Lok Sabha Question No. 383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMFBY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.383

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH   FEBRUARY, 2019

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER  PMFBY

383. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

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

- (a) whether  the  number  of beneficiaries  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has reduced from 2016 to 2018;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of beneficiaries  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana from 2016 to 2018, State and year-wise?

## 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 (c): As  per  the  approved  implementation  pattern  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the State/UT Governments have the choice to select the crops and areas for implementation of the scheme in the respective State/UT. The number of farmers who received claims  due  to  crop  loss  under  PMFBY  has  increased  from  1,44,22,403  in  2016-17  to 1,62,25,283  in  2017-18.  State-wise  details  of  the  farmers,  who  received  claims  under  the scheme are at Annexure.

| Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 383 due for 05.02.2019          | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 383 due for 05.02.2019          | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 383 due for 05.02.2019          |
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| State-wise details of farmers who received claims (farmers benefitted) under PMFBY during 2016-17 and 2017-18 Benefitted | State-wise details of farmers who received claims (farmers benefitted) under PMFBY during 2016-17 and 2017-18 Benefitted | State-wise details of farmers who received claims (farmers benefitted) under PMFBY during 2016-17 and 2017-18 Benefitted |
| State / UT                                                                                                               | No. of farmers                                                                                                           | 2017-18                                                                                                                  |
| A&NIslands                                                                                                               | 2016-17 295                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                           | 882635                                                                                                                   | 647512                                                                                                                   |
| Assam                                                                                                                    | 23446                                                                                                                    | 1465                                                                                                                     |
| Bihar                                                                                                                    | 220723                                                                                                                   | 113544                                                                                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                             | 136810                                                                                                                   | 653805                                                                                                                   |
| Goa                                                                                                                      | 111                                                                                                                      | 22                                                                                                                       |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                  | 678796                                                                                                                   | 421583                                                                                                                   |
| Haryana                                                                                                                  | 218823                                                                                                                   | 304165                                                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                         | 112787                                                                                                                   | 118406                                                                                                                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                           | *                                                                                                                        | 26231                                                                                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                | 60705                                                                                                                    | 123832                                                                                                                   |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                | 1552827                                                                                                                  | 668522                                                                                                                   |
| Kerala                                                                                                                   | 56613                                                                                                                    | 37018                                                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                           | 1302606                                                                                                                  | 2156044                                                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                              | 2908397                                                                                                                  | 5315599                                                                                                                  |
| Manipur                                                                                                                  | 8358                                                                                                                     | 2461                                                                                                                     |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                | 48                                                                                                                       | 10                                                                                                                       |
| Odisha                                                                                                                   | 168490                                                                                                                   | 755281                                                                                                                   |
| Puducherry                                                                                                               | 4299                                                                                                                     | *                                                                                                                        |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                | 2866885                                                                                                                  | 2625335                                                                                                                  |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                   | 225                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                               | 1219005                                                                                                                  | 686252                                                                                                                   |
| Telangana                                                                                                                | 222970                                                                                                                   | 379689                                                                                                                   |
| Tripura                                                                                                                  | 3714                                                                                                                     | 2552                                                                                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                            | 1155014                                                                                                                  | 586154                                                                                                                   |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                              | 61705                                                                                                                    | 66331                                                                                                                    |
| West Bengal                                                                                                              | 556116                                                                                                                   | 533470                                                                                                                   |
| Grand Total                                                                                                              | 14422403                                                                                                                 | 16225283                                                                                                                 |

*State/UT did not implement the scheme.

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