Economic Survey 2023-24: Crop insurance to see growth from 2024 onwards, government tech push to boost sector
8 months, 1 week ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Crop insurance to see growth from 2024 onwards, government tech push to boost sector

The Hindu  

The agriculture insurance sector is likely to register growth from 2024 onwards, with an average real premium growth of 2.5% over the medium term, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24. "Agriculture premiums will likely rise from 2024 onwards, with an average real premium growth of 2.5% cent over the medium term, supported by improvements in insurance infrastructure such as mobile applications and remote sensing for crop loss monitoring," the survey said. The survey also highlighted door-to-door enrolment initiatives aimed at making crop insurance more accessible to farmers. Currently, the government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and the Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme.

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Govt scraps its ambitious ₹1 crop insurance scheme
1 hour, 44 minutes ago

Govt scraps its ambitious ₹1 crop insurance scheme

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The state government is winding up its ambitious ₹1 crop insurance scheme launched with much fanfare two years ago. Scrapping the ₹1 crop insurance scheme, albeit ridded with irregularities, will save the Mahayuti government ₹7,000 crore at a time when it is confronted by a fiscal deficit of ₹1.33 lakh crore in FY2024-25. When scrapping the loan waiver for …

Budget 2025: Why we must invest more in agriculture today to solve tomorrow's problems
2 months ago

Budget 2025: Why we must invest more in agriculture today to solve tomorrow's problems

New Indian Express  

It is heartening to see that the government is finally considering agriculture to be the first engine of growth. During the last decade, we have had three new schemes for supporting agriculture – crop insurance, interest subsidy and the direct transfer. We, therefore, need the government to invest in agriculture infrastructure – the same way we have done for roads …

Irregularities found in crop insurance scheme, shrines shown as farmlands: Minister
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2 months, 1 week ago

Irregularities found in crop insurance scheme, shrines shown as farmlands: Minister

Live Mint  

Mumbai, Jan 22 Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate has admitted irregularities in the implementation of the Re 1 crop insurance scheme for farmers, noting places of worship were shown as agricultural lands to claim benefits. More than four lakh crop insurance applications, some filed even by those residing outside Maharashtra, have been rejected, Kokate on Tuesday said, adding a "bogus …

Budget 2025: Agri industry calls for policy reforms to boost sustainability and rural growth
2 months, 1 week ago

Budget 2025: Agri industry calls for policy reforms to boost sustainability and rural growth

Firstpost  

Experts call for reforms such as promoting sustainable farming practices, increasing research funding, rationalising taxes and expanding digital infrastructure in the Union Budget 2025 to support the sector’s growth. The agriculture industry is hopeful that the government will announce measures in the Union Budget 2025 to boost rural infrastructure, strengthen crop insurance and introduce incentives for key crops to boost …

Mint Primer: A tech solution to crop insurance woes?
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Mint Primer: A tech solution to crop insurance woes?

Live Mint  

The government has cleared a revamped crop insurance scheme and additional funds to deploy new technology like remote sensing and automatic weather stations. The Yield Estimation System Using Technology, or YES-TECH, will deploy satellite-based remote sensing to assess crop yields and damage. Weather shocks like hailstorms and excess rainfall are often localized events, and a dense network of weather stations …

Centre raises crop insurance allocation, fertiliser subsidy to support farmers
3 months ago

Centre raises crop insurance allocation, fertiliser subsidy to support farmers

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the government's first decision in the New Year is dedicated to farmers, as the Union Cabinet headed by him enhanced allocation to crop insurance scheme and raised subsidy to a key fertiliser. The Cabinet's decision on extending the one-time special package on Di-Ammonium Phosphate will help farmers by ensuring the fertiliser at …

Centre raises crop insurance allocation, fertiliser subsidy to support farmers
3 months ago

Centre raises crop insurance allocation, fertiliser subsidy to support farmers

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the government's first decision in the New Year is dedicated to farmers, as the Union Cabinet headed by him enhanced allocation to crop insurance scheme and raised subsidy to a key fertiliser. The Cabinet's decision on extending the one-time special package on Di-Ammonium Phosphate will help farmers by ensuring the fertiliser at …

MLAs bring to Minister’s notice many issues at NTR District Review Committee meet
4 months ago

MLAs bring to Minister’s notice many issues at NTR District Review Committee meet

The Hindu  

People’s representatives and officers should work in coordination for the overall development of the district and to bring solutions to problems, NTR district In-charge Minister Y. Satya Kumar Yadav said. Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath, Collector G. Lakshmisha, MLAs from Mylavaram, Jaggayyapeta and Tiruvuru Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad, Sriram Rajagopal-Tataiah, Kolikapudi Srinivasa Rao respectively and others discussed issues with regard to …

