Lok Sabha Question No. 4077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Compensation under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4077

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## COMPENSATION UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA

4077.  SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of farmers in the country as on date and the total number of farmers covered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana as on date, State-wise;
- (b) the number of insurance claims of insured farmers settled as on date after their crops were destroyed/damaged on account of flood this year;
- (c) whether the insurance scheme has failed to prevent the farmers from committing suicides;
- (d) if so, whether there has been an unabated increase in suicides of the farmers;
- (e) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the likely steps to be taken by the Government to check suicides of the farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान  कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): State-wise details of number of farm holdings in the country, total number of farmer applicants insured, amount of insurance claims approved and settled for crops destroyed due to various natural calamities including flood under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) are given in Annexure.
- (c) to (f): As  per  the  'Accidental  Deaths  and  Suicides  in  India'  (ADSI)  Reports  of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs for the year 2015 and provisional data for the year 2016, the total number of suicides by farmers and agricultural  labourers  in  the  country  during  2016  has  come  down  from  12602  to 11370  i.e. approximately by 9.77%.

As  per  Report  of  2015,  'Bankruptcy  or  Indebtedness'  and  'Farming  Related Issues'  are  reported  as  major  causes  of  suicides  among  farmers/  cultivators.  Other prominent causes of farmers/ cultivators suicides are family problems, illness, etc.

Agrarian  distress  as  manifest  from  a  large  number  of  farmers  living  below  the poverty (BPL) line and unfortunate incidents of suicides can be addressed by enabling the  farmers  to  increase  their  income.    Agriculture  is  a  State  subject  and  the  State Governments  are  primarily responsible for the growth and  development  of the agriculture  sector  in  their  respective  States.    Government  of  India  supplements  the efforts  of  States  through  appropriate  policy  measures  and  budgetary  support.      The Government  is  targeting  to  double  the  income  of  the  farmers  by  the  year  2022.    To achieve  this,  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers'  Welfare  has constituted  an  Inter-Ministerial  Committee  to  examine  various  dimensions  of  farmers' income and to recommend an appropriate strategy.  In the meanwhile, the Government is  aiming  to  reorient  the  agriculture  sector  by  focusing  on  an  income-centeredness  in addition  to  pure  production  centeredness  approach.  The  Department  has,  therefore, been implementing various schemes to meet this objective viz. Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme,  Neem  Coated  Urea,  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY),  Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), National Agriculture Market Scheme (e-NAM), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Interest Subvention Scheme etc.

The crop insurance schemes are one such measure to strengthen the farming community.    The  PMFBY  was  launched  from  April,  2016  to  insure    farmers'  crops against damage due to non-preventable natural calamities.  Though the scheme is panIndia  however,  it  is  optional  for  States  which  also  decide  on  areas  and  crops  to  be notified.    With  the  launch  of  PMFBY  the  farmers  are  able  to  onboard  the  crops insurance, since they have to pay a uniform and low rate of premium.  The successful adoption of the scheme by farmers is evident from the coverage of farmer applications which increased substantially from 485 lakh in 2015-16 under erstwhile schemes to 574 lakh in 2016-17.

