TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Wishing the beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) on completion of its five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the crop insurance scheme benefited crores of farmers and mitigated their risks against the vagaries of nature.
The Prime Minister extended his wishes to farmers at a time when thousands of them were protesting at Delhi’s different borders against the government’s three contentious farm laws enacted in September last year during the Monsoon Session of Parliament seeking the withdrawal of these acts. The farmers’ agitation entered on 49th day on Wednesday.
In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said, “An important initiative to secure hardworking farmers from the vagaries of nature, PM Fasal Bima Yojana completes five years today. The Yojana has increased coverage, mitigated risk and benefitted crores of farmers. I congratulate all beneficiaries of the scheme.”
