The Himachal Pradesh government has released Rs. 9.14 crore under the Disaster Relief Fund for the rain and storm affected farmers.

The Haryana government is yet to notify the crop insurance scheme for the 2014-15 rabi season, despite claiming itself to be a farmer-friendly government.

The Centre said Tuesday that after damage to rabi crops following unseasonal rains and hailstorms, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana had sought over Rs 10,100 crores in aid from the National Dis

Punjab and Haryana claim to have suffered massive crop damage due to inclement weather.

Of the un-insured, 46% were found to be aware but not interested while 24% said that the facility was not available to them

The government is preparing to deploy orbiting satellites to digitally map each farmland in the country , data from which will be used to provide tailor-made crop insurance cover to farmers.

The Centre is devising an insurance product for farmers that will guarantee to make good their loss in income from natural calamities for at least seven years.