Mukhya MantriKisan Sahay Yojana

• 11 Aug 2020

• On 10th August Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has announced MukhyaMantriKisan Sahay Yojana for the current Kharif season.
• The new scheme - MukhyaMantriKisan Sahay Yojana - will replace the Pradhan MantriFasalBimaYojana (PMFBY) for this year only because insurance firms have sought very high premium.

Highlights

• Under this scheme, farmers facing crop losses due to drought, excess rain or unseasonal rain will get compensation without giving any premium for them or for the registration process.
• All farmers of the state will be covered under this scheme.
• Tribal farmers registered under the Forest Rights Act are also eligible for this scheme.
• The compensation will be given only if the loss of crop is more than 33 per cent either due to drought, or excess rain, or due to unseasonal rainfall.
• A farmer is eligible to get compensation for maximum four hectares of land.
• For crop loss between 33 and 66 per cent, a farmer will get a compensation of 20,000 per hectare for maximum four hectares. For crop loss above 60 per cent, a farmer will get 25,000 per hectare for maximum four hectares.
• Apart from the compensation paid under this scheme, farmers are also eligible to get additional compensation under the State Disaster Response Fund in case of crop loss due to natural calamities.