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Gopinath Munde Shetkari Apghat Suraksha Sanugrah Audhan Yojana

In order to give financial support to the aggrieved family members of the ill-fated farmers the State Govt. has provided accident claim cover through Gopinath Munde Shetkari Apghat Suraksha Sanugrah Audhan Yojana in the year 2023-24.

Start date19 Apr 2023

Last verifiedToday

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About This Scheme

1. Farmers are prone to various accidents while performing farming business. Due to death/ disability of earning head of family the family members of farmers have to face critical financial situation. 1. The said scheme will be applicable for 24 hours of every day during the prescribed period. 1. Farmers who are registered account holders and any 1 member of farmer's family who is not registered as registered account holder shall remain eligible for benefits under the scheme even if any of these persons suffer an accident or disability. 1. There is no relevance of this scheme to any other such scheme which is implemented by any other institution or individual farmers. The benefit of this scheme is completely independent. 1. To get the benefit of this scheme there is no need to submit any other documents than prescribed in the Government Resolution (G.R.).

Benefits

The benefits in the form of compensation provided:

I)Death - Rs. 2 lakhs

II) Disablement - Rs. 1 lakh /- or 2 lakhs

a) Loss of one limb or one Eye - Rs. 1 Lakhs

b) Loss of two limbs or two Eyes- Rs. 2 lakhs

c) Loss of one limb and one Eye - Rs. 2 lakhs

Eligibility

Note: You may be eligible based on the information shown. Please verify the official eligibility requirements before applying.

Required Documents

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) Person registered as farmer in Maharashtra as evidenced by 7/12 extract.
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) Village form No. 6 – D (Fer-far).
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) Village form No. 6 – C.
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) Age proof evidence by birth certificate or School leaving certificate, etc
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) Death certificate
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) First Investigation Report (FIR)
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) Inquest Report / Panchnama
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) Post-Mortem Report / Panchnama
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) Viscera Report
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) Dis-ability Certificate

✦ Required ◦ Optional

How to Apply

IIn-person

1. Concern accident farmer / heir of the farmer should submit complete claim proposal with all the prescribed documents to the concerned Taluka Agriculture Officer within 30 days.

2. After receiving preliminary information about the accident victim, a team of concerned revenue officer, police officer, taluka agriculture officer should visit and submit the report to Tehsildar within 8 days from the occurrence of the incident.

3. The Taluka Agriculture Officer should scrutinize the claim proposals received and submit the eligible claim proposals to the concerned Tehsildar.

4. In the committee meeting under the chairmanship of Tehsildar, a decision will be taken within 30 days to provide assistance to the farmers / heirs of the farmer family and after that the funds will be paid through ECS to the bank account of the accident affected farmers / heirs through the concerned Taluka Agriculture Officer.

Quick Info

Level: Central Government
Launched: 19 Apr 2023