Uttarakhand becomes First State to Start Insurance Scheme for Sericulturists

Uttarakhand becomes First State to Start Insurance Scheme for Sericulturists

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Category : State Published on: March 15 2023

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Uttarakhand has become the first state in the country to start 'Resham Keet Bima' scheme for protecting its sericulturists.
Under the pilot project, which started from Uttarakhand, in the first phase, 200 sericulturists from five blocks of four districts -- Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital -- have been insured from the ill effects of climate change, scarcity of water and other hazards.
he scheme, which is being run under Saral Krishi Beema, was launched in the presence of Uttarakhand co-operative Silk Federation Limited chairperson Ajeet Singh, CMD of Agriculture Insurance Company of Indian Limited Girijia Subramanian, NABARD CGM VK Bisht and director of silk directorate AK Yadav in Dehradun.

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