Lok Sabha Question No. 4872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Provision of MSP and Crop Insurance
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4872

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## PROVISION OF MSP AND CROP INSURANCE

## 4872.  SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a) whether  the  schemes  of  the  Government  like  minimum  support  price  and  crop insurance scheme are provided to farmers and agriculture workers in West Bengal, especially the Northern Districts, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  will  take  cognizance  that  the  famous  Mandarin  orange growers in Darjeeling have suffered heavy losses due to diseases in the past 5 years and send a team of experts to help the farmers, if so, the action proposed to be taken in this regard; and
- (c) the  data  relating  to  the  number  of  cold  storages,  existing  production  technology  and marketing of produces from the North Bengal districts of Darjeeling, Cooch Behar, Kalimpong, and Jalpaiguri?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) : Government  fixes  minimum  support  prices  (MSPs)  of  22  mandated  crops  for  every agricultural  season  and  fair  &  remunerative  price  (FRP)  for  sugarcane  on  the  basis  of recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned & other relevant factors. In addition, MSP for Toria and De-Husked coconut is also fixed on the basis of MSPs of Rapeseed/Mustard and Copra respectively.

Region specific parameters are kept in view by the CACP while recommending MSP for agricultural crops.  Since cost of production varies in different States on account of differences in levels of irrigation, resource endowment, farm mechanization, land holding size etc., CACP uses  all-India  weighted  average  cost  of  production  while  making  its  recommendations  and recommends uniform MSP which is applicable to all states and not region or state-specific.

Government has introduced yield based Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and weather index based Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) from Kharif 2016 to provide financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damage arising out of natural calamities, adverse weather incidence, to stabilize the income of farmers etc.

PMFBY is voluntary for States.   West Bengal Government opted for implementation of both the scheme and implemented the schemes during 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.    But State Government has withdrawn from the scheme from Kharif 2019 and is implementing its own scheme 'Bangla Fasal Bima Yojana'. Details of coverage in West Bengal under PMFBY and RWBCIS during 2016-17 and 2017-18 are Annexure.

(b) & (c): No such loss has been reported by the State Horticulture Mission, West Bengal. Under  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  powers  have  been delegated  to  State  Level  Executive  Committee  (SLEC)  of  various  States  for  sanctioning  of project  upto  cost  of  Rs  500.00  lakh  including  setting  up  of  cold  storage.  As  per  available information 510 numbers of cold storage with capacity of 59.35 lakh MT are available in West Bengal as on 31.03.2019.

Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4872 due for reply on 23.07.2019

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| Period                                                          | Seasons                                                         | Farmers insured (in lakhs)                                      | Farmers insured (in lakhs)                                      | Farmers insured (in lakhs)                                      | Area insured                                                    | Sum Insured                                                     | Farmers Premium                                                 | Gross Premium                                                   | Admissible Claim                                                | Approved Claims                                                 | Paid Claims                                                     | Farmers Benefitted                                              |
|                                                                 |                                                                 | Loanee                                                          | Non- Loanee                                                     | total                                                           | (in lakh hectare)                                               | In Rs. Crore                                                    | In Rs. Crore                                                    | In Rs. Crore                                                    | In Rs. Crore                                                    | In Rs. Crore                                                    | In Rs. Crore                                                    | (in Lakhs)                                                      |
| 2016-17                                                         | Kharif 2016                                                     | 17.13                                                           | 13.40                                                           | 30.53                                                           | 15.00                                                           | 7,806.63                                                        | 132.53                                                          | 259.68                                                          | 104.11                                                          | 104.11                                                          | 102.65                                                          | 2.74                                                            |
| 2016-17                                                         | Rabi 2016-17                                                    | 10.75                                                           | 0.05                                                            | 10.80                                                           | 4.95                                                            | 4,264.78                                                        | 97.57                                                           | 467.08                                                          | 317.60                                                          | 317.60                                                          | 317.60                                                          | 2.65                                                            |
| 2016-17                                                         | Total                                                           | 27.88                                                           | 13.45                                                           | 41.33                                                           | 19.96                                                           | 12,071.41                                                       | 230.10                                                          | 726.76                                                          | 421.71                                                          | 421.71                                                          | 420.25                                                          | 5.39                                                            |
| 2017-18                                                         | Kharif 2017                                                     | 11.12                                                           | 13.38                                                           | 24.50                                                           | 10.10                                                           | 5,512.14                                                        | 73.07                                                           | 227.81                                                          | 218.11                                                          | 214.93                                                          | 204.47                                                          | 4.00                                                            |
| 2017-18                                                         | Rabi 2017-18                                                    | 9.27                                                            | 6.83                                                            | 16.10                                                           | 6.70                                                            | 5,635.51                                                        | 139.49                                                          | 416.38                                                          | 42.20                                                           | 39.39                                                           | 39.39                                                           | 1.05                                                            |
| 2017-18                                                         | Total                                                           | 20.39                                                           | 20.21                                                           | 40.60                                                           | 16.79                                                           | 11,147.65                                                       | 212.57                                                          | 644.19                                                          | 260.31                                                          | 254.33                                                          | 243.86                                                          | 5.05                                                            |
| 2018-19 *                                                       | Kharif 2018                                                     | 16.09                                                           | 12.72                                                           | 28.81                                                           | 12.35                                                           | 7,636.42                                                        | 105.20                                                          | 300.23                                                          | 85.36                                                           | 55.07                                                           | 44.41                                                           | 0.43                                                            |
| 2018-19 *                                                       | Rabi 2018-19                                                    | 13.87                                                           | 13.37                                                           | 27.24                                                           | 9.74                                                            | 8,331.44                                                        | 153.01                                                          | 531.32                                                          | 0.36                                                            | -                                                               | -                                                               | -                                                               |
| 2018-19 *                                                       | Total                                                           | 29.96                                                           | 26.09                                                           | 56.06                                                           | 22.08                                                           | 15,967.86                                                       | 258.21                                                          | 831.55                                                          | 85.72                                                           | 55.07                                                           | 44.41                                                           | 0.43                                                            |
| Grand Total                                                     | Grand Total                                                     | 78.23                                                           | 59.75                                                           | 137.98                                                          | 58.83                                                           | 39,186.91                                                       | 700.88                                                          | 2,202.50                                                        | 767.74                                                          | 731.11                                                          | 708.52                                                          | 10.87                                                           |

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