PATNA: State agriculture minister Prem Kumar on Thursday appealed to farmers of 11 districts who suffered crop damage due to rain, storm and hailstorm last month to register themselves online for availing agriculture input subsidy as compensation that the government had announced for them. The last date for the online registration is March 23.
Any farmer who has suffered crop damage but not registered online while making the claim will not be eligible for the agriculture input subsidy benefit, the minister said.
The 11 districts which witnessed rain or hailstorm in February and also suffered consequent crop damage are Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Buxar, Gaya, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, East Champaran, Samastipur and Vaishali, the minister said, adding an area assessment of crop damage was made at the local level by the district administrations concerned.
The minister said the farmers of the districts and blocks concerned whose standing rabi crops were damaged should get themselves registered online on either of the two portals of the agriculture department – www.krishi.bih.nic.in and dbtagriculture.bihar.gov.in.
The agriculture input subsidy will be transferred into the bank accounts of the farmers through the direct benefit transfer (DBT) method. Their claims will be cleared after proper verification.
Farmers whose crops on the non-irrigated or rain-fed plots of land were damaged will get Rs 6,500 per hectare of land, while the compensation is Rs 13,500 per hectare of irrigated land. The compensation paid would be for the maximum 2 hectares of land, the minister said.
Any farmer who has suffered crop damage but not registered online while making the claim will not be eligible for the agriculture input subsidy benefit, the minister said.
The 11 districts which witnessed rain or hailstorm in February and also suffered consequent crop damage are Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Buxar, Gaya, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, East Champaran, Samastipur and Vaishali, the minister said, adding an area assessment of crop damage was made at the local level by the district administrations concerned.
The minister said the farmers of the districts and blocks concerned whose standing rabi crops were damaged should get themselves registered online on either of the two portals of the agriculture department – www.krishi.bih.nic.in and dbtagriculture.bihar.gov.in.
The agriculture input subsidy will be transferred into the bank accounts of the farmers through the direct benefit transfer (DBT) method. Their claims will be cleared after proper verification.
Farmers whose crops on the non-irrigated or rain-fed plots of land were damaged will get Rs 6,500 per hectare of land, while the compensation is Rs 13,500 per hectare of irrigated land. The compensation paid would be for the maximum 2 hectares of land, the minister said.
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