Lok Sabha Question No. 4007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: PARVATAGOUDA CHANDANAGOUDA GADDIGOUDAR, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4007 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  MARCH, 2017

## REVENUE INSURANCE SCHEME FOR PLANTATION CROPS

## 4007.   SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR: ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  a  scheme  called  'Revenue  Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops/ Sector';
- (b) if  so,  the  details  and  the  objectives  thereof  along  with  its  salient  features  and  the plantation crops covered under the scheme, State-wise and crop-wise;
- (c) the details of total funds allocated for this scheme till date along with the funding pattern of the scheme; and
- (d) whether the Government has selected any regions/States for implementation of the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a)to(d): Department of Commerce has recently approved the pilot Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC) for protecting growers of plantation crops from the twin risks of yield loss due  to adverse weather  parameters,  pest attacks etc and income  loss caused by fall in international/domestic prices. RISPC will be implemented on a pilot basis for two years covering tea, coffee,  rubber,  cardamom  and  tobacco  in  nine  districts  in  the  States  of  West  Bengal,  Kerala, Karnataka,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Assam,  Sikkim  and  Tamil  Nadu  by  the  Commodity  Boards.  List  of selected districts and area of operation is at Annexure .    On  the  basis  of  performance  of  the  pilot project, the scheme will be considered for extension to other districts.

Government  approved  the  implementation  of  pilot  RISPC  at  a  likely  estimated  cost  of Rs.168.77  crores,  which  is  proposed  to  be  shared  by  the  Central  Government,  concerned  State Governments and growers in the ratio of 75:15:10. For the year 2017-18, an amount of Rs. 50 lakhs have been initially allocated for implementation of the scheme.

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## List of 9 Pilot Districts under RISPC

| Crop             | State          | Pilot Districts    | No. of growers (having land holding upto 10 ha.)   | Area covered (ha.)   |
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| Rubber           | Kerala         | Palakkad           | 18000                                              | 15000                |
| Rubber           | Kerala         | Kottayam           | 50000                                              | 25000                |
| Total Rubber     |                |                    | 68,000                                             | 40,000               |
| Tea              | Tamil Nadu     | Coonoor (Nilgiris) | 38311                                              | 27000                |
| Tea              | West Bengal    | Jalpaiguri         | 9000                                               | 8000                 |
| Tea              | Assam          | Golaghat           | 10044                                              | 9224                 |
| Total Tea        |                |                    | 57355                                              | 44224                |
| Coffee (Robusta) | Karnataka      | Chikmagalur        |                                                    | 25574                |
| Coffee(Arabica)  | Karnataka      | Chikmagalur        | 14853                                              | 45520                |
| Total Coffee     |                |                    |                                                    | 71094                |
| Tobacco          | Andhra Pradesh | West Godavari      | 11424                                              | 24406                |
| Cardamom (small) | Kerala         | Idukki             | 25000                                              | 28925                |
| Cardamom (large) | Sikkim         | East Sikkim        | 5200                                               | 6204                 |
| Total            | Total          | Total              | 181832                                             | 214853               |

## Annexure