Lok Sabha Question No. 3055 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Crop Insurance Schemes
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3055

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST   MARCH, 2017

## CROP INSURANCE SCHEMES

3055.   SHRI RAJAN VICHARE: SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to increase the usage of live satellite data and drones in order to accurately gauge crop damage for providing compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  the  total  cropped  area  where  such  technology  is  being  deployed by the Government, State-wise;
- (c) whether the latest technologies such as GPRS and camera mobile phones are likely to be used in the effective implementation of the Crop Insurance Schemes in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  organise  a  comprehensive  programme  for  the capacity  building  according  to  the  needs  of  the  stakeholders  such  as  the  officials  of  the concerned State Governments, insurers and the Central Government agencies associated with the crops insurance schemes, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the insurance companies  and  banks  with the assistance of the State Governments  concerned  propose  to  prepare  any  programme  to  create  awareness  and insurance literacy among farmers, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) to (e): Yes  Madam.  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  provides  for  use  of improved  technology  including  use  of  satellite  data  for  CCE  planning,  improvement  in  yield assessment, area discrepancy, loss assessment and prevented sowing. Drones have also been recommended for the purpose to increase accuracy and speed of yield estimation and some insurance companies have used the services of third party drone service providers in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Mahalanobis National Crop Forecasting Center (MNCFC) has also conducted the C(K)rop Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics (KISAN) Project for using remote sensing data from satellites and drones which was implemented in one district each of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana. Similarly, Global Positioning System (GPS) and camera enabled smartphones are being used to collect the Crop Cutting Experiment

(CCE) data using CCE Agri App, developed by the Department  of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare. Since the launch of the scheme in Kharif 2016 many States have conducted CCEs using smartphones and CCE Agri App and include Andhra Pradesh (8031 CCEs), Bihar (21842  CCEs),  Chhattisgarh  (41165  CCEs),  Gujarat  (16053  CCEs),  Haryana  (4087  CCEs), Jharkhand  (14949  CCEs),  Maharashtra  (4873  CCEs),  Odisha  (26450  CCEs),  Tamil  Nadu (50616  CCEs),  Telangana  (75  CCEs),  Uttar  Pradesh  (259  CCEs),  Uttarakhand  (13  CCEs), Tripura (1347 CCEs) and West Bengal (11882 CCEs) and Rajasthan (2 CCEs).

Training is provided on ongoing basis to officials of State Departments of Agriculture/Revenue/Economics and Statistics on the use of smartphones and CCE Agri App.

To enhance the awareness of Crop Insurance Schemes specially among farmers, the Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare  in  the  Central  Government, concerned  departments  of  State  Governments  viz.  Departments  of  Agriculture/Cooperation/ Horticulture/ Extension and all empanelled Insurance companies have been actively conducting various  publicity,  awareness  and  literacy  programmes  including  release  of  advertisements  in leading  National/local  News  Papers,  telecast  through  audio-visual  media,  distribution  of pamphlets  in  local  languages,  participation  in  agriculture  fairs/mela/goshti,  organization  of workshops/ trainings and SMS through Kisan Portal etc. Further, recently with the twin objective of  providing  a  documentary  proof  to  insured  farmers  alongwith  serving  the  purpose  of popularizing  the  scheme  among  the  farmers  the  Government  has  decided  to  provide acknowledgement receipt and folio which will also contain important scheme information

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