 "farmer, agriculture, paddy")
With about 75 per cent of farmers in Chhattisgarh claiming damages under the crop insurance scheme, The state government has disbursed compensation worth Rs 5.68 billion to drought-affected cultivators.
Severe drought hit the state in the kharif season of 2017-18, affecting paddy production. Of the 149 tehsils across 21 districts, as many as 96 were declared drought-hit. As against 8 million tonne (MT) the previous year, only 6.7 MT of paddy could be produced in 2017-18.
According to state government officials, 1,294,189 farmers across the 27 districts of the state insured their crops under the Prime Minister crop insurance scheme.
