Haryana

• 15 May 2023

State-level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance meeting was organised

Why in News?

On 12 May 2023, a meeting of the State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance was organized under the chairmanship of Sudhir Rajpal, Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department.

Key Points:

• The Additional Chief Secretary took important decisions in the meeting to make 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana' farmer friendly, to be implemented from Kharif 2023 to Rabi 2025-26, so that the yojana could be made more simple and transparent for the people of the state.
• Giving importance to the use of technology in the meeting, the proposal to appoint Harsac as a technical partner of the department for technical support was approved and a provision will be made to take complaints of farmers through the portal in the tender to be issued for the next session.
• Keeping in view the transparency of the scheme, the Additional Chief Secretary recommended increasing the time for videography of crop harvesting experiments and raising objections in local disaster survey/harvesting experiments from 72 hours to 144 hours & for the insurance company from 48 hours to 96 hours.
• In this meeting, the insurance amount of the crops covered under the scheme was also decided. The details of which are given below:

Amount Rs. per hectare
Kharif				Rabi
Crop	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	Crop	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
Paddy	96371	101190	106249	Wheat	72896	76541	80368
Pearl millet	46456	48779	51218	Mustard	48927	51373	53942
Maize	49421	51892	54487	Barley	46456	48779	51218
Cotton	98595	103525	108701	Gram	35830	37682	39503
Moong	43243	45405	47675	Sunflower	49421	51892	54487

Dabwali to Become Haryana's New Police District

Why in News?

On 14 May 2023, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal announced the creation of a new police district of Dabwali, a sub-division of Sirsa district of the state, in a public dialogue program organized to curb the bad habit of drugs and crack down on drug peddlers.

Key Points:

• It is known that the head of the district police is the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP). In addition to the Senior Superintendent of Police, several Superintendents of Police (SP)/Additional Superintendents of Police (ADL SP) are also involved in the police administration. The district is divided into several Police Circles headed by a Circle Officer.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister also approved to give of 6.8 acres of land of Haryana Urban Development Authority to Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board for the expansion of the grain market of Dabwali.