Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh has approved to extend the cut-off date for applying for Pradha Mantri Fasal Beema Yojna till 31st August, 2016 for Bihar.
The farmers can apply for the scheme and Banks can take the premium under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojna in Bihar up to extended date.
Readers would recall that earlier the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare had extended the cut-off date for submission of insurance proposals to 10th August, 2016 by relaxing its provisions in the wake of receiving a number of requests from various States.
There was a tiff on the issue on account of the name of the scheme. Apparently peeved at the prospects of the scheme not coming to fruition in his home state, the minister had said the representatives of the state government had attended several rounds of meetings but never flagged any concern or objection.
JD(U) general secretary K C Tyagi had joined the issue and said what is wrong in Nitish Kumar asking for a change in the scheme’s title. If 50-per cent funding is to come from states why should it be called only ‘PM Fasal Bima Yojana’, he had asked.