Health insurance deadline for farmers pushed to August 5

CHANDIGARH : To bring 9.5 lakh farmers and their families into the ambit of health insurance cover under the Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana, the state government has extended the last date to submit the applications till August 5.

An agriculture department spokesperson said all the eligible farmers having ‘J’ forms and ‘sugarcane weightment slips’ were required to submit their duly filled self-declaration, along with other necessary documents, at the concerned market committee office or with the arhtiya till July 24, can do it by August 5 now.

The mandi board will pay the entire premium for the insurance cover of the farmers, who will get cashless treatment facility up to ₹5 lakh per annum.

Interested farmers can collect the self-declaration form either from the office of market committee or commission agent firm or download the same from the mandi board website www.mandiboard.nic.in.