Crop Insurance

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …

Govt credited Rs 206 crore for 51,369 farm ponds: Devendra Fadnavis

“The state government’s decision to bring various public welfare schemes on the digital platform have yielded positive results in tackling corruption and bringing greater accountability and speedy implementation,” said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis The state government has credited Rs 204 crore through direct benefit transfer in the accounts of farmers …

Chhattisgarh declares 97 tehsils drought-hit

Gram panchayats directed to set aside rice for the needy The Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday declared 96 of the 149 tehsils in the State as “drought-hit” owing to less than normal rainfall this year. The decision was taken at the State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh in …

Progressing towards climate resilient agriculture: top ten success stories from CCAFS in South Asia

The top ten success stories from CCAFS in South Asia presented in this document, exhibit evidence on how agriculture can be transformed to become resilient and productive, thereby, protecting the farming systems from the hazards of climate change. In addition to these ten success stories, this document also includes ten …

Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000– 2015

This book is devoted to the complex relationship between the global trading system and food security, focusing on two important elements: the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and how food price volatility can be managed, or not, through trade instruments. The first section of the book is based on the premise …

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Insurance of Crops, 04/08/2017

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Insurance of Crops, 04/08/2017. All food crops, oilseeds and pulses and annual commercial/horticultural crops are eligible for coverage under yield based crop insurance schemes and weather based scheme. In addition, perennial horticultural crops are also covered under weather based scheme. It is for the …

Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in 34th Report (16th Lok Sabha) on 'State of Rural/Agricultural Banking and Crop Insurance'

This Report of the Standing Committee on Finance (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) deals with action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in their Thirty-Fourth Report on the subject 'State of Rural / Agricultural Banking and Crop Insurance' of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) which was presented …

Crop Insurance: A flagship scheme that may flatter to deceive

For farmers, a uniform 2 per cent premium rate on sum insured (SI) for all kharif or monsoon season foodgrains and oilseeds, while 1.5 per cent for rabi winter crops and 5 per cent for annual commercial and horticultural crops, is the lowest they can hope for. The country couldn’t …

No benefit for farmers in Rajasthan's Bundi district from PMFBY

The low sum insured as compared to the scale of finance in Rajasthan said to be the culprit For many farmers in Rajasthan's Bundi district, the 2017 southwest monsoon season hasn’t been particularly impressive so far with rains being above normal in just two of the past seven weeks. Just …

Telangana 'fails' 9 lakh farmers as it is yet to pay its share

Under the Fasal Bima Yojana, the Centre paid its share of the premium, and the state was to pay Rs 100 crore. Hyderabad: More than the nine lakh farmers have been denied crop insurance for 2016-17 as the state government has not paid premium to the insurance companies. Under the …

Government dismisses Congress, Centre for Science and Environment charge on crop insurance

NEW DELHI: Strongly contesting the charge of the Congress and a report of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that private insurance companies have made huge profits from the PM Crop Insurance Scheme, top government officials told ET that crop insurance claims depended on whether there was a good …

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana-CSE

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is not suitable for vulnerable regions like Marathwada, finds the first detailed independent evaluation and analysis of government’s flagship programme, released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at Delhi. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released the first detailed independent evaluation and analysis …

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit of Agriculture Crop Insurance Schemes

GOI introduced the Modified National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (MNAIS) and implemented it on pilot basis in 50 districts from the Rabi season 2010-11. From the Rabi season 2013-14, GOI merged MNAIS and WBCIS into a new programme, the National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) replacing NAIS. However, at the request of …

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: An Assessment

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released the first detailed independent evaluation and analysis of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) – government’s flagship national agricultural insurance programme. Across the world, agriculture insurance is recognised as an important part of the safety net for farmers to deal with the …

Pradhan Mantri Fashal Bima Yojana: an Assessment

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released the first detailed independent evaluation and analysis of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) – government’s flagship national agricultural insurance programme. Across the world, agriculture insurance is recognised as an important part of the safety net for farmers to deal with the …

Background and context: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released the first detailed independent evaluation and analysis of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) – government’s flagship national agricultural insurance programme. Across the world, agriculture insurance is recognised as an important part of the safety net for farmers to deal with the …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Crop Insurance Scheme, 18/07/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Crop Insurance Scheme, 18/07/2017. PMFBY envisages coverage of all food crops (cereals, millets and pulses), oilseeds and annual commercial/horticultural crops. Besides above perennial commercial/horticultural crops can be covered under RWBCIS and CPIS is being implemented for coconut growers. However, as per provisons of the …

Crop insurance: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana subsidy good for private insurers, but a drag on Centre

Thanks to generous government subsidy of up to 8% of the sum assured, private general insurance companies have participated in the revamped crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), with as much or even greater vigour than public-sector insurers. Despite farmers’ contribution being just 1.5-2% of the insured …

44% of tillers under crop insurance

SC Asks Why Farmer Suicides Are Up Despite Centre's Much-Hyped Scheme With a spurt in farmers' suicides in the recent past, the Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre's much-hyped crop insurance scheme but upon the intervention of attorney general K K Venugopal, it agreed that the problem was far …

Agricultural Statistics at a Glance 2016

This annual flagship publication released by the Ministry of agriculture is a rich source of data on a wide range of parameters, such as area, production and productivity of various crops across States, land-use statistics, price support and procurement, international trade, credit and insurance. The Directorate of Economics and Statistics …

Farmers get Rs 928 crore towards damaged crop; Rs 1,600 crore more shortly

CHENNAI: In what could bring cheer to the farming community confronted with the challenges of a water crisis drought and poor groundwater table, the Tamil Nadu government has persuaded three insurance companies to sanction Rs 928.12 crore towards compensation of damaged samba crop in the last two months. The sanction …

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