Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana

Summary of the Scheme
Name of Scheme	Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana
Benefits	Accident assistance of up to ₹2,00,000
Beneficiary	Eligible farmers, agricultural labourers, and agricultural market workers in Rajasthan
Nodal Agency	Directorate of Agricultural Marketing, Rajasthan
Subscription	Subscribe here to get Update Regarding Scheme
Mode of Apply	Online through the Raj Kisan Portal or via an e-Mitra service centre

Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana: Accident Assistance of up to ₹2 Lakh for Farmers and Farm Workers

Farming is one of the most dangerous jobs there is. Machinery, electric lines, snakes, storms and long journeys to the mandi all carry risk, and one accident can leave a family without income or without a breadwinner. The Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana gives one-time financial help when an accident happens during farm or mandi work. It costs the beneficiary nothing: no premium and no contribution.

A familiar scheme under a new name

This is not a brand new scheme. It began in 1994 as Krishak Sathi Yojana, became Kisan Jeevan Kalyan Yojana in 2004, then Rajiv Gandhi Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana in 2009, and has now been renamed again. The amounts and rules have largely carried over, so families who knew the older scheme will find the same protections.

What it pays

Assistance runs from ₹5,000 to ₹2,00,000 depending on the accident. In a death case, the money goes to the deceased’s dependant. In an injury case, it goes to the injured person. The main amounts are:

1. Death in the accident: ₹2,00,000
2. Loss of both hands, both feet, both eyes, or any one limb: ₹50,000
3. Fractured spine or head injury leading to coma (each treated as equal to the loss of two limbs): ₹50,000
4. Complete de-scalping: ₹40,000
5. Partial de-scalping: ₹25,000
6. Loss of one hand, foot, eye, palm or arm: ₹25,000
7. Four fingers severed: ₹20,000
8. Three fingers: ₹15,000
9. Two fingers: ₹10,000
10. One finger: ₹5,000
11. Fracture to a hammal, palledar or labourer working in the mandi premises: ₹10,000
12. One testicle destroyed: ₹25,000
13. Both testicles destroyed: ₹40,000

A caution from the source itself: these amounts were transcribed from the supplied scheme information, and the Department’s own post gives a broader range of ₹5,000 to ₹50,000 for permanent disability and specified injuries. Verify the latest guidelines before treating any figure as final. If one accident causes several eligible injuries, you can claim for them together.

Payment comes from the Mandi Samiti fund by account-payee cheque or demand draft. Once your application and all documents are complete, the Mandi Secretary is responsible for processing it through to payment within 15 days.

Who is covered

1. Landowning farmers
2. Agricultural labourers, including those with no land
3. Licensed hammals, palledars and other covered mandi workers with a licence from the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti

The conditions are:

1. The person must be a native resident of Rajasthan.
2. Age must be between 14 and 75 years.
3. The death or injury must have happened in an accident during agricultural or marketing work, with clear evidence.
4. Only accidents are covered. Natural death and suicide are not.
5. Assistance for the same incident can come from only one government scheme, so a family claiming under the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ayushman Accidental Insurance Scheme cannot also claim here.

What kinds of accidents are covered

The list is long, which is a good sign for farm families. It includes accidents with farm machinery and tools, electrocution while digging a well or installing a tubewell, electrocution from a power line over the field or from current in irrigation water, accidents while spraying pesticides, accidents in mandi yards, sub-yards and notified purchase centres (including stacking sacks and overturned carts or tractor trolleys), accidents on the way to the mandi with produce and on the way back, up to the next day, accidents while travelling between home and field for farm work, de-scalping from hair caught in a chaff cutter or other machine, snake, camel, scorpion, honeybee, monitor lizard and other poisonous bites, attacks by wild, domestic or stray animals, lightning, falls into a diggi, farm pond, tanka or well during irrigation work, land preparation, building bunds, harvesting and threshing, being crushed by a tree in a cyclone, storm or rain, and pruning trees or guarding the farm.

What is not covered

No payment is made for death or injury from illness or disease, suicide, insanity or intoxicants, death during medical treatment or surgery, violations of the Motor Vehicles Act, death from pregnancy or childbirth, nuclear radiation, war, sedition or civil war, deaths while breaking the law for a criminal purpose, or accidents arising from causes other than farm work or travel to and from the mandi to sell produce.

There is also a 90-day rule: if more than 90 days pass between the accident and the death, the claim is generally not covered. The exception is when treatment was continuous, death resulted from the same accident, and the person was not discharged and then re-admitted in between.

The time limit

1. Apply normally within 6 months of the accident or death.
2. You can still apply after 6 months if you explain the reason for the delay.
3. No application is accepted after 15 months from the accident or death, in any circumstance.

Documents

The portal shows the checklist that applies to your case. In general, keep ready:

1. Jan Aadhaar card (needed to start the online application) and Aadhaar card
2. Bank passbook copy
3. Residence proof, voter ID, jamabandi of the land, electricity bill and Sarpanch certificate
4. An affidavit on ₹50 stamp paper saying no benefit has been taken for the same incident under any other scheme
5. In death cases: the FIR and the post-mortem report
6. In injury or dismemberment cases: a medical officer’s certificate, plus the doctor’s prescription and medicine bills
7. A commission agent’s guarantee or 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.

How to apply online

1. Open the Raj Kisan Sathi portal of the Rajasthan Agriculture Department and go to the Kisan/Citizen Login.
2. Select the Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana service, enter your Jan Aadhaar number, choose the family member, and verify the OTP sent to the registered mobile number.
3. Read the instructions, tick the declaration and open the form.
4. Choose the mandi name, then fill in the basic details, accident type, reason, date, time, place and a short description.
5. Fill in the victim details, body damage details and your relationship to the victim.
6. Choose the claim amount from the claim rule dropdown, using Add More Claim for additional injuries.
7. Fill in the bank details and the details of two witnesses.
8. Upload the documents, submit the form and print a copy.

How to apply through an e-Mitra kiosk

Carry your Jan Aadhaar number and all the accident documents to the nearest e-Mitra kiosk. Ask the operator to open Utility Services and select the Krishak Sathi Sahayata Yojana service, then give the applicant, victim, bank and witness details and hand over the documents. Collect the acknowledgement receipt before you leave.

A practical suggestion

If an accident has happened, do not wait. Collect the medical certificate, FIR (where needed) and bills straight away, since evidence is the basis of the whole claim, and keep the 6-month and 15-month limits in mind.

Where to get help

1. Raj Kisan Portal: 0141-2927047 and 0141-2922613
2. Rajasthan State Agricultural Marketing Board: 0141-2227914 and 0141-2227336
3. Email: rsamb@rajasthan.gov.in