Chhattisgarh Gets Outstanding Award for Digitising National Crop Insurance Portal | 20 Oct 2022

Why In News?

• On October 19, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, conferred an outstanding award on Chhattisgarh for digitally integrating economic crop insurance portals into digital land records database (BHUIS) under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.

Key Point

• The 8th National Convention was held in Kochi, Kerala on October 19 and 20, 2022. On the first day of the convention, Chhattisgarh was given the outstanding award.
• This award has been given for successfully completing the integration of National Crop Insurance Portal from Kharif year 2022 under the ambitious scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana' of the Government of India in chhattisgarh's digital land records database 'Bhuiyan' in a limited time.
• Special Secretary and Director Agriculture, Government of Chhattisgarh Dr. Abyaz Fakir Tamboli and Joint Director Agriculture, Directorate agriculture Chhattisgarh Shri B.K. Mishra received the outstanding award on behalf of Chhattisgarh.
• It is worth mentioning that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, innovations are being made in many areas in Chhattisgarh. At the same time, the process of providing quick benefits to the beneficiaries is also being adopted, out of which digitization of schemes is mainly involved.
• It is noteworthy that due to the integration of the National Crop Insurance Portal with the Digital Land Records Database (Bhuiyan) of the state, the information related to the land details of the farmers can be done in the National Crop Insurance Portal only after verification from the Bhuiyan portal. With this, the correct khasra number area of the farmers and the information of the right village will be stored on the portal, the process of crop insurance cover and claim payment will be implemented with easy transparency.