Overview
- Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena told the Assembly that the Special Operations Group will investigate alleged large-scale irregularities in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana across multiple districts.
- An inspection in Karanpur, Sri Ganganagar, found 32,000 of 1.70 lakh intimation forms recorded 0% damage despite reported losses of 50–70%, which the minister estimated cost farmers about ₹128 crore.
- An FIR has been registered in Rawla, with a private insurer found prima facie responsible and, according to one report, identified as Kshema Insurance, as the state urges the Centre to withhold future tenders to the firm.
- A separate FIR in Salasar targets a scheme using 71 forged SBI accounts in farmers’ names that could have triggered about ₹9 crore in wrongful payments, with AIC named in reporting on the case.
- The minister said ₹6,328 crore in claims have been paid, including ₹188 crore carried over, while pending cases such as ₹42.62 lakh for 659 Shergarh farmers await bank, Aadhaar and NEFT verification under directions to district collectors to expedite checks.