STATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: An awareness programme was conducted by Manohar Lal, DDM, NABARD, Udhampur at Sudhmahadev on Sunday and was attended by Branch Manager, J&K Bank, Sudhmahadev, Vivek Shahi, Project Manager, Actech Agro Pvt. Ltd., Sanjeev Kumar, Chairman, SVPCL, representative form Department of Agriculture and farmers of the area.
The programme was part of Business Strategy Meet conducted for Sudhmahadev Vegetable Producer Company Pvt. Ltd. (SVPCL). It is a Farmers Producer Company promoted by NABARD through Actech Agro pvt. Ltd. SVPCL has 201 shareholder farmers. The objective of the company is to increase bargaining power of farmers by bringing them to one platform.
The farmers were explained in detail about the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna. They were informed that crop insurance under PMFBY is compulsory for all the farmers who have availed crop loans through KCC and optional for farmers who have not availed such loans.
The farmers were also explained in detail Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna. They were explained the process of enrollment in these schemes and also about settlement of claims.