Telangana: State’s Crop Insurance Deadline Approaches Fast
7 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: State’s Crop Insurance Deadline Approaches Fast

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has about nine days left to keep its promise of relaunching the crop insurance scheme that was halted by the previous BRS regime. For crops like paddy and chilli, the cut-off date for paying the premium for insurance under the centrally- Failure to join the scheme will deny the state funds made available by the Centre …

Andhra Ministers to come up with best crop insurance scheme for farmers
8 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Ministers to come up with best crop insurance scheme for farmers

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: A Group of Ministers on Monday reviewed the crop insurance scheme and directed officials to ensure effective implementation to ensure that farmers get the intended benefit. Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu, along with Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar and Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav, directed the officials to implement the best insurance scheme for farmers as advised by the Central government. …

Govt begins work on staving off climate crisis farm impact
11 months ago

Govt begins work on staving off climate crisis farm impact

Hindustan Times  

The government has constituted two scientific panels to assemble an advanced countrywide agricultural weather information system and introduce tech-enabled assessment of crop yields to ward off the impacts of extreme weather linked to climate change, officials said. The committees anchored in the Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre in New Delhi comprises multidisciplinary experts and representation from states to step up …

Telangana to Rejoin PM Crop Insurance Scheme
1 year ago

Telangana to Rejoin PM Crop Insurance Scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced that the state government will rejoin the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana scheme in the interests of farmers and to save them from losses caused by natural calamities. Ever since the BRS government opted out of the scheme in 2020, there has been no crop insurance scheme in Telangana. Unfortunately, there is no …

Odisha: Coop dept to pilot study on four models for crop yield
1 year, 1 month ago

Odisha: Coop dept to pilot study on four models for crop yield

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state-level co-ordination committee on crop insurance on Tuesday decided to do a pilot study on four models suggested under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for estimation of crop yield. A meeting of the committee chaired by chief secretary Pradeep Jena authorised the Cooperation department to issue notification for the pilot projects before the next kharif season. The committee …

Guest Column | It’s time Punjab embraces PM Fasal Bima Yojana
1 year, 2 months ago

Guest Column | It’s time Punjab embraces PM Fasal Bima Yojana

Hindustan Times  

Punjab, renowned as a leading agricultural state in India, needs an essential transformation in the midst of agrarian and climatic crises. The recent floods and the resultant losses for the farmers, with their wheat and paddy crops, are compelling a revaluation of Punjab’s stance on crop insurance. Several noteworthy modifications have been implemented in the scheme, such as extending the …

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana suffers from lack of regulation, alleges JNU professor
1 year, 4 months ago

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana suffers from lack of regulation, alleges JNU professor

The Hindu  

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, brought out in 2016, has opened crop insurance to the private sector at the national-level. The PMFBY suffers from a serious problem of lack of regulation, with there being no independent mechanism to verify the validity of data provided by insurance companies, according to Vikas Rawal, a professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Referring to …

'Some Ramnad farmers yet to receive crop insurance'
1 year, 5 months ago

'Some Ramnad farmers yet to receive crop insurance'

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: Farmers of Ramanathapuram on Tuesday alleged that several farmers in the district have not received the crop insurance benefits, though the officials state that the insurance coverage for crop damage in 2022, has been completely distributed. On the flip side, during the grama sabha meetings held in villages, including Ponnakkaneri and Theriruveli, farmers said they were not provided with …

BJP demands crop insurance scheme for farmers
1 year, 11 months ago

BJP demands crop insurance scheme for farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana BJP on Wednesday demanded that the state government immediately introduce a comprehensive crop insurance scheme to save farmers from repeated disasters of crop losses due to adverse weather events. Bharatiya Janata Party state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar said in the past three years farmers lost crops in around 37 lakh acres in the state, and with an average …

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: Punjab to rollout crop insurance scheme this kharif sowing season
2 years ago

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: Punjab to rollout crop insurance scheme this kharif sowing season

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh Kharif crops, such as paddy, are sown during the onset of the monsoon season around the month of June and harvested at the end of this season during the months of September and October. The Punjab government has decided to set an early deadline for the implementation Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for the upcoming kharif sowing season. Earlier, …

Economic Survey 2023: Centre's MSP Boost For Crops Powered Agriculture Sector To Robust Growth
2 years, 2 months ago

Economic Survey 2023: Centre's MSP Boost For Crops Powered Agriculture Sector To Robust Growth

