Implementation of crop insurance schemes
(a) the details of the various crop insurance schemes introduced in the country during the last three years;
(b) whether the crop insurance has covered all the States and all the farmers in the country, if so, the details thereof;
(c) the crops covered under different crop insurance schemes, State-wise; and
(d) the number of farmers benefited from these schemes?
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2246 ANSWERED ON-04.08.2017
Implementation of crop insurance schemes
2246 . Shri Darshan Singh Yadav
Smt. Rajani Patil
Shri P. Bhattacharya
(a) the details of the various crop insurance schemes introduced in the country during the last three years;
(b) whether the crop insurance has covered all the States and all the farmers in the country, if so, the details thereof;
(c) the crops covered under different crop insurance schemes, State-wise; and
(d) the number of farmers benefited from these schemes?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)
(a): Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance
Scheme (RWBCIS) have been launched from Kharif 2016 season after thorough review of the
then extant schemes of National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP), which had three component
schemes namely, Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), Weather Based Crop
Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) and Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS) which was implemented
from. 2013-14. In addition, National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) which was to be withdrawn after implementation of NCIP, also remained under implementation till 2015-16. CPIS also continued to be implemented and Unified Package Insurance Scheme (UPIS) was launched on pilot basis in 45 districts from Kharif 2016.
(b): All the aforesaid crop insurance schemes are optional for States/Union Territories and available for
all the farmers both loanee and non-Loanee.
(c): 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 provisions of the schemes State/UT Governments notify the crops in their respective areas. State-wise details of crops notified under PMFBY and RWBCIS during 2016-17 are at Annexure-I.
Government of India has been persuading the States/UTs from time to time in various meetings
and through letters at various levels to notify all eligible crops and areas under the crop insurance schemes for the benefit of the farmers of the State.
(d): State-wise and crop season-wise details of farmers benefitted under different crop insurance schemes during last three years are at Annexure-II.
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