Team News Riveting
Raipur, October 19
Chhattisgarh has received award for excellence for the digital integration of National Crop Insurance Portal.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has given the award at the 8th National Convention, which is being organized in Kochi, Kerala on October 19 and 20. Chhattisgarh was given the award for excellence on the first day of the convention. The award has been given for the successful completion of the integration of National Crop Insurance Portal in Chhattisgarh’s digital land records database Bhuiyan from Kharif year 2022 under the central government’s ambitious scheme of ‘Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana’.
Special Secretary and Director, Agriculture Chhattisgarh Government Dr Ayyaz Fakir Tamboli and Joint Director Agriculture, Directorate of Agriculture B K Mishra received the award.
A state government spokesperson said under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, numerous innovations had been carried out in many avenues in Chhattisgarh for the holistic betterment of the state. At the same time, the process of digitalisation is being done with the motive of providing benefits to the beneficiaries in a short span of time.
Similarly, the Integration of economic crop insurance portals under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana has been efficiently done in Chhattisgarh’s digital land records database (Bhuiyan) in a short period of time.
Due to the integration of the National Crop Insurance Portal with the state’s digital land records database (Bhuiyan), the information related to the land details of the farmers can be entered in the National Crop Insurance Portal only after verification from the Bhuyan portal. With this, the process of crop insurance cover and claim payment will be easily implemented with transparency due to the correct ‘khasra number’, acreage and the correct information about the village of the farmers is being entered on the portal.
