Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana

Scheme Introduction: A Brief Overview

The Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana provides one-time financial assistance to farmers, agricultural labourers, and eligible agricultural market workers. It supports people who suffer accidental injuries or death during agricultural or agricultural marketing activities. The scheme offers assistance ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹2,00,000, depending on the nature and severity of the accident. In accidental death cases, the financial assistance is paid to the eligible dependant of the deceased, while in injury cases, the assistance goes to the affected person.

The Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana covers eligible accidents during agricultural work, including activities in fields, agricultural produce market yards, sub-yards, and notified purchase centres. It also covers specified journeys between home and the field for agricultural work and travel to or from a mandi while carrying agricultural produce. Only eligible beneficiaries can receive Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana benefits. Beneficiaries include landowning farmers, agricultural labourers, and licensed hammals, palledars and other covered mandi workers, who are also served by the Rajasthan Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandi Shramik Kalyan Yojana run by the same department.

The scheme provides financial assistance without requiring beneficiaries to pay any premium or make a contribution. If a single accident causes multiple eligible injuries, the beneficiary can submit a claim for those injuries together, subject to the applicable scheme rules. The assistance is paid from the concerned Mandi Samiti fund through an account-payee cheque or demand draft.

The scheme is not new, only newly named. It began in 1994 as Krishak Sathi Yojana. It was renamed Kisan Jeevan Kalyan Yojana in 2004, and then Rajiv Gandhi Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana in 2009. The present state government has renamed it Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana. The assistance amounts and the rules have carried over largely unchanged, so farmers who knew the older scheme will find the same protections under the new name.

Eligible applicants can apply for the Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana through the official Raj Kisan Portal or through an e-Mitra service centre. Applicants must provide the accident details, victim information, bank account details, witness information, and supporting documents required for their claim. The scheme's application instructions state that the required documents depend on the accident type and victim category, and the payment process provides a 15-day timeline after the application and all required documents are complete.

Scheme Benefits

• One-time cash assistance is paid after an accident during agricultural or agricultural marketing work.
• The assistance ranges from Rs 5,000/- to Rs 2,00,000/-.
• Both accidental death and accidental dismemberment are covered.
• In death cases, assistance goes to the deceased's dependent; in injury cases, it goes to the victim.
• Beneficiaries do not need to pay any premium or contribution to receive assistance.
• Covers landless farm workers, agricultural labourers, and landowning farmers.
• Also covers licensed hammals, palledars, and other eligible mandi workers.
• Provides coverage for eligible accidents in fields, mandi yards, sub-yards, and notified purchase centres.
• Covers eligible travel between home and the field for agricultural work and travel to or from the mandi while carrying agricultural produce.
• Allows beneficiaries to claim assistance for multiple injuries caused by the same accident.
• Pays assistance from the Mandi Samiti fund through an account-payee cheque or demand draft.
• Requires payment within 15 days after the application and all required documents are complete.
• Makes the Mandi Secretary responsible for processing the claim through to payment.

Financial Assistance for Accidents

The assistance amount under Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana is fixed for each type of accident and injury. The table below shows the Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana assistance amount list in full.

Note: The assistance amounts above are transcribed from the supplied scheme information. The Department of Agriculture post also gives a broader range of ₹5,000 to ₹50,000 for permanent disability and specified injuries. Verify the latest applicable government guidelines before treating every amount and injury category as definitive.

Eligibility Requirements

Only farmers and farm workers of the state can apply for Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana. Here is who can apply for the Rajasthan Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana and under what conditions.

• The applicant must be a native resident of Rajasthan.
• Farmers of the state are eligible.
• Agricultural labourers of the state are eligible.
• Mandi workers holding a licence issued by the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti are eligible.
• The age of the person must be between 14 years and 75 years.
• The death or dismemberment must have occurred in an accident during agricultural or agricultural marketing work.
• Clear evidence of the accident must be available, as assistance is granted only on proof.
• The scheme covers accidents only, so natural death and suicide are not eligible.
• Assistance for the same incident can be drawn under only one government scheme, so a family claiming under the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ayushman Accidental Insurance Scheme cannot also claim here.

Required Documents

The documents required for Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana depend on the nature of the accident and the type of victim. The portal displays the applicable checklist once the case details are entered.

• Jan Aadhaar card, which is needed to start the online application.
• Aadhaar card.
• Bank passbook copy.
• Residence proof.
• Voter ID.
• Jamabandi of the land.
• Electricity bill.
• Sarpanch certificate.
• Affidavit on a Rs 50/- stamp declaring that no benefit has been taken for the same incident under any other scheme.
• FIR report, in case of death.
• Post-mortem report, in case of death.
• Medical officer's certificate, in case of dismemberment or injury.
• Treating physician's prescription and medicine bills.
• Guarantee of the commission agent, where applicable.
• Partnership agreement, where applicable.
• In snake bite, poisonous insect bite and camel bite cases, the FIR and post-mortem report become optional, and a certificate from a Government Medical Officer becomes compulsory. A panchnama bearing the government doctor's signature is also accepted.

Steps to Apply

Applicants can apply for Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana online through the Raj Kisan Sathi portal or through an e-Mitra kiosk.

