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Narendra Modi's call to focus on crop insurance
Highlighting benefits of the just-announced Crop Insurance Scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme \'Mann Ki Baat\' on Sunday said that awareness about it should be spread across the country so that at least 50 per cent of the farmers join it within two years.
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New Delhi : Highlighting benefits of the just-announced Crop Insurance Scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday said that awareness about it should be spread across the country so that at least 50 per cent of the farmers join it within two years.
The Prime Minister also pitched for continued efforts to popularize Khadi and awareness to save girl child, mentioned about the recently launched 'Start-Up India' programme and talked about the upcoming International Fleet Review to be held in Visakhapatnam.
Modi said he needs the "maximum help" from people about spreading awareness regarding the Pradhan Mantri Crop Insurance Scheme which was launched earlier this month. "Let us integrate as many farmers as possible with the crop insurance scheme,” he said.
The Prime Minister has also said, “Khadi has the power to provide employment to crores of people. It has now become a symbol and a centre of interest of the nation's youth." "Sardar Patel said India's independence is in Khadi, India's civilization represents Khadi, farmers' welfare is in Khadi," Modi added.
The Union Cabinet had earlier this month approved the 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana' for farmers' welfare. As per this scheme, there will be a uniform premium of only two percent to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5 percent for all Rabi crops. In case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium to be paid by farmers will be only five percent.
