Plaint registered in Amravati against crop insurance co

Amravati: Two days after state agriculture minister Dadaji Bhuse ordered registering a case against IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited for delaying payment of crop insurance claims, district superintending agriculture officer on Wednesday lodged a report against the company with Gadgenagar police station.
Bhuse had received complaints from farmers during his visit three days ago that neither the company’s toll free number is operational nor the company representatives were available. Following this, Bhuse visited the company’s office and found that it was not set up as per the agreement with the government for operating crop insurance scheme.
Total 1,72,655 farmers in the district have availed crop insurance, but unrest prevailed when most of them did not receive any response from the company for compensation for the crop losses incurred by them.
Collector Pawneet Kaur on Wednesday asked the company to appoint its representatives at district and taluka levels and settle the claims of the affected farmers at the earliest.