<span style="color: #222222;">Union Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the government has decided to cover damages to crops in wild animal attacks under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna in select districts on an experimental basis. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The minister said, the government also brought under the Fasal Bima Yojna ambit certain horticultural crops on an experimental basis. He informed that damages to individual or limited number of cultivators in localised events like water logging, land slide, hailstorms etc did not fall under the ambit of the Centre's crop insurance scheme earlier, but they too are being covered now under new provisions.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said that the provisions of the crop insurance scheme amended in consultation with various stakeholders and the amended provisions have been implemented from this month. He said the amended provisions also stipulate fines in cases of delay in clearing the insurance claims for crop damages.</span>