 1 as 'Agriculture Day', when different government schemes for farmers would be announced.
He said that all agriculture department officials ranging from those at the Mantralaya to village revenue officials (talathis) would be engaged to take government subsidies to farmers.