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Chhattisgarh asks Reliance, IFFCO to clear crop insurance payments

Companies due to pay Rs 3.53 billion claims to farmers for crops damaged

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A farmer near Bhopal checks his crop after a hailstorm hit several parts of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has promised relief to affected farmers. Photo: PTI

R Krishna Das Raipur
Chhattisgarh government has asked Reliance and IFFCO insurance companies to clear the claims of farmers against the crop failure during kharif 2017-18.

The two insurance companies had reportedly failed to pay Rs 3.53 billion claims to farmers who had insured crops under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during the kharif season 2017-18. Both could not be contacted for its view on the issue.

According to state government officials, 1,294,189 farmers across the 27 districts of the state insured their crops under the scheme. Following scanty rainfall and other reasons, crops of 250,000 farmers were damaged.

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