ABP News  

The Economic Survey 2022-23 was tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday in the parliament. As all eyes are on the Budget 2023, where the expectations for the agriculture sector remain upbeat, the Eco Survey 2022-23 showed that the performance of the agriculture and allied sector has been buoyant. As per the Eco Survey tabled in the Parliament, the …

Farmers get a raw deal after suffering crop loss
2 years, 6 months ago

Farmers get a raw deal after suffering crop loss

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Many farm experts are critical of the loopholes in implementing the Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana while extending crop insurance to make good crop losses. They contend that PMFBY is more beneficial to the insurance companies compared to farmers as most insurance companies are not settling claims under one pretext or the other. Mandadapu Sudhakar, chairman of PACS and …

Jagan urges Centre to bear equal share for free crop insurance scheme
2 years, 8 months ago

Jagan urges Centre to bear equal share for free crop insurance scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Reddy held discussions with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday on implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in the state. The chief minister discussed the modalities of integrating the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ with the YSR Free Crop Insurance Scheme. Jagan said a free crop insurance scheme will go a long …

Farmers who repay loans to get ₹50,000 as incentive
3 years ago

Farmers who repay loans to get ₹50,000 as incentive

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai In a budget speech that laid emphasis on agriculture, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar announced several sops and measures for farmers, including an incentive of ₹50,000 for two million farmers, who repay their crop loans regularly. Pawar indicated that the state government wanted the Centre to modify the terms of its crop insurance scheme-Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and …

What the Budget can do to support farming, in five charts
3 years, 2 months ago

What the Budget can do to support farming, in five charts

Live Mint  

In 2016, the BJP-led government set itself the target to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. Three such schemes accounted for 82% of central budgetary allocations to the ministry of agriculture and farmers' welfare in 2021-22, against 18% in 2018-19: cash transfer scheme PM-KISAN, PMFBY, a crop and yield insurance scheme, and interest subsidies on short-term credit to farmers. Income Boost …

Crop Insurance Claims at Rs 9,570 Cr for 2020-21 Lower by Over 60% from Previous Year
3 years, 5 months ago

Crop Insurance Claims at Rs 9,570 Cr for 2020-21 Lower by Over 60% from Previous Year

News 18  

There has been more than 60 per cent decline in the crop insurance claims of farmers at Rs 9,570 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for the 2020-21 crop year from the previous year as there were no major crop losses, according to official data. Crop insurance claims stood at Rs 27,398 crore in the 2019-20 crop year. …

What agriculture needs: Risk mitigation
4 years, 3 months ago

What agriculture needs: Risk mitigation

Hindustan Times  

At the heart of the debate on farm laws is the issue of the level of farm incomes. Farmers protest against the newly-passed farm laws, Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, December 17, 2020 Market price realisation of agricultural produce is usually uncertain. When farmers don’t have access to public procurement, they mitigate risk by sowing low-value low-risk crops conditional on agro-ecology. Research …

Having Lost Crops Worth Rs 1 Lakh, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Receives Re 1 in Insurance Claims
4 years, 6 months ago

Having Lost Crops Worth Rs 1 Lakh, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Receives Re 1 in Insurance Claims

News 18  

A large number of farmers in Madhya Pradesh have complained about receiving meagre sums as crop insurance claims, with only Re 1 having been credited to a Betul farmer’s bank account. The state government has doled out crop insurance compensation to 22 lakh farmers. The agriculture department refused to respond to queries on the matter, but a senior officer wishing …

Madhya Pradesh: Marketing privatisation
4 years, 8 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Marketing privatisation

The Hindu  

Two recent ordinances passed by the Central government relating to agriculture have attracted criticism from farmers’ bodies across India, which fear that the move is aimed at benefitting big companies and will deprive them of the minimum support price for their yields. He said that farmers had suffered staggering losses because of the lockdown, and the experiences of farmers in …

P Chidambaram slams Centre's move to make crop insurance voluntary; says there can be nothing more anti-farmer
5 years, 1 month ago

P Chidambaram slams Centre's move to make crop insurance voluntary; says there can be nothing more anti-farmer

Firstpost  

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday termed as “retrograde” the decision of the Centre to make crop insurance voluntary and said there can be nothing more anti-farmer New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday termed as “retrograde” the decision of the Centre to make crop insurance voluntary and said there can be nothing more anti-farmer. He said …

Crop insurance claims of Rs 9,046-cr paid to 80 lakh farmers in kharif 2018: Government
5 years, 8 months ago

