Department of Agriculture in collaboration with Oriental Insurance Company organized a seminar cum conference on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana here today.Additional District Development Commissioner, Vivek Sharma presided over the function. Among others Chief Agriculture Officer, Mohd. Iqbal Choudhary, SDAO, Suresh Andotra, Senior Divisional Manager Oriental Insurance, D S Motten, experts from SKUAST and officers from Horticulture and Agriculture departments were present on the occasion.Additional District Development Commissioner, Vivek Sharma appreciated the department for organizing awareness programme on such a vital scheme which has the potential of minimizing crop failure effects by monetarily assisting the farmers in adverse situations.Chief Agriculture Officer gave a detailed presentation on the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana which will benefit 40,000 families associated with agriculture sector in the district. He briefed the conference on scale of finance, crops notified under the scheme, period of insurance, service provider, premium to be paid, cut off rate for premium risk covered and general exclusions under the scheme.An interactive session was also held during which farmers sought information on various aspects of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoajana for a comprehensive understanding of the benefits under the scheme.