Mumbai, 05 June (HS): The crop insurance companies

should dispose of claims related to losses suffered by farmers based on a survey

conducted by the government. No farmer should be deprived of the insurance

benefits, said Agriculture Minister Adv Manikrao Kokate.

Adv Kokate issued instructions during a meeting to

review crop insurance claims and compensation to farmers from Nashik, Nanded

and Parbhani districts. Legislators Baburao Kohalikar, Dr Rahul Aher, Rajesh

Vitekar, Ratnakar Gutte, Agriculture Commissioner Suraj Mandhre, Agriculture

Director E S Naikwadi, Vijaykumar Auli were present. District Collectors of

Nashik, Nanded, and Parbhani attended the meeting in virtual mode.

The claims that have been rejected should be re-examined.

The pending appeals with the insurance company should be disposed of at the

earliest, so that the farmers are not deprived of any benefit, he said.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar