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State Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam connected Saturday urged farmers who had not insured their crops, which were permitted for security till November 30, to registry by December 1, and land-owning farmers to instantly get their Farmer IDs done the Farmer Registry astatine e-Sevai centres.
In an authoritative release, helium said a compensation of ₹794 crore had been approved for the twelvemonth 2024–25, of which ₹697 crore had already been credited to the slope accounts of 4 lakh farmers. “The remaining compensation volition beryllium straight credited to farmers’ slope accounts erstwhile the Union authorities releases its stock of ₹67 crore,” helium said.
Mr. Panneerselvam said that the Centre had earlier exempted the mandatory request of the Farmer ID for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), a harvest security strategy implemented for the 2025–26 Kuruvai, Samba, and Navarai harvest seasons.
“Under these circumstances, the National Crop Insurance Portal had fixed the enrolment model for Samba paddy security from September 2025 to November 15. However, owed to continuous rain, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and related issues, Samba paddy security could not beryllium completed connected time. Based connected the requests from farmers and continued efforts of the Tamil Nadu government, the Centre has extended the deadline to November 30,” helium said.
Mr. Panneerselvam added that, “As of now, Samba paddy has been cultivated connected 31.33 lakh acres. Of this, 19.06 lakh acres person been insured by 7.95 lakh farmers, amounting to 61% of the full cultivated area. This is 1 lakh acres much than past year. Additionally, during the extended period, 66,000 farmers person insured 1.63 lakh acres of Samba paddy.”