Crop insurance claims of Rs 9,046-cr paid to 80 lakh farmers in kharif 2018: Government

India TV News  

Crop insurance claims of Rs 9,046-cr paid to 80 lakh farmers in kharif 2018: Government The government has paid crop insurance claims worth Rs 9,046 crore to 80 lakh farmers for the Kharif 2018 season under PMFBY and RWBCIS, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. The government has paid crop insurance claims worth Rs 9,046 crore to 80 lakh farmers for …

Bengal rolls out free crop insurance scheme for farmers
5 years, 9 months ago

Bengal rolls out free crop insurance scheme for farmers

India TV News  

The West Bengal government on Friday said it has rolled out a crop insurance scheme, in collaboration with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India, for the 2019 'kharif' season to protect farmers from natural disasters, and to ensure a steady income in case of unstable market prices. The crop insurance scheme would be "free of cost for the farmers" as …

Enrolment under PMFBY crop insurance scheme sees steep decline
6 years, 2 months ago

Enrolment under PMFBY crop insurance scheme sees steep decline

Live Mint  

Sharad Markad, a lanky teenager from a marginal farming family in Maharashtra, spent the first day of 2019 scrounging for funds. “We did not enrol last season since it is of no use…our crop was damaged in the past but we did not receive any money.” Markad’s loss of interest in the crop insurance scheme, which was launched with much …

Fundamental flaws in crop insurance scheme’s design makes it ineffective
6 years, 2 months ago

Fundamental flaws in crop insurance scheme’s design makes it ineffective

Live Mint  

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the flagship programme launched with much fanfare in 2016, has run into rough weather. With both the area covered and the number of enrolled farmers declining, the country’s premium crop insurance scheme is certainly in need of an overhaul. While Parliament’s committee on estimates, chaired by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi, has …

Multiple gaps in implementing flagship crop insurance scheme
6 years, 2 months ago

Multiple gaps in implementing flagship crop insurance scheme

Live Mint  

Instead of appreciation, the Modi government’s flagship schemes for crop insurance, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme have attracted criticism even though the PMFBY is substantially superior to crop insurance schemes under previous governments. They are farmers, banks, central and state governments, and insurance and reinsurance companies. The insurance companies would like to …

Farmers still unaware of details of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana, says survey
6 years, 7 months ago

Farmers still unaware of details of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana, says survey

Firstpost  

Farmers are still unaware of the details of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana even as the government and insurers are trying to increase the penetration in the non-loanee segment, said a climate risk management firm WRMS New Delhi: Farmers are still unaware of the details of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana even as the government and insurers are …

Making crop insurance work for Indian farmers
6 years, 8 months ago

Making crop insurance work for Indian farmers

Live Mint  

In recent months, several places in north India experienced unseasonal dust and thunderstorms, followed by unseasonal rains. From the Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme through the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme, Modified National Agriculture Scheme and on to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, India’s agricultural insurance schemes have undergone several changes in their approaches. Many experts and organizations working in this …

To aid farmers, Rajasthan may launch own crop insurance firm
7 years, 2 months ago

To aid farmers, Rajasthan may launch own crop insurance firm

Hindustan Times  

The Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government is examining the feasibility of launching a ‘Rajasthan Agriculture Crop Insurance Company’ within this year, which may be a first among Indian states. Rajasthan said the union ministry of agriculture and farmer welfare has agreed in-principle to the state’s proposal to create a crop insurance company. “Some states are of the view that the empanelled …

Budget 2018: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana likely to get Rs 13,000 cr for 2018-19, up 21%
7 years, 2 months ago

Budget 2018: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana likely to get Rs 13,000 cr for 2018-19, up 21%

Firstpost  

Under the upgraded crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, launched early 2016, farmers pay very nominal premium and get full claim for the crop damage. New Delhi: The government is likely to increase the budget allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to Rs 13,000 crore for 2018-19 from Rs 10,701 crore for the current financial year, …

Marathwada Diary: Mandatory online crop insurance premium payments adds to farmers' despair
7 years, 7 months ago

Marathwada Diary: Mandatory online crop insurance premium payments adds to farmers' despair

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: Parth MN is travelling across Maharashtra’s Marathwada province on a People’s Archive of Rural India fellowship to chronicle agrarian issues in the region, over a period of 6-8 months. “I cannot afford to spend days standing in front of the bank while leaving my farm behind,” says an agitated Khapre, who cultivates soyabean and cotton on his three …

