Lok Sabha Question No. 2759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Farmers and Crops under PMFBY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2759

TO BE ANSWERED ON  14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## FARMERS AND CROPS UNDER PMFBY

2759.  SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

Will the Minister of AGRICLTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state: (a) the details of farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), district-wise for Maharashtra; (b) whether many crops including commercial crops have not been covered in this insurance scheme; (c) if so, the details thereof, crop-wise; and the immediate steps taken by the Government to bring these crops under the ambit of

- (d) the abovementioned scheme along with the time by which these crops are likely to be covered under this scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a)  :      District-wise  details  of  farmer  applications  enrolled  during  2020-21  in  Maharashtra under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) are Annexed .

(b) to (d) :   The PMFBY  envisages coverage of all food crops (cereals, millets and pulses), oilseeds  and  commercial/horticultural  crops  subject  to  availability  of  past  yield  data  of requisite number of years based on Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) as well as capacity of the State Government to conduct requisite number of CCEs to assess the yield of the crop to calculate claims.  For the crops not meeting the aforesaid conditions, the concerned State Government  is  free  to  notify  them  for  coverage  under  Restructured  Weather  Based  Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS).

The  PMFBY  is  voluntary  for  States  as  well  as  for  farmers.  The  Government  is persuading  the  States/UTs  from  time  to  time  to  notify  more  crops  and  areas  under  the scheme.

Annexure

| District-Wise Number of farmer applications enrolled under PMFBY in Maharashtra during 2020-21 as on 03.12.2021   | District-Wise Number of farmer applications enrolled under PMFBY in Maharashtra during 2020-21 as on 03.12.2021   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District Name                                                                                                     | Farmers Applications Insured in 2020-21 (`000s)                                                                   |
| Ahmadnagar                                                                                                        | 631.5                                                                                                             |
| Akola                                                                                                             | 282.6                                                                                                             |
| Amravati                                                                                                          | 219.3                                                                                                             |
| Aurangabad                                                                                                        | 892.0                                                                                                             |
| Bhandara                                                                                                          | 187.0                                                                                                             |
| Bid                                                                                                               | 2,170.0                                                                                                           |
| Buldana                                                                                                           | 320.3                                                                                                             |
| Chandrapur                                                                                                        | 98.4                                                                                                              |
| Dhule                                                                                                             | 68.1                                                                                                              |
| Gadchiroli                                                                                                        | 37.3                                                                                                              |
| Gondiya                                                                                                           | 57.7                                                                                                              |
| Hingoli                                                                                                           | 323.3                                                                                                             |
| Jalgaon                                                                                                           | 212.8                                                                                                             |
| Jalna                                                                                                             | 991.5                                                                                                             |
| Kolhapur                                                                                                          | 3.7                                                                                                               |
| Latur                                                                                                             | 1,211.6                                                                                                           |
| Nagpur                                                                                                            | 38.9                                                                                                              |
| Nanded                                                                                                            | 1,050.4                                                                                                           |
| Nandurbar                                                                                                         | 12.2                                                                                                              |
| Nashik                                                                                                            | 296.7                                                                                                             |
| Osmanabad                                                                                                         | 1,015.6                                                                                                           |
| Palghar                                                                                                           | 43.0                                                                                                              |
| Parbhani                                                                                                          | 761.4                                                                                                             |
| Pune                                                                                                              | 40.2                                                                                                              |
| Raigarh                                                                                                           | 17.9                                                                                                              |
| Ratnagiri                                                                                                         | 25.9                                                                                                              |
| Sangli                                                                                                            | 130.3                                                                                                             |
| Satara                                                                                                            | 45.8                                                                                                              |
| Sindhudurg                                                                                                        | 26.8                                                                                                              |
| Solapur                                                                                                           | 337.9                                                                                                             |
| Thane                                                                                                             | 38.4                                                                                                              |
| Wardha                                                                                                            | 32.3                                                                                                              |
| Washim                                                                                                            | 286.0                                                                                                             |
| Yavatmal                                                                                                          | 494.6                                                                                                             |
| MAHARASHTRA TOTAL                                                                                                 | 12,401.3                                                                                                          |

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