Maharashtra cracks down on fake crop insurance claims

Maharashtra's government will take legal action against those filing fraudulent crop insurance claims, including blacklisting farmers found submitting false applications. The state is acting against several Common Service Centers for allegedly submitting approximately 4,400 fake crop insurance applications for the 2024 Kharif season. FIRs have been filed in districts like Beed, Nanded, and Pune. This move follows the discovery of widespread fraud in the crop insurance program, with the government aiming to protect genuine claimants while maintaining the system's integrity. The "one rupee" insurance scheme has been replaced with a new premium system.