Farmers urged to insure crops
7 years, 8 months ago

Farmers urged to insure crops

The Hindu  

Collector N. Venkatachalam appealed to farmers to insure paddy, pulses and other crops for the kharif season to manage crop loss owing to natural calamities. In a press release here on Wednesday, he said that insurance cover for paddy per acre was ₹23,200 and total premium ₹371.20, for maize insured amount was ₹18,500 and premium was ₹370, for sorgham and …

Telangana 'fails' 9 lakh farmers as it is yet to pay its share
7 years, 8 months ago

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

Deccan Chronicle  

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 Fasal Bima Yojana, the Centre paid its share of the premium, and the state was to pay Rs 100 crore. For the Kharif season of 2016-17, 7.02 lakh farmers insured crops in …

Tamil Nadu government fails to notify crop insurance to ryots: Report
7 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu government fails to notify crop insurance to ryots: Report

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu government may cry hoarse that the state is facing worst-ever drought in 140 years, but the administration was “least prepared” in handling the crisis and did not even issue notification to farmers for insuring their crops, a stinging report by Centre for Science and Environment has said. The report by CSE on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima …

Farmers to shortly receive insurance amount under Fasal Bima Yojana
7 years, 9 months ago

Farmers to shortly receive insurance amount under Fasal Bima Yojana

The Hindu  

Farmers who had to suffer crop loss in the district owing to drought in the last rabi season, will shortly receive crop insurance money under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Pralhad Joshi, MP, said. Speaking to media persons at a press conference organised in connection with the third anniversary of BJP-led NDA government at the Centre here on Tuesday, …

NITI Aayog charts doubling farmers’ income strategy
7 years, 9 months ago

NITI Aayog charts doubling farmers’ income strategy

India TV News  

Government think-tank NITI Aayog has drawn up an exhaustive plan for achieving the target of doubling farmers' income in five years ending 2022-23. Taking 2015-16 as the base year of farmers' income, the strategy would also focus on developmental, technological and policy initiatives to double farmers' income and provide irrigation to the rain fed area, which would be a major …

‘Lagaan’: Crop insurance scheme draws farmers’ flak
8 years, 8 months ago

‘Lagaan’: Crop insurance scheme draws farmers’ flak

Hindustan Times  

The much-hyped Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is facing severe criticism from farmers, who are terming it as ‘lagaan’ as they have to pay mandatory crop insurance premium after every six months. The insurance scheme has many flaws but it is specially being criticised for being compulsory for farmers who have taken crop loans from any nationalised or state government-run …

Govt aims to double insurance coverage under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in next few years
9 years ago

Govt aims to double insurance coverage under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in next few years

Firstpost  

Govt aims to double insurance coverage under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in next few years Mumbai: Government is targeting to double the insurance coverage under crop insurance through Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in a couple of years, a senior government official said here on Monday. “The government is targeting to double the crop insurance coverage in the country …

PM launches crop insurance scheme in Madhya Pradesh
9 years, 1 month ago

PM launches crop insurance scheme in Madhya Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

Taking a dig at his rivals for projecting him as anti-farmer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new crop insurance scheme named Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme in MP, which, he said, would effectively look into farmers’ needs affected by natural calamities unlike the one that existed during the UPA government. Addressing a massive crowd of farmers drawn from across …

Rural distress: With Rs 17,600-cr crop insurance scheme NDA hopes to make a difference; here's how
9 years, 2 months ago

Rural distress: With Rs 17,600-cr crop insurance scheme NDA hopes to make a difference; here's how

Firstpost  

New Delhi - In a bid to address the rural distress that is driving farmers to suicide, the NDA government on Wednesday announced a new Rs 17,600-crore crop insurance scheme to cover loss of crops due to natural calamities like drought at a very low premium payout by farmers. Here are the key facts about the new scheme: Salient features: …

New crop insurance scheme will transform farmers' lives: PM Modi
9 years, 2 months ago

New crop insurance scheme will transform farmers' lives: PM Modi

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed confidence that the new Crop Insurance Scheme will bring about a major transformation in the lives of farmers, saying it expands the definition of disaster and addresses whatever was lacking in the existing programmes. "Farmer brothers and sisters, at a time when you are celebrating festivals like Lohri, Pongal and Bihu, the …

Polinomics: India’s killing fields
9 years, 3 months ago

Polinomics: India’s killing fields

Deccan Chronicle  

At least 270 out of the country’s 641 districts spread across 18 out of the 29 states have received deficient rainfall in recent months. Official data put out by the India Meteorological Department and the Union ministry of agriculture for the period between June and September indicate that the shortfall in precipitation from the normal long-term average is 14 per …

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