Crop insurance for five more districts

With monsoon becoming weak and drought looming large over the State, the Government has extended the weather-based crop insurance scheme to five more districts, covering 12 crops this kharif season.the scheme aims at providing insurance to the cultivator against adverse weather such as deficit and excessive rainfall, frost, heat (temperature) and relative humidity, which affect the crops.
The scheme was implemented in 10 districts, covering eight crops last kharif season. Officials of the Directorate of Agriculture told The Hindu that the scheme covered drought-prone Bangalore Rural, Ramangaram, Chickballapur, Hassan, Bidar, Bijapur, Bellary, Chitradurga, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Shimoga, Kolar, Koppal, and Tumkur districts.July 15 is the last date for farmers who had borrowed crop loans to submit applications for the scheme.