Mumbai : Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, every rupee of compensation owed to farmers would be delivered, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asserted on Friday.

If required, "we will directly consult farmers to ensure that every single rupee of their rightful claim reaches them,” the minister said while addressing a congregation of 20,000 farmers at the Global Vikas Trust (GVT) Krishikul, Sirsala in Maharashtra's Beed district. Read Also Farmer Killed In Leopard Attack Near Deolali Camp In Maharashtra's Nashik

"A farmer is not merely a cultivator but a provider of life — the ‘Annadaata’ of the nation. For the first time in the country, under the ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’, scientists from across India have stepped out of their laboratories and reached di

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