Sometimes the farmers/ agricultural labourers get injured while operating agricultural machinery and in some cases even death occurs during such accidents. Therefore, in order to compensate the loss of injury/ death during working/ handling of such agricultural machineries the Government of Himachal Pradesh provides insurance cover to the Farmers and Agricultural Labourers under the scheme ‘Kisaan evam Khetihar Mazdoor Jeevan Surakhsha Yojna’.
- Under the scheme, in case of death, compensation of Rs.3 Lakh is given to the legal heirs & and in case of permanent disability, Rs 1 lac is given.
- In case of partial disabilities, compensation amount varying from Rs.10,000 to 40,000 is provided to the affected farmer depending upon the type of injury.
A provision of Rs. 40 lakh have been kept for the Financial Year 2023-24 and compensation amount of Rs.3.80 Lakh have been disbursed to 7 affected farmers till the month of July 2023.