1. Crop Insurance J & K State Presentation National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2014-15 17 th and 18 th of Sept 2014, NASC, Pusa Complex, ICAR, New Delhi

2. Damage by Recent Heavy Rains & Floods Recent Heavy Rains and Floods in the Kashmir valley in Particular and many parts of Jammu region have damaged: – Almost all the Stationary and mobile Soil Testing Labs and Quality Control Labs in Kashmir Valley, besides farm machinery, pumpsets, bore-wells, etc. and other infrastructure in large area of the State ; – Cultivated area in major part of the valley due to floods, sedimentation and washing away of lands which will take much time for actual assessment; – About 13,000 hectare cultivated area by way of erosion, washing away of land and deposition of silt and other debris in Jammu region; – Damaged crops in about 1,33,000 hect area out of the net sown area of about 3.90 lakh hectare area to an extent of 25% to about 60% and even higher at some places.

3. CROP INSURANCE SCHEME IN J&K STATE WBCIS is under implementation during Kharif 2014 in J&K. Notification dated 24 th of July,2014 issued in this respect. Scheme for implementation in Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Pulwama Districts on Pilot basis. Basmati Rice in Jammu Division and Saffron in Kashmir Division are the notified crops. Automatic weather stations installed as per the administrative instructions in the notified areas. The impact of the scheme will be reviewed at the end of the season.

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