Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana

What is Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana?

Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana is Rajasthan's accident compensation scheme for people who work on farms and in mandis. According to the Raj Kisan portal of the Agricultural Marketing Department, the stated objective is to provide financial assistance to farmers, agricultural labourers and mandi workers in the event of loss of a limb or death in an accident while doing agricultural work or agricultural marketing work.

Readers frequently search for the same benefit as Rajiv Gandhi Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana, an earlier name used for farmer accident assistance in Rajasthan. The live, currently published scheme page carries the name Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana, and this guide follows the scheme as it is published today on rajkisan.rajasthan.gov.in.

The scheme is not an insurance policy sold to a farmer. Nobody pays a premium, and there is no enrolment step before an accident. Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana is a compensation fund operated through the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samitis, the regulated agricultural produce market committees, and the claim is filed only after the accident has happened.

Who is eligible for Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana?

You can claim if:

• You are a farmer of Rajasthan, and the accident occurred while you were carrying out agricultural work.
• You are an agricultural labourer (khetihar mazdoor) of the state, injured during agricultural work.
• You are a worker holding a licence from a Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, this covers hammals, palledars and other mandi labour, injured while doing agricultural or marketing work.
• You are the dependant of any of the above, in a death case.

You cannot apply, and are not eligible, if:

• The accident had nothing to do with agricultural work or agricultural marketing work. The connection to farm or mandi work is the core test the mandi samiti applies.
• The worker is not a licence holder of the mandi samiti in a mandi-worker claim.
• The supporting documents for the nature of the accident cannot be produced. A medical officer's certificate in an injury case, or an FIR and post-mortem report in a death case.

There is no separate income ceiling, caste category or landholding requirement published on the scheme page. What matters is the person's status as a farmer, agricultural labourer or licensed mandi worker, and the fact that the accident happened during that work.

How much does Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana pay?

The Raj Kisan portal publishes a fixed schedule of assistance amounts:

The highest amount under the scheme is Rs 2,00,000, payable in a death case. The lowest is Rs 5,000, for the loss of a single finger. Amounts are fixed, not assessed case by case, which is why the medical certificate describing exactly what was lost matters so much to the outcome of a claim.

What documents are required?

Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana asks for documents according to the nature of the accident, not a single fixed checklist:

• Injury or loss of a limb, a certificate from a medical officer is essential. It should describe the injury in the same terms as the schedule above, for example "loss of one hand" or "three fingers amputated".
• Death — an FIR and a post-mortem report are essential.
• Snake bite, bite by a poisonous animal, or camel bite. The scheme makes a specific exception. Payment can be made on a government doctor's certificate together with a panchnama signed by a government doctor, without the FIR and post-mortem route. This exception exists because these deaths often happen in the field and never reach a police station.
• Jan Aadhaar card. The online claim is filed through the Jan Aadhaar number, so the family record must be in order before you start.
• Mandi samiti licence, where the claim is by a mandi worker.

How to apply for Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana

1. Get the accident documented first. For an injury, obtain a medical officer's certificate stating exactly which limb, finger or part was lost. For a death, obtain the FIR and the post-mortem report. For a snake bite or animal bite, obtain the government doctor's certificate and the panchnama signed by a government doctor.
2. Check that the Jan Aadhaar record is correct, the applicant's name, the dependants and the bank account details all flow from Jan Aadhaar.
3. Open the Raj Kisan portal at rajkisan.rajasthan.gov.in, go to the Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana page and use the apply link, or ask an e-Mitra kiosk to file it for you.
4. File the application online against your Jan Aadhaar number, addressed to the concerned Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, and upload the accident documents.
5. Keep the application number. The mandi samiti level assistance committee takes the decision on the claim.

How the claim is decided and paid

Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana is decided at the mandi, not at the state headquarters. The application goes to the assistance committee constituted at the level of the concerned Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, which examines whether the person falls in one of the covered groups, whether the accident happened during agricultural or marketing work, and which line of the assistance schedule the injury falls under.

The department publishes a timeline of 15 days for the payment step, counted from the point at which all necessary documents in the application are complete. The Mandi Secretary is named as the officer responsible for that step. The practical consequence is that an incomplete file does not start the clock. The 15 days begin only once the medical, police or panchnama papers are all on record.

Common reasons a claim fails

• No link established to agricultural or mandi work. This is the single biggest reason. A road accident on the way to a wedding is not covered; an accident while operating farm machinery or loading produce in the mandi yard is.
• Medical certificate too vague. A certificate that says "injury to hand" does not tell the committee whether to apply the Rs 25,000 line or the Rs 15,000 line.
• Death case without FIR or post-mortem, in a situation that does not fall under the snake-bite and animal-bite exception.
• Jan Aadhaar not updated, so the dependant's details or bank account cannot be verified.
• Mandi worker without a valid licence from the mandi samiti.

Where to get help

• Concerned Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti. The office where the claim is decided, and the first place to ask about a pending file. Ask for the Mandi Secretary.
• Raj Kisan portal, rajkisan.rajasthan.gov.in. The scheme page, the apply link and the application status option.
• Nearest e-Mitra kiosk, for assisted online filing if you cannot file the claim yourself.

No fee is payable to any agent for filing a Krishak Sathi claim. An e-Mitra kiosk may charge only the notified service charge for filing an online form.