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Farmers are in danger of losing rabi crops due to the drought.

PMFBY a boon for general insurers

Despite fall in the number of farmers insured, profits of insurance firms have not dwindled.

28 Nov 2018 5:11 AM

The PMKSY addresses the concerns of growing water scarcity in the country by promoting water conservation through per drop more crop and watershed management.

Crop insurance scheme likely to get Rs 13,000 crore in FY19 budget

For current fiscal government had initially given a budget of Rs 9,000.75 crore for PMFBY.

10 Jan 2018 7:09 AM

Terming the move as unnecessary, party spokesperson Rajeev Gidara said there was already a clear distinction between tractors being used for agricultural purposes and ones used for non-agriculture purposes.

Budget 2018 aims to transform farm sector in a big way: Agri Secretary

The farm credit target has been raised to Rs 11 lakh crore for 2018-19 from Rs 10 lakh crore this year.

2 Feb 2018 8:52 AM

Insurance penetration in the country was 3.4 per cent in 2015 against the world average of 6.2 per cent.

States allowed to set up crop insurance firms to execute PMFBY

During the 2017-18 crop year (July-June), 4.79 crore farmers have been covered under PMFBY.

2 April 2018 8:56 AM

The PMKSY addresses the concerns of growing water scarcity in the country by promoting water conservation through per drop more crop and watershed management.

Govt engages UNDP to fast-track crop insurance scheme

The unit will have 15 professionals whom the UNDP is in the process of hiring on its payroll.

10 July 2018 11:16 AM

Kishor Tiwari

State body to parties: Back Shiv Sena's protest today

Mr Tiwari said that the protest will help in finding solutions to the problems pertaining to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal...

17 July 2019 12:39 AM

Cotton crops have been badly affected by inferior seeds.

Govt plans to tweak PMFBY; to make crop insurance voluntary to all...

Among key changes, the ministry has suggested making the scheme voluntary to all farmers including loanee farmers.

15 July 2019 12:20 PM

RBI said farmers can avail of short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh at subsidised interest rate of 7 per cent. Photo: PTI

Govt mulls zero interest on timely crop loan repayment as new year...

The government has set a target to provide Rs 11 lakh crore credit to farmers in the current fiscal.

28 Dec 2018 9:38 AM

Science must address the problem of land degradation and water duty on crops to find solutions that are context-specific and resource sensitive.

Insurers settle farmers' Rs 11,899 crore claims under PMFBY

In the 2016-17 crop year, total claims to the tune of Rs 15,352 crore were paid to the farmers.

3 Aug 2018 11:32 AM

An aerial view of the flooded locality of Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala on Friday. (Photo: File | PTI)

Insurers ditched Kerala farmers in FY18; floods add to their woes

Companies hold two-day meet to discuss claim settlement process.

22 Aug 2018 4:44 AM

Almost 81 lakh farmers enrolled for the scheme in 2017 and nearly Rs 3,400 crore was transferred to the insurance companies.

Only 29 per cent farmers aware of details of PMFBY

The PMFBY, launched in 2016, is the most important tool today to insure agriculture against climate and other risks.

21 Aug 2018 3:09 AM

The governments demonetisation move, which pulled out 86 per cent of currency in circulation, has badly affected farmers as they have little cash to buy agri-inputs for winter crops and are even facing hardship in repaying crop loans. (Photo: Representational Image)

PMFBY: Govt testing modern tech for assessment of crop damage

Currently, the crop cutting experiment (CCE) the traditional random survey method is used to estimate crop yields of a...

5 Sept 2018 3:43 AM