How to Apply Online for Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana

1. Visit the Raj Kisan Sathi portal of the Agriculture Department, Rajasthan.
2. Open the Kisan/Citizen Login page.
3. Select the Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana service from the service request list.
4. Enter your Jan Aadhaar number and click Submit.
5. Select the family member from the list shown.
6. Click Send OTP and verify the OTP on your registered mobile number.
7. Read the instructions screen and tick the declaration box.
8. Click Next to open the application form.
9. Choose the mandi name from the dropdown list.
10. Fill in the Basic Details tab with your personal and address details.
11. Select the accident type from the three options given.
12. Choose the reason for the accident from the dropdown.
13. Enter the accident date, time, place and a short description.
14. Fill in the Victim Details tab with the victim's information.
15. Enter the body damage details and your relationship with the victim.
16. Select the claim amount from the Select Claim Rule dropdown.
17. Click Add More Claim if you are claiming for more than one injury.
18. Fill in the Bank Details tab with the bank name, branch, IFSC code and account number.
19. Fill in the Witness Details tab with the details of two witnesses.
20. Upload all the documents shown on the Upload Documents tab.
21. Submit the application form.
22. Print a copy of the submitted application for your records.

How to Apply Through an e-Mitra Kiosk

1. Visit your nearest e-Mitra kiosk.
2. Carry your Jan Aadhaar number and all accident-related documents.
3. Ask the operator to open the Utility Services section.
4. Ask the operator to select the Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana service.
5. Give the applicant, victim, bank and witness details to the operator.
6. Hand over the documents for upload.
7. Collect the acknowledgement receipt before leaving.

Accidents Covered Under the Scheme

Assistance under the scheme is payable only for accidents occurring in the situations listed in the official application instructions.

• Use of agricultural implements and machinery during farm work, including irrigation work connected to farming.
• Electrocution while digging a well for irrigation or installing a tubewell.
• Electrocution from a power line passing over the field.
• Electric current conducted through irrigation water in the field.
• Accident while spraying chemical pesticides on crops, fruits or vegetables.
• Use of agricultural machinery at the main mandi yard, a sub yard, or a notified purchase centre.
• Accident while stacking sacks in a mandi.
• Overturning of a tractor trolley, camel cart, bullock cart or buffalo cart in the mandi premises.
• Fracture, death or dismemberment of a palledar, hammal or labourer during marketing work in the mandi premises.
• Accident on the way to the mandi with produce, in one's own or a hired vehicle.
• Accident while returning to the village after selling produce, covered up to the next day.
• Accident while travelling between home and field for agricultural purposes, including by motorcycle or any other vehicle.
• De-scalping caused by hair being caught in a chaff cutter or other agricultural machine.
• Snake bite, camel bite or poisonous animal bite while working in the field.
• Bite by a monitor lizard, honeybee, scorpion or other poisonous animal or insect during farm work.
• Bite or attack by a wild, domestic or stray animal during farm work.
• Lightning strike while doing agricultural work.
• Fractured spine during agricultural or marketing work.
• Head injury leading to coma during agricultural or marketing work.
• Accident while pruning trees for crop protection or cattle grazing, or while guarding the farm.
• Death in a diggi built on the farm under any government scheme.
• Slipping and falling into a diggi, farm pond, tanka, well or other water storage structure during irrigation work.
• Accident while preparing the field for sowing, including land levelling and cutting scrub and bushes.
• Accident while building field bunds.
• Accident while cutting and gathering the crop or while threshing grain.
• Death or dismemberment from being crushed under a tree during a cyclone, storm or rain while working in the field.
• Destruction of the testicles while doing agricultural work.

Accidents Not Covered Under the Scheme

No payment is made under the scheme where the death or injury falls into any of the following categories.

• Death or dismemberment caused by illness or disease.
• Suicide, insanity, or death caused by taking intoxicants.
• Death during medical treatment or surgery.
• Cases involving violation of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
• Death due to pregnancy or childbirth.
• Cases where the gap between the accident date and the death date is more than 90 days.
  • The case is still covered if treatment was continuous and death resulted from the same accident, provided the person was not discharged in the interim and did not get discharged and then re-admitted.
• Death from nuclear radiation or atomic weapons.
• Death from war, foreign invasion, acts of a foreign enemy, civil war, sedition or anti-national activities.
• Death while violating a law for a criminal purpose.
• Injury or death resulting from violation of a law established by the state.
• Any accident arising from causes other than agricultural work, or other than travelling to and from the mandi to sell produce.

Time Limit to Apply

The scheme guidelines prescribe a time limit within which the claim must reach the mandi samiti.

• The application should normally be submitted within 6 months of the date of the accident or death.
• An application can still be submitted after 6 months if it states the reason for the delay.
• No application is accepted in any circumstance after 15 months from the accident or death.
• Once the application is complete with all required documents, the Mandi Secretary is responsible for carrying it through to payment within 15 days.

Relevant Links

• Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana Online Application
• Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana Application Status
• Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana Details
• Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana Apply Manual
• Rajasthan Agriculture Department
• e-Mitra Rajasthan Portal

Contact Information

• Raj Kisan Portal Contact Details
  • 0141-2927047
  • 0141-2922613
• Rajasthan State Agricultural Marketing Board helpline number:
  • 0141-2227914
  • 0141-2227336
• Rajasthan State Agricultural Marketing Board Email: [email protected].