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The Government of India has introduced the innovative schemes of crop insurance but most of the farmers unaware of it. Unfortunately, crop insurance in the country has not made a noticeable contribution in agriculture sector even though the need to protect Indian farmers from uncertainty & risk. The farmers of Khatav Tahsil are facing the problems of drought over a period of several years & due to natural calamities they are suffering losses in their agriculture activities. It is necessary to evaluate the crop insurance scheme implementing in Khatav Taluka & also check the awareness of farmers about crop insurance scheme. Agricultural development is important to economic development of people in study area. The present paper is significant for potential beneficiaries from those villages which have not much awareness of crop insurance scheme. It’s also helpful to small & marginal farmers to protect their interest in crops against natural calamities & getting benefits under this scheme. It also assists the insurer’s bankers & policy makers for policy prescription & policy intervention.

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K. Sethupathi, & S.Sudha. (2019). A study on farmer awareness scheme of agricultural insurance with special reference to Erode District . International Journal of Intellectual Advancements and Research in Engineering Computations, 7(1), 418–422. Retrieved from https://ijiarec.com/ijiarec/article/view/937