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.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
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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
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of PMFBY, 04/08/2017
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of PMFBY, 04/08/2017. State-wise details of farmers covered, area covered, premium collected, claims paid and number of farmers benefitted during last
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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