DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Taking yet another step towards ascertaining that Farmers' welfare is the topmost priority of the Manohar Lal-led State government, a new portal 'e-Fasal Kshatipoorti portal was launched today by the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal. While addressing a press conference here today, the Chief Minister said that with the launch of this portal a historic step has been taken towards ensuring transparency in the system of application, verification and compensation for crop loss. Besides this, this portal would also replace the age-old manual compensation system as now compensation would also be given online. The Chief Minister said that the farmers who have not registered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana would get the benefit given under the portal 'e-Fasal Kshatipoorti. "With IT reforms, we have worked towards 'Ease of Living' for every section of the society," said Sh. Manohar Lal. He said that after the unprecedented success of the 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' portal, the 'e-Fasal Kshatipoorti portal has been launched today. The Chief Minister said that through this portal, the compensation amount will be deposited directly into the verified account of the farmer provided on 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora'. Now the farmers have to just register themselves on 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' portal only, said Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister further informed that the farmer's Khasra number should not be registered under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. The Farmers can check their application status from time to time on this portal. For registration, sharing of registered mobile number, the Parivar Pehchan Patra ID, 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' registration number will be mandatory, said the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister said that the compensation will be given for crop loss due to fire, flood, hailstorm, drought, cold wave, earthquake, landslide, cloudburst, water-logging, heavy rain, insect attack and dust storm. The Chief Minister said that the crop compensation would be given in 5 slabs including 0 to 24 per cent, 25 to 32 percent, 33 to 49 percent, 50 to 74 percent, and 75 to 100 percent. The Chief Minister further informed that the concerned Patwari, Kanungo and Tehsildar will do the login from the respective login form from their registered mobile number. They will be able to view the application submitted by the farmer for crop loss. (editor@dailyworld.in)