## Annexure

| State-wise details of farm holdings and number of farmer applicants insured and claims   | State-wise details of farm holdings and number of farmer applicants insured and claims   | State-wise details of farm holdings and number of farmer applicants insured and claims   | State-wise details of farm holdings and number of farmer applicants insured and claims   | State-wise details of farm holdings and number of farmer applicants insured and claims   | State-wise details of farm holdings and number of farmer applicants insured and claims   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                  | States                                                                                   | Total No. of Operational Holdings                                                        | No. of Farmer Applicants Insured                                                         | Total Claims Approved                                                                    | Total Claims Paid                                                                        |
|                                                                                          |                                                                                          | (No.)                                                                                    | (No.)                                                                                    | Rs. Lakh                                                                                 | Rs. Lakh                                                                                 |
| 1A & N ISLANDS                                                                           | 1A & N ISLANDS                                                                           | 11803                                                                                    | 324                                                                                      | 14.56                                                                                    | 81524.86                                                                                 |
| 2Andhra Pradesh                                                                          | 2Andhra Pradesh                                                                          |                                                                                          | 1771557                                                                                  | 90690.90                                                                                 | 14.56                                                                                    |
| 3Telangana                                                                               | 3Telangana                                                                               | 13175100                                                                                 | 975822                                                                                   | 18383.39                                                                                 | 15855.57                                                                                 |
| 4Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       | 4Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       | 109298                                                                                   | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 5Assam                                                                                   | 5Assam                                                                                   | 2720223                                                                                  | 60265                                                                                    | 501.68                                                                                   | 501.68                                                                                   |
| 6Bihar                                                                                   | 6Bihar                                                                                   | 16191391                                                                                 | 2713178                                                                                  | 32717.65                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                     |
| 7Chandigarh                                                                              | 7Chandigarh                                                                              | 714                                                                                      |                                                                                          |                                                                                          |                                                                                          |
| 8Chhattisgarh                                                                            | 8Chhattisgarh                                                                            | 3746480                                                                                  | 1549164                                                                                  | 15705.87                                                                                 | 15562.62                                                                                 |
| 9Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                    | 9Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                    | 14724                                                                                    | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 10Daman & Diu                                                                            | 10Daman & Diu                                                                            | 8355                                                                                     | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 11Delhi                                                                                  | 11Delhi                                                                                  | 20497                                                                                    |                                                                                          |                                                                                          |                                                                                          |
| 12Goa                                                                                    | 12Goa                                                                                    | 78020                                                                                    | 757                                                                                      | 2.68                                                                                     | 2.68                                                                                     |
| 13Gujarat                                                                                | 13Gujarat                                                                                | 4885610                                                                                  | 1975192                                                                                  | 100247.70                                                                                | 100247.70                                                                                |
| 14Haryana                                                                                | 14Haryana                                                                                | 1617311                                                                                  | 1335984                                                                                  | 29488.79                                                                                 | 28478.10                                                                                 |
| 15Himachal Pradesh                                                                       | 15Himachal Pradesh                                                                       | 960765                                                                                   | 379053                                                                                   | 4417.36                                                                                  | 3280.00                                                                                  |
| 16Jammu & Kashmir                                                                        | 16Jammu & Kashmir                                                                        | 1449397                                                                                  | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 17Jharkhand                                                                              | 17Jharkhand                                                                              | 2708928                                                                                  | 877754                                                                                   | 2634.98                                                                                  | 2027.72                                                                                  |
| 18Karnataka                                                                              | 18Karnataka                                                                              | 7832189                                                                                  | 3116434                                                                                  | 118332.57                                                                                | 101333.71                                                                                |
| 19Kerala                                                                                 | 19Kerala                                                                                 | 6830789                                                                                  | 77405                                                                                    | 2138.70                                                                                  | 1659.08                                                                                  |
| 20Lakshadweep                                                                            | 20Lakshadweep                                                                            | 10285                                                                                    | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 21Madhya Pradesh                                                                         | 21Madhya Pradesh                                                                         | 8872377                                                                                  | 6993127                                                                                  | 194776.73                                                                                | 185934.90                                                                                |
| 22Maharashtra                                                                            | 22Maharashtra                                                                            | 13698965                                                                                 | 12006332                                                                                 | 230184.23                                                                                | 229564.59                                                                                |
| 23Manipur                                                                                | 23Manipur                                                                                | 150620                                                                                   | 8366                                                                                     | 195.91                                                                                   | 127.24                                                                                   |
| 24Meghalaya                                                                              | 24Meghalaya                                                                              | 209561                                                                                   | 89                                                                                       | 2.62                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                     |
| 25Mizoram                                                                                | 25Mizoram                                                                                | 91880                                                                                    | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 26Nagaland                                                                               | 26Nagaland                                                                               | 178411                                                                                   | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 27Odisha                                                                                 | 27Odisha                                                                                 | 4667466                                                                                  | 1820236                                                                                  | 43038.54                                                                                 | 42983.35                                                                                 |
| 28Puducherry                                                                             | 28Puducherry                                                                             | 33228                                                                                    | 8537                                                                                     | 733.61                                                                                   | 733.61                                                                                   |
| 29Punjab                                                                                 | 29Punjab                                                                                 | 1052554                                                                                  | 0                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                     |                                                                                          |
| 30Rajasthan                                                                              | 30Rajasthan                                                                              | 6888436                                                                                  | 9287936                                                                                  | 157696.29                                                                                | 153445.37                                                                                |
| 31Sikkim                                                                                 | 31Sikkim                                                                                 | 74928                                                                                    | 574                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                     | 1.38                                                                                     |
| 32Tamil Nadu                                                                             | 32Tamil Nadu                                                                             | 8118224                                                                                  | 1450136                                                                                  | 308031.08                                                                                | 272482.49                                                                                |
| 33Tripura                                                                                | 33Tripura                                                                                | 578479                                                                                   | 12528                                                                                    | 8.34                                                                                     | 11.40                                                                                    |
| 34Uttar Pradesh                                                                          | 34Uttar Pradesh                                                                          | 23325456                                                                                 | 6670254                                                                                  | 53270.71                                                                                 | 53199.08                                                                                 |
| 35Uttarakhand                                                                            | 35Uttarakhand                                                                            | 912650                                                                                   | 261571                                                                                   | 2747.06                                                                                  | 2746.75                                                                                  |
| 36West Bengal                                                                            | 36West Bengal                                                                            | 7123347                                                                                  | 4135189                                                                                  | 37374.38                                                                                 | 3179.81                                                                                  |
| Grand Total                                                                              | Grand Total                                                                              | 138348461                                                                                | 57487764                                                                                 | 1443336.33                                                                               | 1294898.26                                                                               |

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